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Bryan Toporek

@btoporek.bsky.social

14K followers 550 following 6.6K posts

Senior multiplatform editor at Bleacher Report, contributor at Liberty Ballers, Forbes Sports, FanSided and Silver Screen & Roll, and a Process truster until the bitter end.

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Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 25m

Oh man, that's SUCH a good pull. That team ruled.

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 38m

Tony Allen was there to fall on those grenades

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 43m

What the Spurs did to the Heat in the 2014 NBA Finals was the best basketball I've ever seen.

I also loved the Grit-and-Grind Grizzlies.

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Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 44m

The cover of Time showing Donald Trump on the cover with the title "His Triumph"

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Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 1h

👀👀👀

Derek Bodner @derekbodner.bsky.social · 1h

Nick Nurse says that there's a chance that Joel Embiid could play in the final preseason game.

"I think there's some chance, yeah. I don't think we're there yet. It's a little early in the week to decide...We got some thresholds to get over before we get to that point."

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Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 1h

Fine, fine, I'll just take a lightly guaranteed standard contract then.

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 1h

If the Nets wanna throw $25K my way to help them reach the salary floor, I'll happily sign an Exhibit 10 as well

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Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 1h

Look what you did, @andytobo.bsky.social. You got the whole TL talking about basketball again. Now the sporpsball people are gonna be furious.

(And I'm still choosing to largely ignore the Sixers for one more week.)

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 1h

1000000%. Although I do think that even if we see an influx of new users again, the conversations won't be nearly as toxic here because dumbass replies won't be prioritized by a broken algorithm + the nuclear block is SO effective.

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 1h

It must be nice to not be terminally online all the time. Sadly cannot relate

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 1h

With the season starting soon, it seems like a good time to repromote the NBA starter packs that @shamsbot.bsky.social put together:
bsky.app/profile/sham...

Shams Charania Tweets @shamsbot.bsky.social · Jun 22

[For the very, very last time this season, here are some NBA starter packs that are almost exclusively filled with active users. If you're looking for more ppl to follow to fill out your timeline with for tonight's game, here ya go:

NBA Pack 1: go.bsky.app/5YP4x2U
NBA Pack 2: go.bsky.app/DiLDwo6 ]

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Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 1h

I've made peace with most people refusing to leave Twitter, but I do think that the more people post here, the better the conversations will be.

Twitter imploded because Elon broke verification. Allowing anyone to sign up + prioritizing those replies completely nuked the experience there.

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Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 2h

Are you getting that kind of negative stuff here?

For me, the experience between here and Twitter was night-and-day different. (Which is among the many reasons why I'm off Twitter entirely!)

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 2h

Thankfully the Eagles and Phillies have prepared us well for this moment as of late

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 2h

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Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 2h

The No Kings rally is actually a nationwide protest against what Vivek Ranadive has done to the Sacramento Kings

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Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 2h

But yes, let's make this place popping with NBA content starting next week.

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Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 2h

Sir, I wrote 700 words about Alex Antetokounmpo today. There are sickos among us.

fansided.com/nba/how-the-...

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Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 3h

SCOTUS did something... good?

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 3h

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and left in place the $1.4 billion judgment against him over his description of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as a hoax staged by crisis actors. https://to.pbs.org/42GD5jw

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion defamation judgment in Sandy Hook shooting

The justices issued their order Tuesday without even asking the victims' families to respond to Jones' appeal.

to.pbs.org

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 4h

Honestly, our respective teams kinda are too

Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 4h

I guess they may only have one more chance to make the money printer go brrrr, that's fair

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Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 4h

Using a two-way spot like that reflects an unseriousness from the ownership on down

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Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 5h

The Bucks signed Alex Antetokounmpo to a two-way contract yesterday in a clear display of nepotism.

At @fansided.bsky.social, I wrote about why it could end up backfiring on them re: keeping Giannis long-term.
fansided.com/nba/how-the-...

How the Milwaukee Bucks' nepotism could wind up pushing Giannis Antetokounmpo away

Signing Alex Antetokounmpo to a two-way deal is a deeply unserious move.

fansided.com

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Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 15h

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Bryan Toporek @btoporek.bsky.social · 15h

The New York Giants are the only NFC East team that won this week.

Hell has frozen over.

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