True, although when asked basically the same thing this week, Paul Heyman said, “It’s most likely the answer to that is yes. The reasons are rather public. Brock is eyeballing a return to the octagon. He’s made no secret about it. He’s out in Las Vegas at the UFC offices taking a selfie with Dana White wearing a UFC…

Not a surprise. Again, there’s nothing he can even do in WWE at this point that’s worth anything close to his current deal. They don’t need him, so they probably weren’t going to give him a great offer - or - let him do both again. You just hope for fans that he’s better than he was the last time he left WWE at Mania.

Can’t wait for them to lose to UTSA.

Could be in both cases. I’m not traditionally a fan of that style, because it’s just spot, spot, spot and I’m basically Ole Anderson at this point in my life, but with the right talent and/or a ladder, they can be really solid.

Man, that’s a quick heel turn.

But relative to what he does for a living he isn’t tall, doesn’t have long limbs, isn’t decidedly graceful, or a great jumper. He’s at best average in all of those things for a wing forward.

If, by “most,” you mean 140 fewer than Melo and 260 fewer than Paul George, then yes. Those two guys shoot more than 40 percent of their shots from outside, while Russ gets 80 percent of his shots from two.

Lesnar is meaningless if he loses clean. There’s no more hook to that character as currently constructed — shows up 12 times a year to beat people to a pulp. So if he loses, I would guess that means he walks. And that’s fine.

I don’t know what the market will bear for a guy who doesn’t have any quickness as a wing player. He’s not as athletic or as good a scorer as Jonathan Simmons, and I thought he was kind of a steal for Orlando last summer. But it’s hard to say, because Orlando. He hasn’t done much, though, so maybe not.

The best jump shot they have, statistically, is Ray Felton from 20-24 feet. So that says a lot. It’s really not a Melo problem; it’s a gameplan problem. When you take the eleventh-most threes in the NBA but you make the fifth-fewest, saying — as Melo and Billy Donovan repeatedly have — that they got a lot of great…

They could afford to be until this year, because he plays 3-4, but could also do some stretches at guard if the defensive assignment called for it. The Spurs have always liked wingspan player for obvious reasons, but they just kind of ran out of them this year with Leonard out and Rudy misses a big stretch.

“...with no discernible athletic gifts.”

Thanks for this, Giri. I dig Anderson. He’s a perfect Popovich player, a guy with no discernible athletic gifts who can just make you look foolish. I enjoy that he’s also the eighth-leading scorer on this team. If the NBA really wants to connect with suburban audiences, it needs more guys who exhibit offensive lineman…

OK, but I think having an empty hourglass on the front of their jersey isn’t the greatest motivator for players or fans.

But JoePa did, and he died for Sandusky’s sins.

With any luck, one day he may own the Charlotte Hornets of Delaware.

Over/under on how many times Austin Rivers would have fallen down in that dance huddle?

Having found the perfect headline, Burneko breathed messiah relief.

I can’t wait for them to announce their new punter, Byron Allen. 

All the same, she certainly isn’t helping Democrats find a way forward, which, incidentally, can’t just be “Not Trump.” Or the same thing will happen again.