The wild part is that when Steph isn’t there, of course he should get the most shots! But he could also get them by setting the first good screen of his life and moving off the ball instead of lingering at the elbow clapping at people. 

“I know Warriors basketball is 5, 6, 7 passes in a possession, but we’re not going to get that at this point. We throw it five or six times and it’s going to end up in a guy’s hands who is trying to give it back to somebody else.”

Canada is going to be so moderately displeased when Nigeria tries to claim Steve Nash.

I’m not really sure what the consensus view of his defense is. The good: he’s alert, in the scheme, has decent hands, navigates the switches well, and funnels guys where they’re supposed to go. The bad: lateral quickness isn’t great, gets beaten by guys with nice first steps pretty consistently, picks up stupid fouls…

Shooting, passing, and dribbling are sort of the most important offensive skills, my dude. 

While I might be a stan, I’m not blind. KD’s defense can be tremendous and is generally very good. Curry tops out at “surprisingly decent.” That said, his range and style changed the entire league and he’s an entire offense by himself in a way no player of the last twenty years has been. 

If you don’t count passing, shooting, or dribbling, I guess you’re right. 

“And now the world’s second-best player is giving him the Mario Chalmers Treatment in front of the whole damn league.”

The franchise has babied KD for the better part of his tenure and it was bound to boil over eventually. That Lacob sided with KD is as unsurprising as the guy who finally lost his cool.

I always knew he was good on that end but watching what he did to the Blazers backcourt last post-season, he’s been upgraded to “terrifying.”

I bet this felt funny when you wrote it. 

His legacy looks a lot different if he’s on that Heat team, certainly. As it is, he has three playoff series victories (one in NY and two in the same season in Denver, sandwiched around a half-dozen first round exits) on 41.5% shooting. Not great!

The fit with Bosh, Wade, and LeBron was always a little ragged (especially in year one). Bosh’s ability and willingness to transform his game and play off-ball and play small ball center really unlocked what made that team special. I don’t think Miami is nearly as good with Melo straining to pretend he was on Wade and…

Parker’s career has been such a struggle because of nothing more than rotten luck, and all NBA fans should want him to succeed.

I’m pretty sure Andris Biedrins could do that this year. 

The alleged victims said that the broomstick attack was part of a hazing ritual.

Is Kentavious Caldwell-Pope too old to be here? Because he is megabutt.

Paging Ray Felton

His middle-school-substitute-teacher-lookin’ ass makes it funnier and somehow endearing to me. I freely admit to being a dumb hypocrite. 

It’s all John Stockton shit–little elbows to dude’s necks, follow-throughs to their face, just low-key dirty stuff all the time. It’s been a staple of Aussie basketball for quite some time.