Howard Beck
@howardbeck.bsky.social
Senior NBA Writer at TheRinger.com | Co-host, the Real Ones | #NBASky evangelist
Previously: SI.com, BleacherReport.com, NYTimes.com, DailyNews.com, VCStar.com, DavisEnterprise.com
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Previously: SI.com, BleacherReport.com, NYTimes.com, DailyNews.com, VCStar.com, DavisEnterprise.com
https://www.theringer.com/authors/howard-beck
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Howard Beck
@howardbeck.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hey #NBASky: I made a Ringer NBA starter pack, including every Ringer colleague who writes, edits, produces or pods on the NBA. (If I've missed anyone, please let me know!)
go.bsky.app/FHrHSbx
go.bsky.app/FHrHSbx
So, the parade has been paused for like 25 minutes. Anyone watching at home know why?
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
So, the parade has been paused for like 25 minutes. Anyone watching at home know why?
Whatup, Do(ughboy).
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Whatup, Do(ughboy).
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Steph Curry has a right quad contusion and will get an MRI, per the Warriors @nbcswarriors.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Steph Curry has a right quad contusion and will get an MRI, per the Warriors @nbcswarriors.bsky.social
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Raptors have won 9 straight for the first time since February 2020, 7 straight at home for the first time since March 2023 & 13 of their last 14 games.
Most impressive? They've won each of their last 5 clutch games. 7-2 in the clutch this season.
Most impressive? They've won each of their last 5 clutch games. 7-2 in the clutch this season.
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Raptors have won 9 straight for the first time since February 2020, 7 straight at home for the first time since March 2023 & 13 of their last 14 games.
Most impressive? They've won each of their last 5 clutch games. 7-2 in the clutch this season.
Most impressive? They've won each of their last 5 clutch games. 7-2 in the clutch this season.
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An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
ICE Detained an 18-Year-Old U.S. Citizen. This Is His Story.
YouTube video by The Hometown Holler
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
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We brought more takes than ever for this year’s Group Chat potluck – thanks to special guest @zachlowenba.bsky.social! open.spotify.com/episode/2D9O...
NBA Potluck, With Zach Lowe | Group Chat
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
We brought more takes than ever for this year’s Group Chat potluck – thanks to special guest @zachlowenba.bsky.social! open.spotify.com/episode/2D9O...
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It’s not as simple as deleting a few accounts. nyti.ms/4inxhlm
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It’s not as simple as deleting a few accounts. nyti.ms/4inxhlm
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Conducted some serious research
www.theringer.com/2025/11/26/p...
www.theringer.com/2025/11/26/p...
We Proved That Dudes Skip Leg Day
Presenting rigorous research—or at least solid bro science—based on bodybuilder Sam Sulek’s first 1,000 YouTube videos
www.theringer.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Conducted some serious research
www.theringer.com/2025/11/26/p...
www.theringer.com/2025/11/26/p...
As always, please direct all complaints, grievances and outrage to @michaelvpina.bsky.social.
Reposting from The Ringer:
Cade Cunningham … welcome to the top 10!!!
Our top 100 players update is live.
Skim, peruse, or deep dive: nbarankings.theringer.com
Cade Cunningham … welcome to the top 10!!!
Our top 100 players update is live.
Skim, peruse, or deep dive: nbarankings.theringer.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
As always, please direct all complaints, grievances and outrage to @michaelvpina.bsky.social.
Reposting from The Ringer:
Cade Cunningham … welcome to the top 10!!!
Our top 100 players update is live.
Skim, peruse, or deep dive: nbarankings.theringer.com
Cade Cunningham … welcome to the top 10!!!
Our top 100 players update is live.
Skim, peruse, or deep dive: nbarankings.theringer.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Reposting from The Ringer:
Cade Cunningham … welcome to the top 10!!!
Our top 100 players update is live.
Skim, peruse, or deep dive: nbarankings.theringer.com
Cade Cunningham … welcome to the top 10!!!
Our top 100 players update is live.
Skim, peruse, or deep dive: nbarankings.theringer.com
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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No, America's rising anti-Semitism is not an online illusion created by foreign-run social media accounts on X. I wrote about how this comforting fiction is contradicted by real world events and survey data. Foreigners can fan the flames, but they didn't start the fire. We did. Gift link:
People Are Underestimating America’s Groyper Problem
Rising American anti-Semitism isn’t a foreign influence operation.
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
No, America's rising anti-Semitism is not an online illusion created by foreign-run social media accounts on X. I wrote about how this comforting fiction is contradicted by real world events and survey data. Foreigners can fan the flames, but they didn't start the fire. We did. Gift link:
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I cannot stress enough how much I hate sports leagues for making us subscribe to 4-5 different streaming services to watch all of their games.
Nothing exposes the average age of the NBA community on Bluesky quite like an 11:15 PM start time for a game
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I cannot stress enough how much I hate sports leagues for making us subscribe to 4-5 different streaming services to watch all of their games.
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She's a nurse & grandmother who had been here for 30 years
She had a work permit
She was taken when she went to her annual ICE check-in
She was shipped to Ghana, where she was dragged on the floor.
