Dia Miller
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An absolute pleasure to work on this with
@AnferneeSimons
.
@AnferneeSimons
is just getting started.
In our latest cover story,
@evepeyser
spoke with Simons, his family, and his Blazers teammates about his quiet demeanor, his constant learning, and how he’s grown since coming into the NBA.
📸:
@diandraann
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I’m a sucker for parents bringing their kids to
@WNBA
games.
@AaronDonald97
and his son are exactly why. 👏🏼
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My 7 year old daughter was introduced to the WNBA today in
@sabrina_i20
‘s debut. “Mom, I can be a basketball player even though I’m a girl?” Yes baby girl, you can do anything ❤️
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In a world full of people telling her she can’t, I’m so grateful for the ones telling her she CAN. This is why the WNBA is so important.
@sabrina_i20
@Nike
@WNBA
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Two years ago, this girl watched
@sabrina_i20
debut for the
@nyliberty
on TV. She hadn’t been exposed to the
@WNBA
and didn’t realize she could grow up and play professionally too. Today she sat court side and watched a Sabrina in person. The WNBA is so important.
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Last night was
@zairewade21
‘s birthday. Not only did the
@slcstars
win, but
@DwyaneWade
and
@itsgabrielleu
and his whole family showed up in a big way. They surprised him after with a cake and a lot of love. (Sharing these photos I took with their permission.)
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My 4 yr old (Jesse) has a major speech delay due to seizures, and he’s just starting to really talk. Watching the
@trailblazers
game he pointed out
@CJMcCollum
‘s shoes.
J: I like his red shoes
Me: That’s CJ
J: (confidently) it is mom. I like him.
Guess he has a fav player now.
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The fact that
@TheRealJRSmith
is going back to college is inspiring for so many reasons. We need more examples like this. This is a disappointing post, and i always hope media will be better. Good for him for speaking up for himself, although he shouldn’t have to.
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7 players.
We are down to 7 players in an INTENSE, emotional, physical game. One thing I will say about the
@trailblazers
is that they do 👏🏼 not 👏🏼 quit 👏🏼 Even when everything is stacked against them. Show me a team with more heart. I’ll wait.
#RipCity
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Have I mentioned I love this team?! No? Not today? I love this team.
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Ended up in a conversation with my 9 year old daughter this morning about how women in the WNBA make much less money than men in the NBA. Her response? “Well that’s not right. They’re playing the same game.” My 9 year old gets it but some grown adults still can’t. 🤦🏼♀️
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I’ll never understand the people saying to trade Damian Lillard. We could get alllll the picks in the world for him and never again be able to draft someone of that caliber and loyalty. As far as I’m concerned, Dame can play in Portland until he’s 47 if he wants to.
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Without FAIL, when I tweet about the WNBA being important, or my daughter aspiring to play one day, or the pay difference from the NBA, I get so many ridiculous, rude and uncalled for comments. THIS is part of the problem. We need more constructive conversations around this.
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Tonight I get to shoot a Portland Trail Blazers Game.
Only 3 years ago I was nowhere near working in sports.
I’m 36 years old and a single mother to 3 children.
It’s never too late to work for your dreams.
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So I’m officially on the Miami Heat bandwagon. But considering my Blazers are out, and
@MeyersLeonard
is on the heat, I feel like I’m allowed. Right? Right. Go Heat.
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Hey internet,
@AnferneeSimons
broke a franchise record tonight dating way back to 1970. He’s now the youngest
@trailblazers
to score 43 points. He broke his own personal record for 3s and scoring. And the Blazers won. So let’s talk about that tonight, shall we?!
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16 yrs ago my ex gave me my first pro camera (bought with a cc he took out in my name and never paid) with the message that I would never make anything of my dreams of being a photographer.
Today I walked into the ESPN studio and photographed
@chiney
. I hope he sees this tweet.
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I’m not going to retweet the photos of M*les Br*dges wife because it’s insanely triggering and I know what It just did to me to come across It. But please WAKE UP and stop excusing this kind of behavior simply because a man is a talented athlete or famous or successful.
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Today I was told that taking my 7 year old daughter to a
@trailblazers
was a waste of money. But lifelong fans are made now. Proof. Me as a 6 year old. Her as a 6 year old at her first game. She cheered for
@Dame_Lillard
the ENTIRE time. Best money I’ve spent.
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@EmmanuelAcho
As a photographer who has shot professional sports, you do what you can to stay out of the way. But sometimes you get in the way anyway. That doesn’t constitute being shoved like that. Every time a player has ever run me over they’ve apologized and come back to be sure I’m okay.
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New to the Trail Blazers this season,
@Dennis1SmithJr
bringing the 🔥🔥🔥 with that sweatshirt.
