David Aldridge
@davidaldridgedc
Followers
659,205
Following
4,185
Media
2,583
Statuses
32,903
I write & talk. Occasionally interview Presidents. @AUEagles fan. 2016 Naismith HOF. The Athletic columnist; Hoops, Adjacent pod. Threads/IG: davidaldridgedc
Washington, D.C.
Joined August 2009
Don't wanna be here?
Send us removal request.
Explore trending content on Musk Viewer
Rafah
• 744392 Tweets
#เพลงขึ้นใจ
• 323718 Tweets
NUNEW 3RDMV IS OUT
• 179345 Tweets
#CDTVライブライブ
• 158417 Tweets
ENGFA IN NUNEW 3RDMV
• 140569 Tweets
連休最終日
• 124964 Tweets
井上尚弥
• 121230 Tweets
マリカ杯
• 42679 Tweets
ボクシング
• 34982 Tweets
シェリン
• 32113 Tweets
#ドレミファドン
• 29331 Tweets
#SixTONES_ABARERO
• 27312 Tweets
GW最終日
• 23615 Tweets
エンティーム
• 21989 Tweets
フルサイズ
• 19288 Tweets
デビュー曲
• 17866 Tweets
#BF_Masterplan
• 13383 Tweets
髙塚大夢
• 12015 Tweets
ジャクソン
• 10461 Tweets
Last Seen Profiles
Pinned Tweet
All: I'm going to be posting far less frequently on this site. I'll link to stories, but that's about all. You can find my musings, photos and annual "It's A Wonderful Life" live streaming going forward on Threads/IG, at the same address: davidaldridgedc. Hope you'll join/follow.
13
5
84
Caitlin Clark is great.
Kamilla Cardoso is great.
Iowa is great.
South Carolina is great.
Bluder and Dawn are great.
This title game is great.
Paige is great. Aziaha James is great. JuJu is great.
ESPN's studio show is great.
This tournament is great.
Can we all stop hating on…
1K
6K
46K
TMZ, still the undisputed champion of 'how the (bleep) did they get this?'
160
2K
25K
Pat Riley is one win away from his 19th appearance in an NBA Finals as a player, coach or executive. Nineteen! That will mean Riley has either played in, coached in or been his team's top decision maker in 24.7 percent of ALL THE FINALS in NBA history!
197
4K
21K
I worked for Turner Sports, which operated NBA TV & in partnership w/the league, for 14 years. You know what David Stern did when I wrote or said something he didn’t like? He called me up and cussed me out. But he didn’t go to my bosses & try to fire me.
140
2K
19K
That was dreadful. Again. I am beginning to think this game is irredeemable. I am not sure why even minimal defense effort is beyond this generation of All-Stars. But it may be time to end this game if they can't give more of a damn than that.
918
2K
18K
Okay, finding tape of Phil Jackson coaching in Puerto Rico is next level.
60
1K
16K
Devin Booker’s always been nice.
He’s just playing in June now.
61
2K
13K
But I thought...
Thunder-Rockets Game 7 most-watched NBA game since January 31, most-watched first round game on cable since 2018, most-watched first round game on ESPN since 2017.
Five of 11 most-watched NBA games since 7/30 restart have come since suspension of play:
94
623
2K
2
2K
13K
Some of y’all are gonna start running out of things to wear...
Levi Strauss teams up with gun control group: "We cannot stand by silently"
513
5K
20K
113
3K
13K
Ron Rivera is "perplexed, truly frustrated, beyond frustrated" that so many of his players remain unvaccinated. He pointed out that his cancer treatment last year has left him immune deficient, requiring him to put masks on in almost all gatherings with players.
305
2K
11K
This should end it, right? Unless you don't want it ended. And that's on you.
Caitlin Clark to ESPN just now: “I don't think Angel should be criticized at all. No matter what way it goes, she should never be criticized for what she did. I compete, she competed.
“It was a super, super fun game. I think that's what's going to bring more people to our game”
504
6K
41K
222
2K
11K
But I thought...
Game 7 of the Nuggets-Jazz drew 3.385 million viewers on ABC. One of the most-watched games since the restart and very big for the NBA — a non-LeBron James game drawing robust numbers. Tops among all demos (Adults watching 18-34, 18-49 and 24-54.)
145
987
5K
4
2K
11K
Trade between Philly and Boston will be finalized on Monday, per source. Sides have agreed. Sixers will get first pick and take Fultz.
483
9K
10K
I hope those of you who have spent so much time on Twitter over the years killing KD for, basically, everything, can give him some props for putting it on the line for his team tonight and literally going until he dropped. (I know. It’s Twitter.)
