The Shot Clock Reset: October 9th

League Alerts Fam,

Welcome to the first edition of The Shot Clock Reset presented by LeagueAlerts! Every week, we reset your week as we reset the shot clock to 14. Scroll below as we curate the 14 most important stories from the NBA and basketball culture—packed into one quick email. Let’s get started:

HEADLINERS 📢

The biggest stories of the week.

  • 1) The Charlotte Hornets are launching a jersey-patch partnership with YouTube and social media sensation MrBeast

  • 2) Chet Holmgren is expected to be 100% healthy entering this season — link here.

  • 3) Bilal Coulibaly can not go anywhere since he does not have a driver’s license. — link here.

  • 4) Kyrie Irving is now the chief creative officer at ANTA— link here.

SPOTLIGHT 🔦

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RETRO REWIND 🔄

You remember this?

  • 8) Shaq explaining what was his proudest NBA Moment

LOL 😂😂

The funniest ish of the week.

  • 9) Jimmy Butler went emo for media day

  • 10) Bol Bol at media day had quite the reaction

Bro was shy

  • 11) LeBron reacting to becoming the oldest active player in the NBA

UP NEXT ➡️

What we’re looking forward to.

  • 12) Wemby’s first game today at 8PM ET

  • 13) Big announcement coming soon from HEIR — link here.

YOUR TURN 🎤

We want to hear from you!

  • 14) How many points will Victor Wembanyama drops today?