Barry
@raulbarrigon.bsky.social
Journalist. Managing editor of http://HoopsHype.com.
Fell in love with 🏀 watching Kareem’s Sky Hook on TV and Arvydas Sabonis & Oscar Schmidt in Valladolid. ‘85 Bobby Finstock rules.
Fell in love with 🏀 watching Kareem’s Sky Hook on TV and Arvydas Sabonis & Oscar Schmidt in Valladolid. ‘85 Bobby Finstock rules.
Social media reacts as Cooper Flagg becomes youngest to score 35: 'Shawty like that'
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Social media reacts as Cooper Flagg becomes youngest to score 35: 'Shawty like that'
Check out the social media reaction to Cooper Flagg's latest NBA history feat.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Social media reacts as Cooper Flagg becomes youngest to score 35: 'Shawty like that'
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Yaron Weitzman Q&A: I think Laker fans would have expected more than one title with LeBron James
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Yaron Weitzman Q&A: I think Laker fans would have expected more than one title with LeBron James
Yaron Weitzman, the author of 'A Hollywood Ending: The Dreams and Drama of the LeBron Lakers' spoke with HoopsHype about receiving a warning of a potential lawsuit from the Lakers, the complicated rel...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Yaron Weitzman Q&A: I think Laker fans would have expected more than one title with LeBron James
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NBA Intel: Ja Morant, Timberwolves, Keon Ellis, Kings, Afernee Simons, Celtics, and more
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NBA Intel: Ja Morant, Timberwolves, Kings, Celtics
HoopsHype has gathered the latest intel on the trade market for Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant, the Timberwolves, Kings, and Celtics
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November 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
NBA Intel: Ja Morant, Timberwolves, Keon Ellis, Kings, Afernee Simons, Celtics, and more
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CJ McCollum passed Tobias Harris, Richard Hamilton and Larry Nance in scoring for No. 135 all-time.
Kawhi Leonard moved ahead of Richard Jefferson for No. 161.
McCollum entered the NBA two years after Kawhi.
Kawhi Leonard moved ahead of Richard Jefferson for No. 161.
McCollum entered the NBA two years after Kawhi.
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
CJ McCollum passed Tobias Harris, Richard Hamilton and Larry Nance in scoring for No. 135 all-time.
Kawhi Leonard moved ahead of Richard Jefferson for No. 161.
McCollum entered the NBA two years after Kawhi.
Kawhi Leonard moved ahead of Richard Jefferson for No. 161.
McCollum entered the NBA two years after Kawhi.
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Thankful to the @prohoopswriters.bsky.social for recognizing my @hoopshypeofficial.bsky.social story on the Pacers and their coaching staff’s lives behind the scenes as a top-five magazine-length feature story from last season 🙏🏼
Congrats to fellow writers whose work was also recognized by the PBWA!
Congrats to fellow writers whose work was also recognized by the PBWA!
Exclusive: How’s life as an NBA coach behind the scenes? I joined the Pacers to find out. Learn how the job affects sleep and family life, what happens on team plane and bus trips, in meetings, timeouts, and how the job has changed on @hoopshypeofficial.bsky.social. hoopshype.com/lists/embedd...
Embedded with the Pacers: A day with an NBA coaching staff
HoopsHype’s Senior NBA Insider Michael Scotto was granted exclusive access behind the scenes of life as an NBA coach with the Indiana Pacers and learned how the NBA grind affects the sleep ha…
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November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Thankful to the @prohoopswriters.bsky.social for recognizing my @hoopshypeofficial.bsky.social story on the Pacers and their coaching staff’s lives behind the scenes as a top-five magazine-length feature story from last season 🙏🏼
Congrats to fellow writers whose work was also recognized by the PBWA!
Congrats to fellow writers whose work was also recognized by the PBWA!
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Update: Washington Wizards rookie guard Tre Johnson is expected to miss a handful of weeks with a strained left hip flexor, league sources told @hoopshypeofficial.bsky.social. The 19-year-old rookie guard has been one of the top shooters in this year’s draft class shooting 40% from 3-point range.
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Update: Washington Wizards rookie guard Tre Johnson is expected to miss a handful of weeks with a strained left hip flexor, league sources told @hoopshypeofficial.bsky.social. The 19-year-old rookie guard has been one of the top shooters in this year’s draft class shooting 40% from 3-point range.
