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Michael Jordan out earns every athlete in the world for another year

The 100 highest-paid athletes of all time were unveiled this week with the wealthiest men and women to ever grace the world's top sporting stages making a combined $6.2 billion last year alone.

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Knicks star's wish comes true as Suni Lee returns for NBA playoff game

Hart claimed the Knicks needed Lee and actress Anne Hathaway at every fixture after a viral clip suggested his teammate OG Anunoby recently raised his game with the pair in the crowd.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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Los Angeles Clippers' Small Forward Ben Simmons’ $16.9M Brooklyn Condo - Crazy Luxury Homes

NYC skyline views from nearly every room

crazyluxuryhomes.com

 

[therealjondoe]

Never put jjj in the convo with Bam ever again

 

[KingTaharqa]

Never put jjj in the convo with Bam ever again

JJJ has a DPOY award and is an all star. He's certified. Even Tim Duncan don't got one of those.

 

[therealjondoe]

JJJ has a DPOY award and is an all star. He's certified. Even Tim Duncan don't got one of those.

Hes holding bam's award

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Anthony Edwards Fined for 'Dick's Bigger' Laker Fan Taunt

Anthony Edwards' bank account just got shafted by the NBA ... with the Minnesota Timberwolves hooper getting hit with a $50,000 fine for telling a Lakers fan his "dick bigger."

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50 Cent & Joe Budden’s Knicks Game Convo Revealed, No Therapy Needed

50 Cent and Joe Budden have been going tit for tat for weeks on social media ... but it was all good when they came face-to-face at the Knicks heated playoff game last night!!!

www.tmz.com

 

[therealjondoe]

 

[Day_Carver]

Silver: NBA opening weekend playoff ratings best in 25 years​

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Derrick White knocks down seven 3-pointers for a 30-point night as the Celtics take Game 1 over the Magic. (1:09)

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Apr 22, 2025, 12:47 PM ET

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday that television ratings from the opening weekend of the playoffs were the best the league has seen in about a quarter century.
Speaking at the CAA World Congress of Sports presented by the Sports Business Journal on an array of topics, Silver seemed particularly pleased with the ratings from the first eight games -- four on Saturday, four more on Sunday.
"Highest-rated opening weekend in 25 years ... so the numbers are fantastic," Silver said before the NBA released the official ratings.
The league said the eight games over the weekend averaged 4.4 million viewers, the highest average in 25 years and a 17% increase over the opening weekend of last season's playoffs.
ESPN added that it was the most-watched opening weekend ever on its platforms, with nearly 6.7 million people on average watching Sunday's Orlando-Boston game on ABC and a peak of just over 8 million for that game.
Silver said what really excites him moving to a digital world is the ability to reach fans in a variety of ways.
"I say think of the ManningCast but on steroids," Silver said. "Essentially unlimited numbers of alternative channels."
The NBA acknowledged that ratings got off to a slow start this season, which it attributed in part to a World Series going on between two huge media markets -- New York and Los Angeles -- and additional attention being placed on the presidential election.
The numbers ticked upward throughout the season, and Silver recently said the league was down only about 2% year over year going into the final weeks of the regular season.

@jawnswoop @REDLINE @jack walsh13 @playahaitian @M.H.C. @Costanza @Complex @Big Tex @dtownsfinest @praetor @HellBoy @DJ
I told you guys that the whole ratings things is a farce! its rich people playing hunger games...

 

[Complex]

Memphis looks like they have that Cancun trip booked for next Monday

 

[TooTrilla]

Shit's getting old bruh. And I've been to Giannis's house, he's staying.

 

[doug777]

 

[therealjondoe]

Shit's getting old bruh. And I've been to Giannis's house, he's staying.

 

[TooTrilla]

I went into that post and read all the responses. Just a bunch of fans from all the other NBA teams saying he's coming to their team. Shits pathetic.

 

[therealjondoe]

I went into that post and read all the responses. Just a bunch of fans from all the other NBA teams saying he's coming to their team. Shits pathetic.

It's good to be wanted

 

[TooTrilla]

O

It's good to be wanted

He ain't going nowhere.

