Jared Dubin

After 76ers 'breakup,' Thunder's Jared McCain is smitten with his new situation -- and the feeling is mutual The trade 'completely blindsided' McCain, but there's a pep in his step with OKC

I talked to a very happy Jared McCain about his new situation and the trade that “completely blindsided” him www.cbssports.com/nba/news/jar...

Regarding Russ and athletes asking, “Are you in film study? Are you at practice?”

Media are not allowed in those spaces! If a team invited us to film study or the *real parts of practice that are closed to us, I would be there in a heartbeat.

Luka complains more than anybody in the NBA but I think he just got a technical for turning around and looking in the vicinity of a ref?

Rough break. He was looking good the last few weeks.

Possible for sure, but they won't have to worry about back-to-backs in the postseason, obviously.

Just wish it didn't happen literally hours after I questioned if it could, ha.

On the pod Jared was worried about Wemby's ability to play heavy minutes since he hasn't most of the season. Tonight he has played 38+ minutes, because Mitch Johnson laughing in the face of Jared.

Let's just erase the part of this podcast where I questioned whether Wemby/the Spurs would ramp him up to play 38 minutes or whatever in a playoff game. Please.

I never know when it's gonna happen but sometimes my dog joins me when I'm watching a game and he just stares right at the TV so intently and I wonder if it's because he has certain favorite players.

Anthony Edwards might have just hurt his hand ending RJ Barrett's life.

He Was a Critic of the N.B.A. Players’ Union. Now He’s Leading It.

Some *very* interesting quotes in this NYT piece from my pal @taniaganguli.bsky.social:

First up, players association president Fred VanVleet on the NBA's gambling partnership:

“It’s not substantial enough to make it worth any of this. For us or for the league, quite frankly.”

Tatum is Back? Knicks vs. Thunder. And Who Do You Trust in the West Spotify video

NEW DOUBLE DRIBBLE POD

It's me and @modakhilnba.bsky.social on Jayson Tatum's impending return, Knicks vs. Thunder, and our Extremely Scientific Trust Ratings for Western Conference teams.

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Let's talk about seeding battles With right around 20 games remaining in the season, the battle for seeding in each conference is heating up. I wanted to take a look at where things stand, and where they might go, by using the projec...

Wrote about the seeding battles in each conference.

East 2-4 (BOS-NYK-CLE), East 5-9 (TOR-PHI-ORL-MIA-CHA), and West 3-7 (HOU-MIN-DEN-LAL-PHX) are all up for grabs.

I turned to the projection systems, tiebreakers, and strengths of schedule to try to game things out.

And they guaranteed salary into *2028*. Wild.

I'm still worried about the aggressive timeline but it is undoubtedly cool and exciting that he'll be back soon.

Let's talk about seeding battles With right around 20 games remaining in the season, the battle for seeding in each conference is heating up. I wanted to take a look at where things stand, and where they might go, by using the projec...

Wrote about the seeding battles in each conference.

East 2-4 (BOS-NYK-CLE), East 5-9 (TOR-PHI-ORL-MIA-CHA), and West 3-7 (HOU-MIN-DEN-LAL-PHX) are all up for grabs.

I turned to the projection systems, tiebreakers, and strengths of schedule to try to game things out.

This is INCREDIBLE.

Real good basketball game between NY and OKC. Hopefully J-Dub and Mitch are each out there for the next one. Would love to see how that affects the matchup.

They started getting in the paint and the offense opened up.

This Cason Wallace performance on Jalen Brunson so far... sheesh.

The tracking data for this game will be wild re: chances that actually touched the paint.

Caruso on Towns is not a mismatch.

The Knicks will probably have to get into the paint at some point to win this game.

I refuse to calm down!

The Pelicans no longer own the pick so they're not involved.

Really annoying that the NBA scheduled this Knicks-Thunder ESPN game tonight with both teams on the second half of a back-to-back. Such an unnecessary own goal.

Great (probable) W for the shorthanded Cavs over the Pistons. Schroder, Tyson, Craig Porter Jr. all came up huge.

Three of them in less than 2.5 quarters tonight.

Nobody throws more behind-the-back passes these days than James Harden.

There should be a way to digitally remove the THE DIFF graphic on Cavs broadcasts.