189
2K
9K
You know what’s crazy? CP3 was great 15 years ago. Ten years ago. Five years ago. Today. With completely different teams, at different points in his career, with different responsibilities. Doesn’t matter. Just. Greatness.
82
925
9K
Per source, Jimmy Butler has informed Cavs that he wants to stay in Chicago rather than be traded to Cleveland.
438
5K
8K
And, the emotional return of Carmelo Anthony to Atlanta for the first time as a member of the Rockets will be March 19.
119
1K
8K
I must say, JaVale McGee looks like he's going to wind up with one of the more unexpected careers in NBA history.
82
523
8K
Zero problem with Angel Reese, Caitlin Clarke or anyone as good as they are talking junk, because they back it up on the court. Some of y'all always have exceptions to your "rules" about "sportsmanship."
209
1K
8K
Pat Riley’s playoff mantra, JVG, was "use eight, rotate seven, play six and trust five." You’re welcome.
20
723
8K
Hate all you want, for whatever reason you want. His teams have made eight straight Finals. He is a great, all-time level player. Forget the stupid "who’s better?" arguments.
@KingJames
is great, period.
178
2K
8K
After 30 years on planes…I’m coming home. I’ll be joining The Athletic D.C. as Editor in Chief: . And here’s how you can sign up for great D.C. sports coverage with a 30 percent discount:
434
752
7K
I love my NBA media brethren. But if I have to read or hear one more “why doesn’t Nikola Jokic get any love?” piece/pod, I’m going to plotz. Jokic IS THE REIGNING MVP. He’ll either win again this year or likely finish a close second to Joel Embiid. For the love of God, stop.
227
870
7K
Is that a lot for Jrue Holiday? Yes.
If getting Jrue Holiday keeps Giannis in town after ’21? You do it 100 times out of 100 and twice on Sunday.
139
480
7K
Couldn’t we just settle on 15-20 minutes of Outkast?
100
1K
6K
It is exhausting being black in this country. Thank you,
@DocRivers
.
“It’s amazing to me why we keep loving this country and this country does not love us back.”
Doc Rivers delivers an emotional message on the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
2K
28K
80K
87
955
6K
God, I loved going to Seattle, and watching the Sonics. My favorite city in the league.
106
711
6K
Meanwhile,
@DeMar_DeRozan
not backing off of claim he was lied to by Toronto regarding a potential trade, per source. Extremely upset.
166
2K
6K
My dad was a mailman for 25 years. I say that PROUDLY. His labor helped provide shelter and food for a working class Black family. And hundreds of thousands of other families of all colors still are provided for by Post Office workers. I stand with ALL of them, & especially now.
"Stand with me, fellow veterans, in support of your local United States Postal Service." - Nathan
#SaveThePostOffice
123
3K
8K
41
957
6K
Of course, Michael Jordan is introduced last among the NBA’s Top 75 players of all time who made it to All-Star Weekend in Chicago.
105
317
6K
The
@BrooklynNets
are back in the playoffs, in 3 years, w/a rebuilt team. Proof to all paying attention that you don’t need a top-three pick, or have to sign a monster free agent, if you have a strong organization and strong coaching, to quickly turn things around.
304
831
5K
Okay. Strap in. Told by a source w/knowledge of the process that Gordon Hayward has NOT made a decision yet & is still in the process. FWIW.
388
4K
5K
My wife, who is by no means a big basketball fan, just said, ‘look at Skinny Charles!’ Skinny Chuck could go. Some of y’all need to watch some tape.
98
399
5K
Last year the final eight teams in this year’s playoffs won an NBA title:
Utah: never
Denver: never
Phoenix: never
Clippers: never
76ers: 1983
Brooklyn: never
Bucks: 1971
Hawks: 1957
61
689
5K
Asked about his recent travels the past few years, Howard has a ready-made answer: “I learned Magic for eight years. Went to La-La Land. Worked for a while with Rockets. Learned to fly with some Hawks. Got stung by the Hornets. And it all taught me how to be a Wizard.”
257
1K
5K
We are all diminished by violence. Stop killing cops. Stop killing civilians. Stop killing tourists. Stop killing.
92
3K
5K
Boogie Cousins is signing with the Warriors.
Live look at rest of NBA:
93
2K
5K
Chris Mortenson had no reason to know, or care, about me while I was at ESPN. But as I pestered him, more than once, about how he covered an entire league as amazingly well as he did, he was never anything but generous and kind with his time and advice. Blessings to his family.
13
158
5K
You don’t win three titles in four years by accident.
72
716
4K
Even the Andersons don’t want tickets for Spurs-Dubs now.
