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Vincent Goodwill

@VinceGoodwill

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Host of the “Good Word” podcast on Yahoo Sports’ Ball Don’t Lie channel; NBA writer @YahooSports ; host, @SiriusXMNBA

Detroit, MI
Joined April 2009
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We are launching a new pod channel at @YahooSports called “Ball Don’t Lie” My pod “Good Word with Goodwill” premieres next Monday, March 20 And “No Cap Room” w/ @JakeLFischer & @YourManDevine Subscribe:
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This one damn near broke me
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See what I mean?
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Colin Kaepernick's peaceful protest won't be fully appreciated until there's a protest that isn't so peaceful
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You can’t “quit” a job that doesn’t pay you
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"Opting Out" with three weeks left in the regular season isn't opting out. It's quitting.
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If there’s anyone who can appreciate the basketball beauty in this, it’s KD. I feel like Kobe was like this, too. The transition of power is never peaceful.
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ANT & KD - the extended cut
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Doc Rivers, near tears: "We’ve been hung. We’ve been shot. And you hear about is (police) fear. It’s amazing. We keep loving this country. And this country doesn’t love us back."
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Giannis on staying in Milwaukee: “I could’ve gone to a super team. I did it the hard way. I fucking did it.”
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Colin Kaepernick's peaceful protest won't be fully appreciated until there's a protest that isn't so peaceful
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The league will play the dunk on all its in-house highlight packages, capitalizing off all the emotion of the moment…yet dishing out a tech because of the emotion
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CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable
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ANTHONY EDWARDS GOOD LAWD
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Draymond on Wiggins: “(Thibs) was telling us Jimmy (Butler) loved him. And we all know how Jimmy is, if you got any softness to you…”
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Terry Rozier to @YahooSports : "I don't give a f**k what nobody say, I sacrificed the most out of anybody."
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Kaepernick should just ask for his collusion money in unmarked bills
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43-year-old ESPN analyst Matt Hasselbeck got a call from a contender THIS YEAR asking if he was in shape and could play QB, per @ringer
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Jimmy Butler…a player the Chicago Bulls did not see fit to build around
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Of all Jimmy Butler’s former franchises, the one that has to feel the worst is the Bulls. He wanted to stay and help build that thing into a winner. They didn’t even try
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Funny story: Dennis Rodman told his tailor in Detroit, days before he was traded that he didn’t want to be traded, that he loved Detroit. The tailor? My dad
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NBA owner: "it just doesn't feel right for predominantly white owners to tell predominantly black players how they should protest"
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What has the NBA learned from the NFL’s mistakes?
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Karl Malone has been retired for nearly 20 years and he’s the sole reason people don’t rock with the Utah Jazz. It’s amazing
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New story: Sources tell @YahooSports Chris Paul wants out of Houston. Relationship with James Harden deemed "unsalvageable":
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Players we KNOW can be the best player on a title team: LeBron Kawhi Steph Durant
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Budenholzer says Giannis/Middleton playign 35-36 minutes is “pushing the ceiling”…wow
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Kyle Lowry is expected to sign a three-year deal with the Miami Heat via sign and trade with the Toronto Raptors, sources tell @YahooSports
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Statement from Michael Jordan
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Steve Nash on Ben Simmons: “I wasn’t really expecting him to play.”
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Paul George this season: 24.4 points/6 boards/5.6 assists 51/51/91
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Zach LaVine on himself and DeMar DeRozan: “We’re the best duo in the NBA.”
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Doc Rivers: "Could you imagine today, if those were black people storming the capitol?"
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Basketball is becoming baseball…and that ain’t a great thing
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The Game Has Changed.
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Isaiah Thomas on the floor, has his shoes marked "Chyna" and "I love you"... Heartbreaking
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The wait is over for Ben Wallace. The four time Defensive Player of the year will be in the 2021 class for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, a source tells @YahooSports
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If defense is as important as we like to say it is...
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Should Big Ben Wallace be in the Hall Of Fame? 🤔 ▫️ 6x All-Defensive ▫️ 4x Defensive Player of the Year ▫️ 5x All-NBA ▫️ 2x Rebounding Champ ▫️ NBA Champion (2003-04) ▫️ Blocks Champ (2001-02)
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Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy on the idea of "racial progress" in the 50 years since MLK's assassination (via @MarcJSpearsESPN )
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Wait, someone five inches shorter torched MJ on his own floor in a closeout game to go to the Finals? Burn the tape
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On this day, 1989: The Bad Boys had business on their minds as they looked to eliminate the Bulls. An exhausted, frustrated Michael Jordan scored 32, but just 2 of those came in the last 10 minutes. Isiah Thomas scored 17 of his 33 in the 4th quarter to close it out:
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A word to the wise: Gobert tested positive first. It doesn’t mean he was the actual first player with it. We don’t know where this originated, hence the precautions all the way around
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League source tells Yahoo Sports Kenny Atkinson wasn’t keen on coaching KD and Kyrie next season: “Kenny pushed for the parting just as much, if not more than Brooklyn.”
