i was thinking about steph curry and how he’s only played for golden state and was like, i wonder who his first coach there was? not thinking, clearly. because it was my man don nelson!!!! gerard and i made him our spirit animal while i lived in SF (this was his vibe at the time) — one of the top 10 coaches in nba history! never got a ring (as a coach)! here he is in his retirement hawaii-marijuana glory.
this article about steph curry, “Why one simple word defines Steph Curry’s leadership with the Warriors,” is so inspiring:
Quinn Cook, Warriors guard: Game 7 of the Western Conference finals against the (Houston) Rockets. 2018. I had missed a big shot in Game 5 and had sent Steph, Kevin (Durant), Klay (Thompson) and Draymond (Green) a message after the game in the middle of the night like: “My bad.” All those guys were like: “Don’t worry about it. We want you to take that shot.” We won Game 6 and Game 7, and me and Steph were walking back from the trophy presentation on the court to the locker room and I was crying. I know it was just going to the finals; usually you cry when you win the finals. But I’d been through a lot to get to that point. He put his arm around me and was like: “Man, it’s good to see that guys really care.”
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Jim Fox, Davidson assistant coach: He wants to be the best player in the world but also wants to be the best teammate in the world.
the best teammate in the world — that’s almost enough (see this award)
andor remains ~the best~ — the world making, the ethics, the cruelty of war, what happens when you continue to lose everything.
from jessica defino’s great newsletter — bolding my own:
Another theory: after a decade of algorithm-approved flawlessness, the beauty standard has gone flawsome, a term coined by Tyra Banks on America’s Next Top Model. Banks encouraged up-and-coming models to see a physical “flaw” – a large forehead, wide-set eyes or, yes, gapped teeth – as an asset, something to set them apart in a sea of homogeneously beautiful women. Crucially, this quirk could only function as beauty capital if the model embodied the beauty standard in every other way: thin, young, smooth and taut, with otherwise symmetrical and/or desirable features.
I always thought about it in regard to pj harvey — her thinness allowed her so much latitude in terms of her looks.
something about this photo is so moving — just seeing pope francis as a real person who rode the subway (or bus?)
raise a glass to michael hurley. :(
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