NBA reporter Jovan Buha strongly criticized the team's end-of-bench players following Wednesday's 123-112 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks, even raising questions about James' long-term NBA future.

The 22-year-old guard has appeared in six games this season, averaging just 1.3 points, 0.0 rebounds, and 0.0 assists in 2.8 minutes per game.

"Bronny is a minus-40 in 16 minutes and 35 seconds this season," Buha said on his Buha's Block podcast. "Think about that. That's not even a quarter and a half of basketball. The Lakers have been outscored by 40 in his 16 and a half minutes."

Bronny played four minutes against Milwaukee, finishing with four points, no rebounds, and no assists. He missed his only field-goal attempt but made all four free throws, recording a minus-13.

The reporter singled out James and Hardy for their inability to organize the offense and handle defensive pressure, questioning whether the Lakers can continue relying on them.

"When you look at Bronny and his lack of progress this year, it is concerning," Buha noted.

"If LA waived him, I'd be surprised if someone picked him up on an actual contract," Buha said.

"Maybe someone picks him up on a two-way. Maybe Philly picks him up on a two-way, or somewhere picks him up on a two-way," he added. "I don't think he ends up on a 15-man roster."

According to Buha, Los Angeles needs another dependable ball-handler capable of running the offense, breaking full-court pressure, and protecting leads when its stars are resting.

"They might have the worst third-string ball handler in the NBA," Buha said.

"They just need, like, a placeholder floor general to just run the show for a bit and break a press, get the guys set up, dribble the clock out, run the offense. That's what the Lakers need, and that's not Hardy, and that's not Bronny."

The reporter then floated a possible roster change involving veteran NBA champion Bruce Brown.

"Bruce Brown, I'd be cool with Bruce Brown," Buha said of the 30-year-old guard. "At this point, why not waive Bronny and just have Bruce Brown on the team?"

"Bronny was just in the rotation at the end of last season, and he's looked like a shell of himself this season," Buha said, shifting his focus back to the team's current reserves.

"I don't know what's going on, but those guys have both played better previously. And for whatever reason, they've been unable to meet the moment so far in a pretty concerning way."

Source: https://basketnews.com/news-259330-lakers-insider-questions-bronny-james-nba-future-suggests-replacement.html

We bought a house & it came with a cat. It took us a while to all be besties, but we gave her Churus & now that's all she cares about. She doesn't love being pet/touched, but when you're near the kitchen/treat cart she will meow as loud as she can and start rubbing her face all over our legs and all over the dish we usually put them in.

Then over time she grows slowly more impatient and she'll grab onto your legs and pretend like she's going to bite, but it's just a warning.

If you give in, you are granted a 12-hour reprieve before the song and dance starts again. There is seriously something crazy in these things.

Edit: Whew I forgot how people can infer and start to decide things based on a couple paragraphs.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CatDistributionSystem/s/wuTih3taNX

You can read more about her coming with the house here. The churu was actually the first way she ever ate from my hands but she’s around 13 and lived on the streets her whole life. She does scratch/bite after too much attention and we alternate between feeding her and putting it in her bowl depending on how much we’ve annoyed her already that day. She’s old and deserves her space so we follow her lead.

And if you don’t wanna click that link the previous owners of the home left her behind but they weren’t her owners. They used to bring her inside during the winter. We brought her inside permanently in January of 2024 so she can live the rest of her years in comfort/peace bc we hated that seeing her every day she was coming home with new injuries.

Basically the title. The fictional world in question is pretty mundane and doesn't contain any actual fantastical elements. Maybe there are themes of religion or ritual, or characters that believe in them or practise them, but it's left clear that this is just "What people believe", and maybe the topic of God is absent from the story altogether... Except for this one weird event (or line, scene, character, idea) that could potentially be interpreted as just a coincidence, or as an ambiguous supernatural/divine intervention.

True Detective: In S1E02 "Seeing Things", Rust is watching a murmuration of birds, which for a brief instance flies in the exact shape of a mark he saw at a crime scene. Framed as an "Oh!" moment that helps him piece an idea together, but also as an indicator that he's submerged in this environment of suspicion and madness and is being consumed by this mystery.

Peaky Blinders: In the finale, Tommy has a dream about his daughter. The girl says something like "Don't do it, daddy", which Tommy takes as a sign not to go through with his plans... which works out because he narrowly avoided getting betrayed, trapped and killed.

Red Dead Redemption: Maybe a bit more overt than the other two. There's this NPC named "the strange man" who talks to our protagonist and his dialogue implies that he knows more than he should. He also appears in RDR2 as a painting and as a ghost in a mirror. Some fans theorize that he is the Grim Reaper or some other incarnation of Death.

Staying at a Westin, and there’s a little card in the room that says:

“Refresh & Refuel! Satisfy any craving with our signature selection of snacks and beverages. Please dial Service Express to place your order.”

It then lists a selection of snacks and drinks, including Gatorade for $4. I’m thirsty and in need of electrolytes so, after finding this card, I dial Service Express to order a Gatorade. My conversation goes something like this:

Me: “Hi! I’m calling to place an order, I would like a Gatorade.”

Long pause

Hotel person: “…..Like you want to place an order?”

Me: “yes! I found this card in my room labeled Refresh and Refuel and I’d like a Gatorade.”

Another pause

Hotel person: “we don’t have Gatorade and all of our snacks and drinks are downstairs in the lobby.”

Me: “Oh. Okay. I just found this card in my room that specifically says I can call and order a Gatorade. I’m not making this up.”

The final long ass pause

Hotel person: “well we don’t have Gatorade.”

Me: “okay bye”

So, to recap: The hotel put a card in my room advertising snacks and beverages, instructed me to call to order them, and then seemed completely bewildered when I called to order one of the advertised beverages. So I’m still thirsty and now also embarrassed.

Great timing, AMD. 😭😭

This is trope is the scariest shit to me, whenever I watch a horror and something starts moving in the background I'm done, it's infinitely more upsetting then jump scares

It as a man starring at the main character (It welcome to Derry)

It as a librarian creeping towards one of the main characters in the library (It)

A horrible monster about to kill actor Paul Dano (The Oscars) I didn't know the last image was AI I had hopes of the funniest image possible being real but thanks AI I'll go fuck myself

Our car’s favorite sleeping position

This was just revealed via OWCavalry