Jake

Boylen had the guys playing at a fast pace in that nice stretch of time that everyone was healthy. Boylen and Paxson have been saying all offseason they want a fast-paced offense focused on outside shooting.

Maybe I'm way off, but I wouldn't be surprised if the cost difference between Beverley and Brogdon is not all that large, at least per year.

Also from The Ringer:

Gafford was 86/91 on dunks, 182/224 (81%, 64% assisted) at the rim, 31/99 elsewhere inside the arc, and no three point attempts.

Gafford probably more like Tyson Chandler 2.0 than Portis 2.0

Woj says Minnesota is "focused" on Culver!

Why is Ervin Santana Ja Morant's dad

Woj says Minnesota may be working on a trade of the #6

If Culver's there, wouldn't be a shock if someone would want to trade up to get him.

Woj just said on TV that Minnesota traded to 6 to get a PG

ESPN's mock has Minnesota taking Coby White at 6.

I'd be happy!

ESPN's mock has Culver-Garland-White going in front of the Bulls, which to me is the worst case scenario and leaves them with DeAndre Hunter at 7, which to me is the least exciting possibility but probably the right pick under those circumstances. I wouldn't trade up unless the price is trivial.

Other than HBP, I was prepared to say "first of many" about whatever he did

Send this ballpark straight to hell

Every now and then I wonder if Ruiz is going to turn into something

I was only rooting against it because I didn't want Collins to get forced into the game under those weird circumstances for his first ever appearance.

Ricky gets tossed often enough that I kind of doubt he's being a coward. I suspect he just doesn't realize how bad it's been because the calls mostly have not been bad because of height

The data are probably out there to figure out if he has a consistent bias with lefties vs. righties

Good to see the uneven strike zones are still being applied to each team's relievers