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You could make the case—and the numbers are there—that Dwyane Wade was the best player in basketball starting from the 08 Olympics and for the next two seasons
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Dwyane Wade highlights from the 2008 Olympics 🇺🇸 @DwyaneWade
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I once saw Rasheed Wallace ejected for looking at a ref. Saw Tim Duncan ejected for laughing. This is in the same class of nonsense
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Bulls still whining about Pistons walking off. Pistons not tripping on the Celtics walking off
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Man, this Lakers crowd is not with Russell Westbrook. He took two straight triples and you could hear the crowd saying "noooo"
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Love on your people, man. Because you never know
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1988 Jordan was MVP and DPOY. But let people tell it, he wasn’t in his prime when the Pistons beat him in 88…89…and 90
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Heartfelt opening to the @NBAonTNT broadcast from the crew, announcing the death of Shaquille O’Neal’s sister, Ayesha Harrison-Jex of cancer
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Hearing Nikola Mirotic will be dealt to New Orleans Pelicans for Omer Asik and first round draft pick, sources tell @NBCSChicago
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Steve Kerr opens with condolences on the death of Adreian Payne. “Draymond is crushed. They were the best of friends. We’re thinking of them today. Feeling a lot of grief.”
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Stan Van Gundy, quickly becoming one of the best analysts doing NBA. And...he actually likes the games too
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Yahoo Sources: Pistons star Blake Griffin likely to miss the first-round series against Bucks with left knee injury:
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We can’t false equivocate “white” with the “n-word”…See which one I didn’t actually say?
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Robin Lopez was asked if he dealt with a teammate he didn't like. "Yeah. Brook Lopez."
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If this is tampering, every coach tampers when asked about players. Every single one
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The NBA has fined Doc Rivers $50K (tampering) for saying "Kawhi is the most like Jordan we've seen."
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This is pretty cool. And we still don't know what Peter McCalister did for a living
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LeBron told Jimmy that the Heat were in trouble, at the end of the first. Jimmy said it in reply late in the fourth, for context
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The NBA’s logo is fine. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk
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Boston, Dallas, Toronto have also registered interest in Andre Drummond, according to sources. Drummond has relationships with Kristaps Porzingis and Kyle Lowry
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LeBron’s excellence doesn’t have to be compared to Jordan at every turn. It’s reductive, short-sighted and honestly, insecurity at its finest. He deserves to be viewed as a 1 of 1. Enjoy that for him, period
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Chauncey Billups on LeBron's claim: "Maybe if he hit that shot that Kyrie hit..."
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10 executives saying Giannis and KD are the league’s best players is not calling someone “washed”. Can we quit the nonsense, please?
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File this under: “Things that can only happen in Detroit”, a swag cam with a Big Sean appearance
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Cleveland booing Stephen Curry and his wife Ayesha, who are promoting their HBOMax show “About Last Night”. Those feelings must hurt, all time
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Hopefully people will remember this during the next Steve Kerr tweet that has nothing to do with sports
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Dame on Tyrese: “As many times as I’ve done it…when you dish it out, you gotta be willing to take it.” He added: “when you’re having your moment it’s important to be careful. Be humble. You never know when the tables turn.”
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Greatest underrated NBA quote, from Derrick Coleman
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Dwyane Bacon has agreed to a two-year deal with the Orlando Magic, according to sources
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New for ⁦ @YahooSports ⁩: The irony of Kyrie Irving, the “leader” who wants influence but can’t stand to be challenged—or accountable
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There is an extra buzz around Game 2 of the Finals. Barack Obama is expected to attend. And as many know, he usually sits courtside.
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The Minnesota Timberwolves, Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers and Orlando Magic have made the conference finals more recently than the 76ers
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@IsiahThomas @DetroitPistons Beating Boston and LA, not because they figured it out and got better, because they had a private plane? Not everybody needs a podcast
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Mavs coach Jason Kidd calls Cade Cunningham the “favorite” for rookie of the year
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Renderings of the Detroit Pistons new court layouts for the season. Digging the 313 courts, especially. Visual courtesy of @NBA2K
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Giannis, in tears, talked about his parents sacrifices: “I saw it every day. My mom, she never pressured me. This is for my dad. For my significant other. She makes me better.”