She was then shipped to Sierra Leone, from which she had fled, and *despite a court order.*
She had a work permit
She was taken when she went to her annual ICE check-in
She was shipped to Ghana, where she was dragged on the floor.
She was then shipped to Sierra Leone, from which she had fled, and *despite a court order.*
Ms. Kuyateh was one of 19 third-country nationals sent to Ghana on Nov. 6. At least 61 TCNs have been removed there since September.
Others report similar treatment. Nigerians were forced to cross into Togo w/o documents, rendering them essentially stateless
www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
Others report similar treatment. Nigerians were forced to cross into Togo w/o documents, rendering them essentially stateless
www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
She's a nurse & grandmother who had been here for 30 years
She had a work permit
She was taken when she went to her annual ICE check-in
She was shipped to Ghana, where she was dragged on the floor.
She was then shipped to Sierra Leone, from which she had fled, and *despite a court order.*
She had a work permit
She was taken when she went to her annual ICE check-in
She was shipped to Ghana, where she was dragged on the floor.
She was then shipped to Sierra Leone, from which she had fled, and *despite a court order.*
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wrote about the kind of cinema that can only be appreciated in a friend's basement. that's right, I wrote about MALLRATS!
www.theringer.com/2025/11/24/m...
www.theringer.com/2025/11/24/m...
“The Little Movie That Couldn’t”: ‘Mallrats’ Turns 30
In the fall of 1995, Kevin Smith’s second film was a box office humiliation. Now, it’s become an embarrassment of riches. We chat with Smith about the movie and how it forever altered his career.
www.theringer.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
wrote about the kind of cinema that can only be appreciated in a friend's basement. that's right, I wrote about MALLRATS!
www.theringer.com/2025/11/24/m...
www.theringer.com/2025/11/24/m...
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🚨Imagine ICE conducting a raid on your PRIVATE PROPERTY.🚨
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
🚨Imagine ICE conducting a raid on your PRIVATE PROPERTY.🚨
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
Illegal, unconstitutional, and an elevation of ICE’s encroachment. This needs to have national attention. 1/2
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People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
People are calling my lede here "appalling," "nightmare fuel," "actively evil," and "a desecration of the human spirit"
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R.E.M. and Bill Berry fans, this is so wholesome.
@jasonnarducy.bsky.social
@jasonnarducy.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
R.E.M. and Bill Berry fans, this is so wholesome.
@jasonnarducy.bsky.social
@jasonnarducy.bsky.social
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Had a blast w/ @zachlowenba.bsky.social, talking Kawhi's return, LeBron's fit, Magic w/o Paolo, Heat rising/Herro's return, GSW issues, Wiz putting 9-73 in play, and more.
(Zach also had another guest who I hear is doing great things in the podcast space.)
open.spotify.com/episode/6xNg...
(Zach also had another guest who I hear is doing great things in the podcast space.)
open.spotify.com/episode/6xNg...
Kawhi’s Return, LeBron Fitting In, and Risers and Fallers With Howard Beck. Plus, a Look at Chris Paul’s Career With Bill Simmons.
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Had a blast w/ @zachlowenba.bsky.social, talking Kawhi's return, LeBron's fit, Magic w/o Paolo, Heat rising/Herro's return, GSW issues, Wiz putting 9-73 in play, and more.
(Zach also had another guest who I hear is doing great things in the podcast space.)
open.spotify.com/episode/6xNg...
(Zach also had another guest who I hear is doing great things in the podcast space.)
open.spotify.com/episode/6xNg...
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When Susan Orlean started writing for the New Yorker, in 1987, she felt like an interloper among the John Updikes and Calvin Trillins.
I asked her when she stopped feeling that way.
Full interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/5pGy...
I asked her when she stopped feeling that way.
Full interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/5pGy...
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
When Susan Orlean started writing for the New Yorker, in 1987, she felt like an interloper among the John Updikes and Calvin Trillins.
I asked her when she stopped feeling that way.
Full interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/5pGy...
I asked her when she stopped feeling that way.
Full interview here: open.spotify.com/episode/5pGy...
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These players have the highest cost of defensive fouls and D3s violations in terms of Net Pts.
- Indiana centers!
- And-ones, techs, transition takes can really hurt. Jokic has 6 D3 violations
- Dillon Brooks was top 10 the prior two years, not this year (yet).
- Indiana centers!
- And-ones, techs, transition takes can really hurt. Jokic has 6 D3 violations
- Dillon Brooks was top 10 the prior two years, not this year (yet).
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
These players have the highest cost of defensive fouls and D3s violations in terms of Net Pts.
- Indiana centers!
- And-ones, techs, transition takes can really hurt. Jokic has 6 D3 violations
- Dillon Brooks was top 10 the prior two years, not this year (yet).
- Indiana centers!
- And-ones, techs, transition takes can really hurt. Jokic has 6 D3 violations
- Dillon Brooks was top 10 the prior two years, not this year (yet).
The latest from my Ringer pal Kirk Goldsberry:
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The latest from my Ringer pal Kirk Goldsberry:
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.