83
2K
4K
That offensive coordinator for the Chiefs…is anyone aware if he is being considered for head coach openings?
203
546
4K
I apologize, again, to
@MarkJackson13
, for that night in 2012 when he said
@StephenCurry30
and
@KlayThompson
were the greatest shooting backcourt in history, and I doubted him.
17
464
4K
The greatest reaction shot in TV history, for my money: Larry Bird, after Reggie Miller’s impossible shot, not smiling, looking up at the clock. Because he knew there was time. Because HE had made so many shots like that at the buzzer. The great ones knew.
27
493
4K
This is a momentous night in L.A., obviously for
@MagicJohnson
and GM Rob Pelinka. But it is biggest, I think, for
@JeanieBuss
. She made a very, VERY difficult personal decision in ‘17 to shake up her front office to do just this: land a superstar. Her new FO did. Kudos to her.
62
967
4K
For those of you who still are arguing that teams are crazy to try and get Kawhi Leonard, even for a year: Paul George, who everyone insisted would be going to L.A. come hell or high water, is going back to OKC. Because they convinced him to stay.
158
1K
4K
I don’t have a lot of tears left, so let me just say Black Panther was beyond uplifting. Can’t believe he kept working through cancer. For black kids to have a hero that looks like them…there aren’t words.
And, this was funny as hell.
Wakanda Forever.
29
552
4K
Per league sources, Andre Iguodala is prepared to sit out the rest of this season if Memphis isn’t able to orchestrate a trade with one of the agreed-upon teams he designated by Thursday’s trade deadline.
(1/2)
293
708
4K
Dude on Wheel of Fortune had to solve this:
A STREETCAR NA_ED DESIRE
He asked for a K.
I’m gonna go lie down.
160
2K
4K
Nothing against the Cs/Hayward. Just feel for Jazz & fans; they built first-rate org from scratch & were just starting to reap the rewards.
163
1K
4K
Spurs and U.S. men’s Olympic team coach Gregg Popovich, asked about a potential scenario where he’d coach a Game 7 of the Finals, then have to go to Tokyo for an opening round game in the Olympics two days later: “I don’t think we’re gonna let the Finals go seven games.”
39
230
4K
Meanwhile, Kawhi will make his announcement to the guy delivering his takeout.
56
610
4K
Vegas, 2019 Summer League. This dude keeps raving about the Clippers’ second-round pick, Terrence Mann. Will not shut up about him. Will not. Says he’s going to be a really, REALLY good player. And I’m like, ‘okay, Jerry West; I believe you.'
28
482
4K
No American man ever had a better life than Hugh Hefner. You will never convince me otherwise. RIP.
97
1K
4K
Also tonight: Portland just got a whole lot better. A whole lot.
71
229
4K
The most pathetic performance I’ve seen in almost 40 years of being around and covering this basketball team.
135
610
4K
Just a reminder for some of the young heads-Cosell was That Dude. From FIFTY THREE years ago:
ESPN’s Jon Gruden in 2016: The NFL should “cut” Colin Kaepernick for protesting.
ABC’s Howard Cosell in 1968:
423
6K
24K
51
606
4K
Harris turned down an $80 million extension from the Clippers last July, deciding to play out the last year of his previous deal and hit unrestricted free agency this summer. He got $100 million more for his year-long wait. Pretty huge haul for the Harris family.
19
573
4K
The NCAA will do whatever the power conferences want. But for the life of me, I don't know how you can watch the unadulterated joy of one-bid conference champions and their fans after they win their tournaments and think it's better to have more mediocre P6 teams in the Dance.
96
318
4K
If this is Brett Brown’ last game in Philly, let me say this: he got that franchise through the lowest, worst years a pro team could endure, & did so professionally. If this group no longer responds to him, that’s the life of an NBA coach. Seven years is a LONG time in one place.
80
452
4K
Classy, classy move by the NBA, honoring the late Terrence Clarke.
11
408
4K
Is it me or are the Lakers re-assembling the 2017-18 Pelicans?
229
575
3K
Told the players’ meeting ended "ugly," per a source, with uncertainty about what will happen tomorrow. The union will be present at the special Board of Governors meeting, per a source.
118
1K
3K
John Wall has agreed to the designated player veteran exception in Washington, per source, that will pay him a total of $207M through 2023.
101
2K
3K
The Warriors, from Steve Kerr to Kevin Durant, had already been pretty clear that they weren’t going to go to WH if invited anyway.
47
1K
3K
Nuggets don’t want to hear this now, but running it back next year, with Jokic, Barton, Gordon, a returning Murray and Porter, Jr (and, i’m assuming, a re-signed Cousins)…they’re gonna go on a deep postseason run in ’23.