 

[shaddyvillethug]

17 till tip off

 

[DC_Dude]

 

[REDLINE]

Silver: NBA opening weekend playoff ratings best in 25 years​

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Derrick White knocks down seven 3-pointers for a 30-point night as the Celtics take Game 1 over the Magic. (1:09)

• Associated Press

Apr 22, 2025, 12:47 PM ET

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday that television ratings from the opening weekend of the playoffs were the best the league has seen in about a quarter century.
Speaking at the CAA World Congress of Sports presented by the Sports Business Journal on an array of topics, Silver seemed particularly pleased with the ratings from the first eight games -- four on Saturday, four more on Sunday.
"Highest-rated opening weekend in 25 years ... so the numbers are fantastic," Silver said before the NBA released the official ratings.
The league said the eight games over the weekend averaged 4.4 million viewers, the highest average in 25 years and a 17% increase over the opening weekend of last season's playoffs.
ESPN added that it was the most-watched opening weekend ever on its platforms, with nearly 6.7 million people on average watching Sunday's Orlando-Boston game on ABC and a peak of just over 8 million for that game.
Silver said what really excites him moving to a digital world is the ability to reach fans in a variety of ways.
"I say think of the ManningCast but on steroids," Silver said. "Essentially unlimited numbers of alternative channels."
The NBA acknowledged that ratings got off to a slow start this season, which it attributed in part to a World Series going on between two huge media markets -- New York and Los Angeles -- and additional attention being placed on the presidential election.
The numbers ticked upward throughout the season, and Silver recently said the league was down only about 2% year over year going into the final weeks of the regular season.

@jawnswoop @REDLINE @jack walsh13 @playahaitian @M.H.C. @Costanza @Complex @Big Tex @dtownsfinest @praetor @HellBoy @DJ
I told you guys that the whole ratings things is a farce! its rich people playing hunger games...

Damn the best in 25 years?

That’s crazy!

 

[ansatsusha_gouki]

 

[M.H.C.]

Now this, this was worse than the flopping

 

[TooTrilla]

Damn the best in 25 years?

That’s crazy!

Sounds like a Donald Trump lie

 

[REDLINE]

Sounds like a Donald Trump lie

I wouldn’t doubt it

 

[M.H.C.]

I remember watching Ja explain his jumping technique and I immediately noticed him applying it here. It works

 

[therealjondoe]

O

He ain't going nowhere.

 

[REDLINE]

I remember watching Ja explain his jumping technique and I immediately noticed him applying it here. It works

And what’s the “Technique”, putting the gun down and jumping?

 

[TooTrilla]

Nobody's coming to Miami bruh

 

[M.H.C.]

Hell yeah Lakers. Good shit so far

 

[therealjondoe]

Nobody's coming to Miami bruh

 

[therealjondoe]

Gabe carrying these hoes

 

[therealjondoe]

 

[M.H.C.]

Mf got CTE

 

[M.H.C.]

Mf pulled a Jontay in a playoff series. Unbelievable

 

[jawnswoop]

Silver: NBA opening weekend playoff ratings best in 25 years​

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Derrick White knocks down seven 3-pointers for a 30-point night as the Celtics take Game 1 over the Magic. (1:09)

• Associated Press

Apr 22, 2025, 12:47 PM ET

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday that television ratings from the opening weekend of the playoffs were the best the league has seen in about a quarter century.
Speaking at the CAA World Congress of Sports presented by the Sports Business Journal on an array of topics, Silver seemed particularly pleased with the ratings from the first eight games -- four on Saturday, four more on Sunday.
"Highest-rated opening weekend in 25 years ... so the numbers are fantastic," Silver said before the NBA released the official ratings.
The league said the eight games over the weekend averaged 4.4 million viewers, the highest average in 25 years and a 17% increase over the opening weekend of last season's playoffs.
ESPN added that it was the most-watched opening weekend ever on its platforms, with nearly 6.7 million people on average watching Sunday's Orlando-Boston game on ABC and a peak of just over 8 million for that game.
Silver said what really excites him moving to a digital world is the ability to reach fans in a variety of ways.
"I say think of the ManningCast but on steroids," Silver said. "Essentially unlimited numbers of alternative channels."
The NBA acknowledged that ratings got off to a slow start this season, which it attributed in part to a World Series going on between two huge media markets -- New York and Los Angeles -- and additional attention being placed on the presidential election.
The numbers ticked upward throughout the season, and Silver recently said the league was down only about 2% year over year going into the final weeks of the regular season.

@jawnswoop @REDLINE @jack walsh13 @playahaitian @M.H.C. @Costanza @Complex @Big Tex @dtownsfinest @praetor @HellBoy @DJ
I told you guys that the whole ratings things is a farce! its rich people playing hunger games...

Of course the playoffs are better than the boring ass regular season.

Players will play harder to try to win to avoid getting eliminated.

 

[jawnswoop]

DUde is on drugs.