Anytime a guy openly quits on his team for a month, you gotta reward that.

On a day when we’re righteously shitting on Zaza, it feels odd to call Steven Adams “the best.”

Oooh. Thanks, friend. Imperfect, obviously, but as close as I’ve seen.

Has anyone looked at how many of these shots he takes? Barring foul trouble, Steph’s in at the end of every quarter and the team looks for him with these heaves because, well, see video. I’d guess he throws up, on average, 1 to 1.5 a game. And still shoots about 42% from three in a down year.

I love Butler and George but they simply aren’t more valuable than Steph or Harden. Steph and Harden warp entire defenses by themselves; simply having them on your team near guarantees you a top three offense. And their success over the past three years (minus Harden’s post-season face plants, admittedly) dwarfs…

“Faded troll” is goddamn sublime.

Sorry, but Harden’s playoff record demotes him here. If you’re talking about the absolute best players in the game (and we are!), you don’t get to repeatedly no-show elimination games.

For my money, the Steph/Kawhi argument is pretty up in the air. Kawhi’s offense has only been at that peak level for a year or so, so I can’t bring myself to completely believe it’s a new thing (and, if it is, it’d be hard to see how his D doesn’t slip at least a little bit. Hard to have THAT much energy). I have…

Kawhi is, what, the fifth best player in the league? At worst? The fact that San Antonio remains the third seed and that we barely talk about a top five guy being out with a nebulous leg thing is just incredibly Spurs. There’s no adjective except “Spurs” for this.

There were a few similar stories from the Vegas shooting (what a sad sentence to write). In the ceaseless shitstorm of bad faith our society is drowning in, it’s reassuring to know that selfless people are still around, reacting with courage when it’s exactly what’s needed.

Appreciate the reply, thanks. I always tend to think of “hunting” as “hunting for food,” so I usually don’t consider that folks hunt for other reasons. Can’t see myself ever owning a gun, but the range is a blast, so I get that bit.

Genuinely: why did you get an AR? From what I understand, you can’t really hunt with them.

Just think how much you’d hate them if the fugazi, moralizing Mark Jackson was still running Harry Barnes in the post and saying how he personally couldn’t have a gay man in the locker room because, uh, Mama there goes that man. Oh and taking time off coaching to preach and bang his mistress.

God that’s depressing.

Everyone knows the best place to learn about respect for the game is from a washed bench player on the Eddy Curry diet.

Was that happening tonight? They were pretty coy on the broadcast.

LeBron just hasn’t had enough time to be a passive-aggressive penis to his new teammates and they haven’t endured enough of it to tune him out yet. Check back halfway through that West coast swing when everyone is bemoaning the fact he doesn’t have enough help.

I’m not a Lakers fan, but thanks! Make sure to enjoy washing out in the first round and imaging that counts as success!

Oh great! Another Process Truther. We really can’t get enough of you guys. Please keep rolling through and asking everyone to kiss the ring of an Eastern Conference eighth seed. It’s a delight.

I come for the sports dong, but I stay for the endless updates on mediocre Eastern conference basketball teams.