213
214
3K
The Clippers will not be keeping Isaiah Thomas, acquired today from Washington in three-team deal with Knicks that brought Marcus Morris to LA and send Moe Harkless/picks to NYC, per league source.
324
1K
3K
Good Lord.
One more time.
They were/are PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES. You are/were not. You can’t get a hit off deGrom b/c you played in high school. You can’t take a set off Serena b/c you play at the club. Stop it.
These high school kids bet Brian Scalabrine a pair of shoes they could beat him 1-on-1 😅
@brkicks
(via joshlopesss/IG)
928
7K
55K
76
390
3K
At the direction of his attorney, Raymond Brothers,
@MarkelleF
is scheduled to see a shoulder specialist early next week. Per Brothers, Fultz will not participate in team practices or games until after the the specialist has had a chance to evaluate him.
368
1K
3K
They are all kneeling. Players. Coaches. Referees. Alvin Gentry and Quin Snyder, locked arm in arm.
46
319
3K
Grizz aren’t finished. Per source, they have waived veteran SG Avery Bradley. His 2019-20 salary ($12.9M) would have been guaranteed last Thursday. Memphis will have to pay Bradley his $2M guaranteed for next year. Grizz continue to get further below the cap line for more moves.
225
867
3K
Virginia turnout, 2016: 782K
Virginia turnout, 2020: 1.3M
79
567
3K
My dad was a mailman. He did it for 30 years. He did it when it was freezing cold, when it was ungodly hot, when it was snowing hard, when it was pouring rain. He got up every Monday thru Saturday at 3:30 am and did it for 10 hours a day. For 30 years. Thank you,
@paulwaldman1
.
I'd like to thank the president for giving me the opportunity to go on a little rant reminding everyone that the US Postal Service is a fricking marvel, and people's complaints about it are largely bogus. Strap in... /1
477
7K
17K
67
428
3K
What Sam Presti does year in and year out to consistently keep the Thunder competitive in a very small market and give OKC future flexibility to bring in big-salaried talent if necessary/desired is remarkable.
54
330
3K
America deserves the Blazers in the play-in round. They are ridiculous and wonderful and so bad on D and I don’t care.
56
253
3K
Damian Lillard's focus is solely on the Miami Heat, per source. No other suitors at the moment.
83
569
3K
Perhaps NFL players should ask why they accept a structure w/almost no guaranteed contracts (avg career: 3.3 yrs) in a $13 billion industry.
153
3K
3K
I was a janitor. I was an usher. I was a temp in a bank. I worked at the Postal Rate Commission, making copies and sharpening pencils. I was never ashamed of my labor. Geoffrey Owens isn’t, either. Nor should he be.
39
389
3K
What a beautifully written story about two guys who became unlikely friends. Knowing the Chuckster, it doesn’t surprise me at all:
53
601
3K
I asked Bradley Beal if he felt any less safe of late given the rash of fan-player incidents. He said no, saying he trusts security-while also pointing out that fans normally don’t confront players directly. "I don’t want to use my hood slang, but these hands work," he said.
15
332
3K
Lakers, working multiple scenarios, will meet this afternoon with Rockets RFA Clint Capela, per league source.
143
1K
3K
I learned so much about basketball sitting at the bar with Jerry Sloan and his longtime assistant Phil Johnson. They were beyond patient with a young, dumb reporter. And Jerry never made excuses if his team lost-which wasn’t that often. RIP to a great, great coach.
27
255
3K
Asked Isaiah Thomas late last night why he picked the Wizards. His response: “Opportunity!!!! (actual number of exclamation points) That’s all I wanted, I’ll do the rest!”
18
283
3K
And
@Naomi_Osaka_
played her heart out, and outplayed Serena, and completely deserved the victory over her idol. I feel terrible for her. The referee can’t do what he did today. You use discretion, and warnings. You don’t take points and games away in a Slam final.
100
780
3K
First overall picks in the last decade (2010-20) in the NBA:
Minnesota 2X
New Orleans 2X
Cleveland 3X
Philly 2X
Phoenix
Washington
For the billionth time: if the NBA fixes the lottery, it truly sucks at it.
82
417
3K
Washington Commanders first-round pick Jahan Dotson, on getting the call from Ron Rivera: “honestly, I was watching the Suns-Pelicans game on my phone.”
27
233
2K
Asked
@JaredDudley619
weeks ago to make Nets' pitch to FAs: "Best facilities. You can live in the city, unlike the Knicks. It’s going to take one person to say 'you know what? I’m going to go against the norm. I don’t want to go to the Lakers or Knicks; I want to go to Brooklyn.”
58
338
2K