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Only one form of logo has worked...why the NBA tries to outsmart itself I'll never understand
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Steve Nash, new Brooklyn Nets coach: "I have benefitted from white privilege. Our society has a lot of ground to make up... I’m not sure this is an example that purely fits that conversation."
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Paul Pierce being upset because 90 seconds was going to I.T. during a timeout. That's weak
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Chuck and Shaq sound generally disgusted by Kyrie's stuff. Chuck said the NBA should've suspended him
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New for @YahooSports : MJ’s words that set off the walkoff, the disrespect that wasn’t shown on The Last Dance doc:
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Clippers assistant Chauncey Billups, in addition to Jason Kidd and Lloyd Pierce (via @ChrisBHaynes ), expected to as a candidate for Celtics HC, sources tell @YahooSports . Billups has connections with players on Celtics roster, will be hot candidate this offseason
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Clint Capela on Trae: “I've been on the stage, it's my second time. And I've seen a lot of players just retreat whenever they get on the stage. What I see (from Trae) is so much confidence...” No scare in Trae or these Hawks. For ⁦ @YahooSports
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Jimmy Butler once asked me if he was as good as PG or Kawhi back in 2016. I told him I would take him third. Make or miss, I’m taking him first today
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Bradley Beal and Zach LaVine have been hot names around the league, according to league sources. Philadelphia has been one among many, but the Wizards and Bulls have rebuffed overtures.
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If Sandy Hook didn’t do it, I don’t know what will.
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Sekou was good to me for no reason. He welcomed me into the fraternity of beat writers when I was very young and very green. We could talk about Michigan football, the league, life, anything. I’ll miss him dearly. Tough day, man
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Jared Dudley hit a triple and decided to be the playoff instigator we all needed
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Definitely think there's some smoke to Jabari Parker and the Bulls. Apparently he wants to be a Bull, according to sources
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Classy move from the NBA. We miss you, Sekou
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The Philadelphia 76ers are not a preferred destination for Damian Lillard, sources tell Yahoo Sports. Miami and Brooklyn are the only teams on his list
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Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg was diagnosed with the common cold, influenza A. He texted with me and said he was cleared to coach tonight by the doctor before the game. He said he’s doing well.
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Calling someone a racist is treated more harshly than someone actually being a racist. Someone has to explain this nonsense
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Source to @YahooSports : NBA Owner call just ended. 30 day shutdown then everything will be re-assessed. Some suggested every player will be tested for COVID-19 in the meantime
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Brad Stevens, six of the seven best players on the floor. Home court in a game 7. Opposing team's second best player was Jeff Green...how about some credit for Ty Lue?
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Philly fans in full Philly mode: booing a fan who could’ve won courtside seats if he hit a FT and 3-pointer. He missed 3’s, they booed
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Warriors GM Bob Myers to @YahooSports on if the luxury tax will prevent them from keeping Jordan Poole: “No...You don’t need me to tell you what our payroll is. It’s pretty high. We’ve kept all the players we want to keep, so I don’t see that changing.”
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A Derrick Rose to the Knicks trade is “close” but not final, league sources tell @YahooSports
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Cade Cunningham…letting everyone know the ROY ballots aren’t due for a couple weeks yet
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She had a million names for that girl and not one was Kinu
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If you can hear THIS picture, we besties.
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Allen Iverson, Steve Nash, and Stockton are great players. But any list that has them over Isiah Thomas needs to be re-evaluated. The criteria should start by watching basketball
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The Bulls are legit, folks. Sleeping giant, big win against Dallas as the schedule starts to get tough
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Damion Lee: “It’s easier to get a gun than it is baby formula.”
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Greatest performance ever, on this day in 1988. On a badly sprained ankle. Giving the Lakers the business, @IsiahThomas
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Sources to @YahooSports : Board of governors meeting scheduled for 11 AM ET. So the Clippers and Lakers power move is giving the owners a timeline on a plan
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The plan is for teams to continue their schedule as planned, with the next 8 games. If team is scheduled to play Hawks/Bulls/Pistons, it moves onto the next game on schedule, league sources tell Yahoo Sports
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NBA commissioner Adam Silver on the report Kevin Durant has asked for a trade from Brooklyn: “We don’t like to see players requesting trades…"
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PSA: If you want to do research on vaccines, by all means. But YouTube University and Facebook are not acceptable sources.
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