The key to winning basketball is simple. Your best player must be an extremely willing passer relative to the rest of the league, but the least willing passer on their team.

I’m at the point where I think the Bulls should be building around Wendell Carter Jr. and Coby White. Take or leave Lauri. Ship LaVine. Let Porter Jr. leave. They have two and a half players. Try to trade Sato, Thad, LaVine, and Porter to playoff teams who need a 7,8,9.

And to be clear, my opinion was mostly formed based on the transcript of the phone call, but I felt it important to go in open-minded. And I found Dr. Fiona Hill to be quite impressive. Both strong and intelligent. Much more so than anyone else involved.

I wasn’t able to watch all of the hearings, but after today, I felt like it was quite obvious who was forthright and candid and who spoke in measured terms to tell half-truths. I’m assuming others already knew going in, but it was good to see for myself.

With microblogvember, I’ve been thinking about how a lot more average thoughts are worth posts, even if it’s as simple as this. Worth in terms of blogging and the microblogging community as a whole, is worth its own blog post, if not an entire year of thought on its own.

Melo back?! In Portland?! Wonder if he will finally be willing to play the 4. Dame, CJ, Anfernee, Melo. Who needs defense? Worse than Houston’s and GS’s D?! 😂😂😂

Since the Nets have moved on to superstar mode, Caris LeVert (besides the injuries) would basically be the perfect 2 guard for the young Bulls moving forward. PG: White - SG: LeVert - SF: Hutchison (loving the strides this season) - PF: Lauri - C: Carter Jr.

The biggest negative about soccer is how one judgement call can swing an entire game. Liverpool should probably be down 0-1 rather than up 2-0 right now.

Regretting not doing a live blog for this Liverpool/City match! 🔴⚽️👍

Free Wiseman.

💬 Andy Warhol, via Austin Kleon:

We all came here from somewhere else, and everybody who wants to live in America and obey the law should be able to come too, and there’s no such thing as being more or less American, just American.

Footage of fireworks in LA last night + the Blade Runner soundtrack

(thx @claytoncubitt for the idea) pic.twitter.com/HLdlhuYmOX

— Austin Kleon (@austinkleon) July 5, 2018

Heading to Denver for the weekend tomorrow. If you have any tips I’d love to hear them - staying around City Park, planning to walk around RiNo and hitting up some breweries: Cerebral, Ratio, TRVE, New Image, Black Project, and WeldWorks if I’m lucky (probably won’t hit all.)

Another beer label idea. Slowing iterating the design template.

📌 My New TV Show HEAVEN’S FOREST Announced | Warren Ellis

The Montrezl/LouWill duo is a national treasure.

Current Status: ready for the weekend-ready for a nap-ready for a beer.

COBY!