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The Arena

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TakeScoreC+#15

ACCURACY

33%

takes that landed

BOLDNESS

Not Very Bold

VOLUME

48

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BEST TAKEMAY 21, 2026
ARIGHT

SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER: BEST PLAYER ON THE PLANET. NOBODY MORE CLUTCH.

SGA won his second consecutive NBA MVP award in a landslide with 83 of 100 first-place votes, was a unanimous All-NBA First Team selection for the fourth straight year, won the Clutch Player of the Year award, and led the NBA with 175 clutch points — all fully satisfying the resolution criteria. Every single condition for a TRUE verdict was met.

WORST TAKEMAY 8, 2026
FWRONG

The Timberwolves should not fear Victor Wembanyama because he is still only half a player

The Spurs defeated the Timberwolves in six games, with San Antonio winning the series 4-2 and outscoring Minnesota by 97 points across the series. Wembanyama posted 19.8 PPG and 12.0 RPG in the series per NBA.com, set an NBA single-game playoff record with 12 blocks in Game 1, and delivered a 27-point, 17-rebound, 5-assist, 3-block performance in Game 5. The Spurs advanced to the Western Conference Finals largely on the strength of Wembanyama's dominant two-way play, directly contradicting the 'only half a player' narrative.

MOST RECENTJUL 7, 2026
PENDING

Darryn Peterson, 25 and 12 assists vs Boozer’s Griz last night. Most assists he had at KU: 4! As I said before the draft, DP will be the best player in this class, a better pro than he was in college for Self.

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TAKE MADE JUN 14RESOLVED JUN 13, 2026
C+GRADE
RIGHT ↗↗

WEMBY: MOST OVERPROTECTED PLAYER IN THE WORLD. OBVIOUS FOUL ON BRUNSON, STEPPING INTO HIS LANDING AREA ON THE 3.

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TAKE MADE JUN 9RESOLVED JUN 11, 2026
B−GRADE
RIGHT ↗↗

The Spurs take game 3 at The Garden 😳 Tune in to The Arena tomorrow at 2:30 PM ET/11:30 AM PT🚨

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TAKE MADE JUN 1RESOLVED TBD
DGRADE
PARTLY RIGHT ↘

Without DWade, Kyrie and AD, LeBron would be 0-10 in Finals. Without Ray Allen, he would now be 3-7.

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TAKE MADE MAY 29RESOLVED MAY 28, 2026
B−GRADE
RIGHT ↗↗

This is just San Antonio's night. They're on desperate fire, wounded-pride fire. They want this more, are playing much harder than OKC. THIS IS OVER AFTER ONE QUARTER. Congrats, Spurs, it's 3-3. On to Game 7 back in OKC.

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