Trade rumor rankings: LaMelo Ball, Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving, more
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Trade rumor rankings: LaMelo Ball, Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving, more
HoopsHype breaks down the five players who have appeared most often in trade rumors recently, including LaMelo Ball, Anthony Davis, and more.
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November 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Trade rumor rankings: LaMelo Ball, Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving, more
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Aggregate 2026 NBA Mock Draft 2.0: Darryn Peterson headlines loaded class
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Aggregate 2026 NBA Mock Draft 2.0: Darryn Peterson headlines loaded class
HoopsHype's second Aggregate 2026 NBA Mock Draft with Darryn Peterson headlining a loaded class as college basketball returns.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Aggregate 2026 NBA Mock Draft 2.0: Darryn Peterson headlines loaded class
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Five potential destinations for Anthony Davis if the Mavs decide to trade him
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Five potential destinations for Anthony Davis if the Mavs decide to trade him
Here's a list of possible trade destinations for Anthony Davis, in no particular order. Spoiler alert: there are no Luka Doncic types coming back
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November 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Five potential destinations for Anthony Davis if the Mavs decide to trade him
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Horace Grant Q&A: 'To Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, I pray and hope that you guys can settle this silliness'
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Horace Grant Q&A: 'To MJ and Pip, I pray and hope that you guys can settle this silliness'
In a wide-ranging interview with HoopsHype, Horace Grant talked about whether he had any regrets leaving Chicago after the three-peat, the fractured relationship between Jordan and Pippen, the rise of...
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November 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Horace Grant Q&A: 'To Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, I pray and hope that you guys can settle this silliness'
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Eddie Johnson: With Tuomas Iisalo, Ja Morant faces a conflict rooted in analytics
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Eddie Johnson: With Tuomas Iisalo, Ja Morant faces a conflict rooted in analytics
NBA veteran Eddie Johnson thinks Ja Morant and Tuomas Iisalo have to reach a happy medium amid turmoil in Memphis.
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November 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Eddie Johnson: With Tuomas Iisalo, Ja Morant faces a conflict rooted in analytics
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Social media reacts to Mavs firing Nico Harrison: Lakers to build him a statue
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Social media reacts to Mavs firing Nico Harrison: Lakers to build him a statue
The time for Nico Harrison as the Mavs’ GM is up, and social media had a lot to say about it — and to remember the Luka Dončić trade to the Lakers.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Social media reacts to Mavs firing Nico Harrison: Lakers to build him a statue
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I'm going out on a limb and say the MVP will be international once again.
Global Rating rankings five days into the season.
Global Rating rankings five days into the season.
October 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I'm going out on a limb and say the MVP will be international once again.
Global Rating rankings five days into the season.
Global Rating rankings five days into the season.
Allen Iverson tells his truth in Misunderstood. Read an exclusive excerpt here
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Allen Iverson tells his truth in Misunderstood. Read an exclusive excerpt here
Allen Iverson shares his story, a meteoric rise from impoverished child in the Virginia projects to NBA All-Star.
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October 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Allen Iverson tells his truth in Misunderstood. Read an exclusive excerpt here
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Simone Fontecchio Q&A: I don’t want to be seen as just a European shooter
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Simone Fontecchio Q&A: I don’t want to be seen as just a European shooter
Exclusive Simone Fontecchio interview about adapting to the NBA, embracing Heat culture, growing in his prime, and representing Italy.
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October 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Simone Fontecchio Q&A: I don’t want to be seen as just a European shooter
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The Dallas Mavericks and Moussa Cisse have agreed to a two-way deal, agent Yann Balikouzou of LIFT Sports Management told @hoopshypeofficial.bsky.social.
October 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The Dallas Mavericks and Moussa Cisse have agreed to a two-way deal, agent Yann Balikouzou of LIFT Sports Management told @hoopshypeofficial.bsky.social.
Mike Conley Q&A: 'There hasn't been a day that I have felt like I should retire'
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Mike Conley Q&A: 'There hasn't been a day that I have felt like I should retire'
Mike Conley spoke with HoopsHype about his career journey, how much longer he hopes to keep playing, Anthony Edwards, and more.
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October 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Mike Conley Q&A: 'There hasn't been a day that I have felt like I should retire'
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