“Invest in women.
Pay women.
Hire women.”
Hasn’t even stepped foot on the court in a
@trailblazers
jersey yet and I’m a fan 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I like good players. I like good people more.
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What if… stay with me here… what if the Trail Blazers win again tonight….?
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Turns out
@Dame_Lillard
is not just Trail Blazers good, or NBA good— he’s worldwide good. But we all knew that.
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The Blazers just might F around and find out they can win a championship this season.
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Broke the news to my littlest
@CJMcCollum
fan. Huge thanks to CJ who was his first basketball love and really the reason he’s grown to love the game already. We will be fans no matter where you go! Pelicans, take good care of our guy.
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This might be a hot take, but Damian Lillard is having an MVP season. If the Blazers were higher in the standings, I truly think he’d be in the conversation.
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How any Trail Blazer fan in their right mind could NOT want to build a winning team around
@Dame_Lillard
us beyond me. It’s rare that a small market franchise drafts a player of that caliber that is also that loyal.
Embrace it,
#ripcity
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“You’re going to have to take our word.”
Turns out, your word doesn’t mean much.
An OPB investigation finds that the Portland
@trailblazers
did not contact several primary sources in their probe of a 1997 rape allegation against head-coach hire Chauncey Billups, despite saying they did everything in their power to vet the incident:
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The fact that
@Dame_Lillard
has done this in less than half the games the people before and after him did it is incredible. Really really impressive.
#ripcity
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The fact that the news of Britney Griner is bringing out ANYTHING other than empathy, compassion and discussions around how we make it so these women don’t have to go play overseas blows my mind. Some of y’all really out here showing your ignorance and frankly, lack of humanity.
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Y’all.
Not every “good” team is a “super team”
There’s a difference.
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The most personal thing I’ve ever written. After the backlash from my twitter post I almost didn’t publish it. But it’s important. So here it is.
Blazer’s Edge writer and podcaster
@diandraann
shares her voice, and her personal experience, responding to the news of the Blazers offering their head coaching position to Chauncey Billups.
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Y’all.
He’s never leaving. 👏🏼
REPORT: The Blazers are expected to offer Damian Lillard a 2-year, $100M+ extension this off-season.
(via
@JakeLFischer
, )
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A crowd started gathering before I was even allowed in the gym. Some of these people were outside for over an hour waiting for
@Dame_Lillard
to come out. He didn’t disappoint.
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So like theoretically, what if Kevin Durant went to the Blazers….?
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If the Trail Blazers can get John Collins for the number 7 pick, you absolutely do this deal. 👏🏼
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Look.
We spent the entire season broken and battered. We dressed 9 players in a playoff game. The 1st seed Lakers starters had to fight to beat our 8th seed bench. We fought like hell and never once gave up or took It easy.
Be proud
#ripcity
Be so so proud of our
@trailblazers
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I wanna tell y’all a story.
(A thread 🧵)
YEARS ago, when I was a wedding photographer and it was the time of blogging, I was in a Home Depot. This incredibly sweet girl came up to me, asked if I was Diandra and shared with me that she’d been following my blog.
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Just a reminder… the WORST player in the NBA can still beat every single one of y’all.
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I’m gonna start going to the Laker games wearing my
@carmeloanthony
Blazers jersey just to remind y’all where he’s been the last two years…
#neverforget
#ripcity
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If the Blazers don’t do anything else this season, they single-handedly broke the Lakers.
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His beautiful wife and daughter were also in attendance. When I took the other photo they weren’t sitting in their seats and I try not to be too intrusive. The team photographer had already taken one of the whole family. But I did get this. 🤍
@EriDon_99
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I’m working on an article, and asked my grandma if she could remember when My first
@trailblazers
game was. This was her response. 😳👏🏼😍❤️
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This is what I love about Portland fans— even after the massive blow of losing fan favorite players (and especially 9 year veteran CJ)— fans are already embracing players who may or may not even stay in Blazer uniforms past this season.
There’s really nothing like
#ripcity
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Learning to love myself.
It’s taken 36 years… but I’m getting better at it.
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Good news Trail Blazers fans— the team hasn’t lost a single game this year!!
#ripcity
#happynewyear
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“Why the heck would you wear a Cleveland Lebron James jersey when you live in LA?!”
-Me, walking the streets of LA in a Portland Trail Blazers Carmelo Anthony jersey
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This sweet boy of mine insisted on sleeping in his
@CJMcCollum
jersey tonight and I couldn’t tell him no.
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Damian Lillard calling NBA twitter “weirdos” is my favorite moment of this season.
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Sometimes a person comes into your life for just a time. They aren’t meant to be there forever, but it still hurts when they leave.
We will miss you in
#RipCity
,
@carmeloanthony
.
