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Per Woj on Twitter:

“Lillard goes Milwaukee as part of a 3-team deal with Jrue Holiday, Deandre Ayton, Toumani Camara, a 2029 unprotected MIL 1st, and unprotected MIL swap rights in 2028 and 2030 to Blazers. Phoenix lands Jusuf Nurkic, Grayson Allen, Nassir Little and Keon Johnson.”

https://x.com/wojespn/status/1707097159731138830?s=42

Decided to make a thread for this since I didn’t see one posted. Team USA played Team Puerto Rico in their first FIBA game of the year and won convincingly, 117-74.

A few growing pains since these guys have only been together for a couple days, but they looked amazing in transition as that was an emphasis from Coach Kerr.

Jaren Jackson Jr looked dominant on both ends of the floor with 12pts/7rebs/2blocks.

Anthony Edwards may have been the most impactful player with 15pts/2rebs/4asts along with a handful of steals as well as a blocked shot! (Box score lists him with 4 steals no block, but if you watched the game one of those steals was a blocked 3 pointer)

The Hoop Collective podcast yesterday mentioned that Ant would be a player to watch and that he has the potential to step up and lead this team, and it looks promising so far! His defensive effort was great to watch and he had some nice flashy passes.

Also want to shoutout Jalen Brunson who had 11pts and 12rebs, one of the smallest players on the court and dominated the glass.

USA Basketball link Box Score: https://www.usab.com/gamecast?id=1646

Summary article here: https://www.nba.com/news/team-usa-exhibition-puerto-rico

Me and my buddies all got todays player on the first try and it was really funny. Also have been enjoying immaculate grid but that game is way harder

I’m sure people have seen posts criticizing this feature on garmin communities in the past, but I just wanted to share my personal experience. Over the past 3 months I have really been putting effort into my exercise and fitness level, I do some sort of workout 5 days a week whether that be a bike ride, basketball cardio, or lifting weights. I can feel my body getting in much better shape and see the results in my physique, and notice my stamina and energy levels improving.

And yet, garmin VO2max seems to think I’m regressing! I know there are a lot of variables like temperature, elevation, whether I did a workout already that day etc but it is SO frustrating to see that my number did not move for 2 months and then has dropped twice in the past month, meanwhile I’m in the best shape I’ve been in since before the pandemic.

I know it’s just a silly number and isn’t the whole story, it isn’t always accurate etc. but it’s still so annoying to see. I went for a 3 mile walk today and I felt amazing, it was very warm out and the trail had a lot of hills so I know for a fact that played into the measurement, but garmin says I’ve dropped 2 points since I started working out and that’s just so dumb.

Anyways, rant over, thanks for reading if you did.

TLDR: Garmin VO2max is useless unless you’re training on a completely flat surface on a perfect weather day that isn’t too hot. Don’t let the stupid number discourage you, focus on the workouts and how you feel, because I feel amazing!

Shot on a LUMIX GX85 with a 25mm 7artisans lens

Shot on a LUMIX GX85 with a 25mm 7artisans manual lens

Figured I would make a general free agency post for reactions and discussions of news. Feel free to post FA signings in the comments or just give your thoughts on things so far!