I think that would probably only happen a couple times and then owners would realize it’s unsustainable. I don’t know what the LeBron ceiling is — $50 million, but still a bargain? — but I honestly don’t think you’d find a lot of teams willing to pay Kevin Love his current salary, because there wouldn’t be as much…

I agree with what ClipperMike also says in this thread. Why is there even a draft? Just get rid of individual player caps altogether, have one strict team cap (with no luxury tax; you’re just stopped cold at $115 million or whatever) and let teams pay whoever they want whatever they want. If you want to give LiAngelo…

Also worth mentioning: The Spurs have a guy on their bench with the most double-digit scoring games after the age of 40.

This isn’t a song, so I’m probably breaking the rules, but my brother saw this today in Los Angeles and I thought I’d pass it along if someone wants to make a couple extra bucks. Seems legit.

So it was really Mexico in the sixth and not America first.

Oh, just found this out, by the way: When Russ gets a defensive rebound, their offensive rating is 121.8 in those possessions this season. That’s seven points more than league-leading Houston on the year, and 11 points better than OKC overall.

Well, permission from the publisher, not the writer necessarily. In many, many cases, the publisher is a big company and this is pretty easy to facilitate. Taylor’s stuff is published through Sony/ATV and “September” was at one point held by EMI Blackwell, which was purchased by Sony in 2012. So even if this wasn’t a…

Free for me!

When I say his shooting went up a little, I’m saying from Orlando to OKC. I’ve said that in two straight comments you’ve responded to, but you’re not willing to see the player OKC inherited: 16 points a game on about 43 percent shooting. That’s who was on the court for the Thunder a year ago. It’s hard to make the…

No, sorry, Jerry West was better than Oscar by 1970. And after his rookie year in 1961, the Logo never put up fewer than 20 points a game. You could make a case that Walt Frazier, while not as good historically, was better in the early ’70s than Robertson. Certainly, if you take Frazier’s defense into account and…

I’m having such a key party flashback right now...

Oh, that was Kareem’s team. He won MVP that season. And the next one. Big O was on the slide by that point. That’s back when 30 was old.

I’m guessing it’s this way in other cities, but I don’t know. In Phoenix, if you have those nice lower-level seats, you don’t go to the concourse, you’re treated to free food at court level, have your own bathrooms and such. It’s a pretty sweet deal. No reason to go back to your seats as soon as the game picks back up…

I think there’s actually a LAXbro named “Donnybrook.”

1. What am I talking about? That a guy who came over to be a number three option — remember, that was a draft night trade with Durant still technically on the team — averaged 16 PPG, his career average in his first three seasons. His shooting went up a little compared to his first three years, some of his other stats…

Both sides...I saw someone say there plenty of good people there. Maybe a Yelp review or something?

Yep. Imagine if that guy could shoot!

But also, no. Not at all. It’s vastly easier to score in transition the faster the ball handler possesses the ball. Adams would have to find the outlet man and you’d have to rely on him to pass it to a guy running away from him ~40 feet or so away for this to have any real effect. And no team has five guys in the…

Steven Adams has one pass: From the paint to a corner three. That’s it.

Given that offensive rebounds are generally tougher to get — the Spurs, for instance, don’t really try because the numbers dictate it’s better for them to send more guys back on D — it’s not as simple as having a big under the rim when Russ jacks up shots. Adams gets offensive rebounds because he’s really good at it.…