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Pound for Pound
Belal El Shakery adds muscle to Oakland’s rebuilt frontcourt, carrying a tradition of Hopes, Petros, Hill-Mais and Naivalurua.
Oct 26, 2026 · 5 min read
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Jason and Mark set targets (wins, leading scorer).
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All the feels
Two games in, now we have enough data to do irresponsible season speculation. We’ll also monitor the Cincinnati score while we record.