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Creator Growth at @watchplayback . @lightyrspod on @bluewirepods . Views=My Own Inquiries: Sam @playback .tv

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Sam Esfandiari
7 months
Excited to announce, starting Monday all Light Years Pods will be recorded LIVE on @WatchPlayback
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7 years
We are all Michelle Obama today
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2 years
MJ gambled till 4am the night before finals games. Rodman left town to smoke cigars with Hulk Hogan on WCW Nitro. I don’t think Draymond talking on YouTube for 30 mins sober in a hotel room is why they’re losing guys…
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1 year
It’s time, Steve
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1 year
Steve Kerr: “there are a few different things I’m going to do today that I won’t reveal for obvious reasons.”
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2 years
Drinking beer in marina before dropping 35 point triple double on GSW. Disrespectful
@AttackTheRack
Minimalizam
2 years
Slav moments in Bay Area
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5 years
One of these QBs is 23 and the other is 42
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1 month
I know none of you guys have seen this movie but what an elite troll
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2 years
Looks like he’s 1 strike away from a perfect game at a PBA event
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15 days
The gap between Spoelstra and the next best coach is size of an ocean
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3 years
Brands tweeting today
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4 years
I think you should
@MKEBucksNation
Bucks Nation
8 years
Giannis: "I want to do for Milwaukee what Kevin Durant did for Oklahoma City."
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2 years
23 has been so bad we ignore 11 has been awful too
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2 years
30 is greatest athlete in Bay Area history
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1 month
Have some shame
@warriors
Golden State Warriors
1 month
Postseason bound ✔️ The Warriors have clinched a top-10 seed in the Western Conference.
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3 years
Over Kyrie? Wow
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NBA
3 years
Selected to the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team... Michael Jordan! #NBA75
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"Im serious, I can still guard you today. Age 58. Doesnt matter. I got $100k in my pocket and I know a court right down the street if..."
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2 years
The vibes are no longer immaculate
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2 years
The Warrior vibes are immaculate RN
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4 years
Meanwhile. This sort of analysis is excellent
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2 years
Suns were just the Utah Jazz with right media connections.
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3 years
Buying it and running every play for Moses Moody just to see what happens
@NBA2KMovement
NBA 2K24 
3 years
Kendrick Perkins now on the broadcasting team in #NBA2K22 😂
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6 years
They lost to the Sacramento Kings... at home... By double digits.
@ESPNNBA
NBA on ESPN
6 years
In Russ' first game back ...
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2 years
David Stern is a legend
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2 years
Wiggs deserves all the credit. This is a big time game
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2 years
The gap between Steph and second best player in this series is one of the wider ones in last 20 years
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3 years
I like em
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@MikePradaNBA
Mike Prada. (PRAY-duh)
3 years
I'm sorry but this color scheme is completely absurd for a GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS HOME GAME. On national TV, no less.
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2 years
Wiggs taking a pay cut is a big surprise. Wow. Bob Myers on fire.
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3 years
Only difference between Luka and 22 year old me is some 30 point triple doubles tbh
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2 years
My biggest playoff takeaway is Jaylen Brown is absolutely underrated in broader player ranking context
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3 years
Aaron Rodgers today
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3 years
Read the caption.
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5 years
Kyrie: I want my number up in the Garden rafters Also Kyrie: I never specified which Garden!
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1 year
Lol the suns remind me of lob city clippers so much
@BALLYSPORTSAZ
Bally Sports Arizona
1 year
The Suns didn't appreciate this from Zion. Rematch on Sunday.
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1 year
Hot take: it doesn’t count as Game 6 Klay unless they are down 3-2
@ESPNNBA
NBA on ESPN
1 year
Will we see another iconic Game 6 performance from Klay? 👀🍿
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2 years
This might be GSWs best lineup? Steph, GP, Wiggins, Otto, Dray
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3 years
The Warriors are 12-3 when Draymond scores 8 or more points. Eight
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@KingJames
LeBron James
2 years
We, Dodgers and Rams should all do a joint parade together!!!! With a live concert afterwards to end it!! City of Champions 🏆🏆🏆💍💍💍. Congrats 🐏 once again!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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2 months
Perfect stretch 4 for gsw
@ShamsCharania
Shams Charania
2 months
The Atlanta Hawks are waiving guard Patty Mills, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium . The 15-year veteran is shooting 38.2 percent from 3-point range in a limited role this season.
