Thanks for the kindness, internet friend. I actually wrote an old NBA Shit List thing for Deadspin a few years back (about a guy you can remember!) but it was sort of on a lark. I’m glad my homerism isn’t as miserable as I sometimes fear it is. 

You may have noticed that early leads against the Warriors aren’t really barometers for success. I wouldn’t read too deeply into part of a Spurs game two years ago.

Good to see we’re adding Cleveland’s hypothetical 2015 championship to Houston’s imaginary 2018 one. Weird how so many teams should’ve beaten the Warriors but never did. Wonder what the constant was. 

They came back from a 3-1 deficit against Durant, are 3-1 against LeBron, and Kawhi was “dominating” for 2/3rds of one game. It’s not exactly bleak 

“I was one of the gullible ones so I’m going to do what I admonished you for and lash out!”

“1st Quarter Hawks Wolves Regular Season Game” sums up how much we should watch or care about Rudy Giuliani.

I definitely agree about nixing the center as a position (it’s given us first team DeAndre Jordan in recent memory, so at least having Jokic & Embiid in the league makes the line ups less ridiculous). The real question is why have positions at all? It would be more meaningful if we just looked at “these are the 15…

TLDR: “KD tweetered at me, guys. I PROMISE. Also, I’m gonna pray for him. Also, if you’re gay, please unfollow.”

Decades of incompetence! A roster with no legitimate NBA starters! Provincial, agitating media! An owner on par with Sarver and Buss! What’s not to love?

Been up here since the late 90s and you’ll never hear me say a bad thing about early Too $hort, even if I know it’s not nearly as good as the nostalgia tells me it is. 

While normally, I’d be inclined to agree with you, Chris Broussard isn’t an “old dude.” He’s a Bible-humping plagiarist with a penchant for being both completely wrong and making shit up. Just the tip of the iceberg:

I was gonna yell “blasphemy” at you like a proper provincial Norcal person, but...shit. There are oodles of classic songs (Five On It, Humpty Dance, 93 Til Infinity, any early E-40, etc.) but albums are a little light. Unless you count Hammer’s first record. AND YOU SHOULD.

He’s stunk like cheese, man. 24% on the series. Alternatively forcing and passing up good looks. It’s like he looked at Historical Playoff Lowry and said “you think THAT sucks?”

Bonus wrinkle: while the Warriors are mushing them, E-40 will be somewhere in the building, genially laughing at Drake’s herb-ness, and releasing a quadruple album with seven good songs on it. 

“Speaking of those Sixers, in their second-round series against these same Raptors, they made some downhill running room for their own giant, non-shooting point guard (Ben Simmons) by using him as a screener for the ball and letting him attack off the short-roll, Draymond Green-style.”

Nah, man. Each team has had one convincing win and one squeaker at home. And hey, sometimes, Brook Lopez beats you. I’m sure there are plenty of Bucks fans wondering where the fuck Norm Powell came from in Game 3.

“This would be almost every bit as much fun if it happened to the Knicks or Heat or Celtics or Warriors”

“Magic Johnson was great on First Take this morning! Stephen A Smith was also great. Max Kellerman has a really bright future!”

Anytime you can join a list with Birdman and OJ Mayo, you know you’re doing something right. 

That’s the thing about the Steph/Draymond P&R though. All the options are bad: