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Ricky O'Donnell @rickyodonn.bsky.social · 6h

Ranked the NBA tank race entering the season, including two teams that don't control their picks:

www.sbnation.com/nba/1085023/...

7 NBA teams in tank race for 2026 Draft, ranked by chances of getting No. 1 pick

This is what the tank race looks like at the start of the NBA’s 2025-26 season.

www.sbnation.com

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Jason Patt @bullsjay.bsky.social · 7h

NEW #CashConsiderations w/ @rickyodonn.bsky.social on Bulls preseason.
-- Matas! Ricky wonders if he could be a top 50-75 player by end of THIS SEASON 👀
-- Starters stinky as a group w/o Coby
-- First impressions of Essengue, Okoro
-- Pat signs of life?

open.spotify.com/episode/7gvU...

All aboard the Matas Buzelis hype train

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Ricky O'Donnell @rickyodonn.bsky.social · 17h

The Chicago Bears have spent 10,000 hours shooting themselves in the crotch and now they have true expertise in the field

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Mitchell Northam @northam67.bsky.social · 1d

Story here for SB Nation on Chloe Kitts being out for the year for South Carolina: www.sbnation.com/womens-sport...

South Carolina women’s basketball star out for 2025-26 season with ACL injury

South Carolina forward Chloe Kitts will miss the 2025-26 season after an ACL tear.

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Ricky O'Donnell @rickyodonn.bsky.social · 3d

Wrote about some NBA over/under win totals I like (please do not bet on these)

www.sbnation.com/nba/1084552/...

7 NBA locks for win total over/under picks in 2025-26

Here are seven NBA over/under win total picks for the new season.

www.sbnation.com

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Ricky O'Donnell @rickyodonn.bsky.social · 3d

Rico’s Fresh Market will not be intimidated after ICE dropped tear gas outside my grocery store a week ago today. Get these fuckers out of our city.

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 4d

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

📝 @robertchannick.bsky.social
📹 Josh Thomas

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 4d

I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.

A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.

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Ricky O'Donnell @rickyodonn.bsky.social · 4d

I agree they are similar players. The vision is for Okoro to guard point guards since Coby and Giddey really can't (think Brunson/Maxey/Haliburton/Cade) while Pat is so heavy that he's more of a paint defender or bigger wing defender at this point. I feel crazy thinking Pat could be better than him

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Ricky O'Donnell @rickyodonn.bsky.social · 4d

It's tough because they have parts of a cool roster in there somewhere. Buzelis is going to be pretty good at minimum, and I'm really high on Essengue. Ayo and Coby are fun. But Giddey/Okoro just won't work spacing wise, and I never want to look at Vuc again. A better GM could rescue this but not AK

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Maggie Hendricks @maggiehendricks.bsky.social · 4d

If there's one thing I wish more people understood about nuns, it's that community is at the heart of everything they do, and I think that's one thing Sister Jean's sisters made really clear. And in a very Chicago twist, one of the sisters is also @rickyodonn.bsky.social's aunt.

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Ricky O'Donnell @rickyodonn.bsky.social · 4d

I cannot possibly waste the next four years of my life watching Josh Giddey's fuckass floater. This is not real basketball

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Ricky O'Donnell @rickyodonn.bsky.social · 4d

Nothing else going on in Chicago sports right now, so here's a Matas dunk

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Ricky O'Donnell @rickyodonn.bsky.social · 4d

Josh Giddey looking unplayable seven minutes into the second preseason game

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Ricky O'Donnell @rickyodonn.bsky.social · 5d

Here's my Matas Buzelis blurb on my breakout players list:

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Ricky O'Donnell @rickyodonn.bsky.social · 5d

Wrote about 6 NBA players primed for a breakout season this year:

www.sbnation.com/nba/1084250/...

6 NBA players who will have breakout seasons in 2025-26

These NBA players are going to break out in a big way this year.

www.sbnation.com

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Ricky O'Donnell @rickyodonn.bsky.social · 5d

A'ja deserved for that to be a true buzzer-beater. On the very short list of best athletes in the world right now

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Ricky O'Donnell @rickyodonn.bsky.social · 5d

KAH

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Ricky O'Donnell @rickyodonn.bsky.social · 5d

Alyssa Thomas just threw a better touchdown pass than Kyler has all year

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Ricky O'Donnell @rickyodonn.bsky.social · 6d

I'm getting mad thinking about him turning into a dependable piece on a Western Conference playoff team next year because they gave Giddey $25 million per year for no reason

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Ricky O'Donnell @rickyodonn.bsky.social · 6d

Preferred Bulls rotation going forward:

Starters: Ayo, Coby, Essengue, Matas, Vuc. Bench: Pat, Collins, Jones, Dalen/Phillips. Trade/cut: Giddey, Okoro, Huerter

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Sean Vinsel @hoopsinsight.bsky.social · 6d

I would urge everyone to read about the Kyren Lacy situation and think about what went wrong here, what they think led to those things happening, and how this can be avoided. We cannot let people be cast aside like this. www.sbnation.com/nfl/1084046/...

Kyren Lacy’s death was an inexcusable systemic failure

Come fan with us. SB Nation is the largest independent sports media brand, consisting of SBNation.com, MMAFighting.com and over 300 fan-centric team communities.

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Ricky O'Donnell @rickyodonn.bsky.social · 6d

My Essengue sizzle thread is on the other site, but 8 points, 3 offensive rebounds, 1/2 on threes, and +12 in 14 minutes is a pretty nice start

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Ricky O'Donnell @rickyodonn.bsky.social · 6d

I've seen enough in garbage time of the first preseason game to double down on my Noa Essengue needs to start, this season and this franchise are meaningless, just play him take

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Ricky O'Donnell @rickyodonn.bsky.social · 6d

Good news: NBA on NBC is back and it's going to fix the Bulls

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