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2 years
Draymond is having a peak Draymond game. Everywhere
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3 years
Lol. Cmon @warriors ….
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2 years
Two max players and worthless without lebron. Sheesh
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7 years
Well this is odd...
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3 years
Respect to Giannis. Coulda left after year. Instead handled his business on private. Got better. Sweep the guys who sent him home. Need more of that
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@ShamsCharania
Shams Charania
3 years
The NBA says it has reviewed and denied Andrew Wiggins’ request for religious exemption from the San Francisco Department of Public Health’s order requiring COVID-19 vaccination for all participants age 12 and older at large indoor events.
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6 years
All day NBA Xmas > All day NFL Thanksgiving
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3 years
Kyrie, Beal, Wiggs, Isaac… just need an athletic big and that’s a title cont….
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6 years
They stole our mascot, we retaliated and stole their franchise player
@Thisdayinsuck
This Day in Suck
6 years
10/2/2008 - The Warriors announce they will retire team mascot “Thunder” after the former SuperSonics will assume the name Thunder In Oklahoma City.
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@Ballislife
Ballislife.com
3 years
Russell Westbrook on his ejection & Bazley's dunk: “Just how I play the game. I’m more old-school & when sh*t like that happens, I don’t just let it slide...In the game of basketball, there's certain things you just don't do."
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Put the vax somewhere ~16 to 20 feet from the rim and he’ll reconsider taking the shot
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Monte Poole
3 years
Andrew Wiggins on the COVID vaccines: ‘I don’t really see myself getting it any time soon, unless I’m forced to.’
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5 years
This is why Jackie Mac is a HOFer
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“I don’t know why warriors run anything other than curry pick and rolls with Davis’ man” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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2 years
Steph saving the league
@Ben_ESPN
Ben Cafardo
2 years
🏀 The #Warriors victory over the #Grizzlies in Game 1 on ABC averaged 7.7 million viewers and peaked with 10.2 million viewers (Nielsen). 🏀This is ABC's most-watched Conference Semifinals game since 2011.
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2 years
Pathetic lol
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@MattGeorgeSAC
Matt George
1 year
Warrior fans on twitter really presenting Kevon Looney as the counter to Domantas Sabonis with confidence? It's only Monday. Bout to be a wild week on this app. 🤣
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Sam Esfandiari
6 years
NBA season is just around the corner: First preseason game: 10 days First regular season game: 28 days First Wizards Players Only Meeting: 35 days
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5 years
Steph is now the longest tenured player in NBA with original team who drafted him
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1 year
Can’t call a flagrant in that after you didn’t on Schroder last game
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3 years
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@damanr
Daman Rangoola
3 years
Every big Steph game is a reminder that when we look back at his career we will ask why he didn’t shoot even more 3 pointers
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Sam Esfandiari
4 years
This actually is why I’m tempering on my initial pick of them winning title. Lotta entitlement and cockiness for a team who’s accomplished nothing yet
@WorldWideWob
Rob Perez
4 years
Clippers bench every time Michael Kidd-Gilchrist shoots
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1 year
I got a feeling GP2 will fit the Warriors system
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4 years
Finally, a player who can afford to live in San Francisco
@anthonyVslater
Anthony Slater
4 years
The Andrew Wiggins contract the Warriors are absorbing
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6 years
Steph trying to help Klay Break his record. Your GOAT would never
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3 years
Kuminga went to internet cafe's in Congo spending only money he had to watch Kobe highlights on youtube, 30 mins at a time? I will block anyone who slanders him
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4 years
After watching that NBA Tik Tok thing last night, I have an announcement to make.... I am officially reclassifying myself from Millenial to Boomer. PLEASE, get off my lawn
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5 years
The best
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6 years
Son: “what’s the nba?” Father: “it’s 9 months of petty memes that ends with lebron playing the golden state warriors”
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6 years
If you can dribble w/ your off hand you're officially an Eastern Conference All-Star
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3 years
Tired: Draymond should shoot open shots Wired:
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5 years
“So Brandon will stand in that corner, and Lonzo will stand in this corner...”
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2 years
Reggie is the best
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3 years
Looks like a hostage video
@Ballislife
Ballislife.com
3 years
DOC RIVERS on BEN SIMMONS: “We would love to get Ben back. And if we can, we're going to try to do that. Ben has a long contract. It’s in our hands and we want him back.” Via @FirstTake
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2 years
24 minutes till Chris Chiozza is a world champion
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2 years
Yes
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4 years
😂😂😂😂
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2 years
Last time Klay played you guys weren’t all epidemiologists. Wild
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2 years
Whoever called it "the fast 5" is the winner.
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1 year
Best sports moment I’ve ever witnessed in person
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5 years
Where does Baseball Klay rank in the pantheon of summer Klay’s?
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4 months
Absolutely fireable coaching
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2 years
Hustle is what GSW thought the Smailagic story would be
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2 years
It, is, was and still remains the Warriors league
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4 years
ESPN remains the best fan fiction site out there
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Sam Esfandiari
4 years
Jokic has played 27 playoff games. He has avg'd 25.6ppg, 11.5rpg, 7.0 apg on a 51.4/43.4/83.2 split (60.7TS%) His team's have never been eliminated in under 7 games. Maybe the 'jokic gets exposed in playoffs' narrative needs to end
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2 years
Damn. Another hypothetical L
@balldontstop
Ball Don't Stop
2 years
No matter what the narratives are, the 2016 Dubs do not go onto win back to back titles in 17’ and 18’ if the best wing scorer in the history of the sport doesn’t join them. Not only did Ty Lue figured that out, Bron/Kyrie/Love + glue guys had the edge. The Rockets were elite.
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Warriors started 3-7, finished 41-31. Lakers started 2-10, finished 40-30. Steph played 56 games. Lebron played 55. GSW had players in/out of lineup all season. LAL changed half roster midseason. None of the 4 games featured full strength match ups. Feels like a 7 gamer
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Sam Esfandiari
3 years
Based on FA rumors, i would like to congratulate the lakers on signing 97 different guys to get minimums.
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This is the correct take. And yes it is kind of a joke that Draymond has 1 DPOY, AD and Bam have zero. This sort of stuff ultimately happens when your regular season product is not same as playoff one.
@TheDunkCentral
NBACentral
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DeMarcus Cousins has called out voters who repeatedly vote for Rudy Gobert as MVP, stating that Gobert is ‘not that great defensively’ "You can't have a potential 4x Defensive Player of the Year who doesn’t finish games. I’m never going to be okay with this. I see things in…
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#30 is once in a generation
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2 years
I can see why gsw vets are so “on” Kuminga. His potential is thru the roof
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1 year
Moody is a dog. How did he not play all year?
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2 years
“Remember, a sweep means one less game of chase center revenue… And your contract extension is coming up…”
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Turns out all the regular season problems were real and there isn’t magic
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Derrick White getting a better whistle than Tatum and Steph is funny
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6 years
nba reddit is gonna nba reddit
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1 year
Steve Kerr asked Klay Thompson I’m the politest way possible to grow the f up today
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1 year
Psycho
@ClutchPoints
ClutchPoints
1 year
Steph Curry is all smiles at the free throw line during Game 7 vs. the Kings 😅
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Both Reggie Jackson and Cam Payne were out of league a year ago…
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4 years
Warriors have the best record in the nba (4-0) since trump’s impeachment
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1 year
Jamal Murray in staples is like Steph Curry in every arena except Staples
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5 years
The funniest thing about remedial twitter's GSW/Steph slander post L is, i legitimately don't know any GSW fan who cared. Like the prevailing feeling i've got from GSW fans is while sad, it's most proud they've ever been of the team.
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