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I just want to take a second and shout out
@AmaraBaptist
and all the other people working on NBA social media right now who are having to deal with awful comments on incredible posts. Amara is the best and the Trail Blazers are lucky to have her!
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This is such an end of an era for Blazers fans. I think there will be a lot of frustration watching this go down when Dame was so vocal about wanting to win with Portland. I wouldn’t be surprised to watch fans turn against the team now to be honest. It’s hard to watch.
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@EmmanuelAcho
I thought this was a very timely tweet. Two men that are fan favorites doing the EXACT same thing people were angry about a woman doing tonight.
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Zach Collins plays all of 2 quarters in the G-League and gets a technical foul. The man is consistent 😂👏🏼
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Remember that one time
@bosnianbeast27
tweeted the photo with
@JeramiGrant
and then he ended up on the Blazers?
Same energy.
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“Something that’s missing in our league is character. Passion and pride, not just the name on the back but the name on the front. How you impact the people you come into contact with.”
@Dame_Lillard
media availability reminding us that it’s not just basketball.
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I didn’t start working in sports until 2020.
I was 34, and a single mom with 3 kids (7, 4 and 3).
4 years later, I’ve shot 2 mag covers, NBA games, NBA today on ESPN, worked with individual athletes and landed a job as the photographer for a WNBA team.
It’s never too late.
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Last week I shared a photo of
@Dennis1SmithJr
wearing
@ktrain_11
’s “invest in women, pay women, hire women” hoodie. This week we have
@QCook323
in the same hoodie. I’ll say it a million times… I love good players but I love good people more. Keep supporting women 👏🏼
#ripcity
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I feel like this is CJs season. He’s gonna come out night after night and remind everyone just how valuable he is as a Trail Blazer.
And I am HERE for it.
#ripcity
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I don’t think people with no connection to Portland fully understand what Damian Lillard has meant to Trail Blazers fans.
For a decade he was the pulse of
#ripcity
The game at Moda Center tonight isn’t just a return, it’s a home coming.
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The fact that I read this, immediately believed it and got excited by the future might explain all my failed relationships.
Portland's plan is to fully reshape roster around Damian Lillard now. Portland created a $21M trade exception today, potentially $60M in salary cap space this summer, multiple draft picks and assets via Pels and Clippers trades. Plan is to pursue high-end talent now, not retreat.
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This is actually a pretty comparison!
@AnferneeSimons
is special. I’m sure
@Dame_Lillard
has had something to do with that, but Ant gets the credit for putting in the work. He’s worked hard, he’s risen above the naysayers and he’s proven himself. He’s gonna do big things.
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Beautiful piece on Justin Herbert by
@minakimes
. This kind of writing is my favorite. And this article sealed the deal for me on my newfound Chargers fandom.
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I mean. The man has a point.
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When your
#NFL
team plays
#MondayNightFootball
, but it’s also your
#NBA
team’s pre season opener…
#boltup
#ripcity
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“Portland deserves better for their fans, they deserve better for the city, I would love to be a Portland Trail Blazers fan again, as I’m sure a lot of other people would in that city.”
-
@dandickau21
in reference to Neil Olshey
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Honestly, so much respect for
@Dame_Lillard
response here. Seems like he’s regularly put in a position where he either has to throw the organization under the bus or look like he doesn’t want to win a championship. He took the high road here and I respect it.
Things got a little testy postgame with Damian Lillard.
Was asked about his thoughts on the trade deadline. That's the first bite here.
Then was asked how much more patience he has with this organization in terms of making changes. That's where things turned.
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I saw a thread of teachers lists going around for people to
#clearthelist
and I love this idea! Teachers give so much, and I’d love to use this platform to help some out! So If you’re a teacher, send me your list and I’ll add It! If you can donate, please do, or simply share!
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Damian Lillard being the first pic of the All Star game is my favorite thing to happen so far. Players want to play with Dame.
Also I’m pretty sure LeBron has chosen Dame first every chance he’s gotten.
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@BleacherReport
Oh come on. You have to start this tweet with “Herro shoved Nurkic in the back after Nurkic set a legal screen on him.” 🙄🤦🏼♀️
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Took the kids to see “Space Jam: A New Legacy” today. They asked where
@Dame_Lillard
was the whole first half of the movie. When Don Cheadle finally said “you know what time it is?” My 8 yr old leaped out of her seat and yelled (this is not an exaggeration) “DAME TIME!!!”
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Yes. This. Absolutely.
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Can we get some lip reading please? 🤣
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It’s always a good day when bad guys face consequences and accountability is actually had.
Big W for Portland today.
#ripcity
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@MG_Schindler
@catiahakkoum
It’s infuriating to read the responses to this with any kind of justification.
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