It's not dumb as shit. It's a thought, a pretty well expressed one, that you happen to disagree with.

Byron Scott must have read the 10 paragraphs you wrote last week to explain that outside shots open driving lanes.

You write like Kobe shoots.

Got damn! Are the deadspin editors the only ones who know how to play this game!?

My premise is that you don't know shit about basketball except what you see on TNT and crib from various advanced metrics sites, and that you're quibbling with the tactics of the coach of the worst roster in the NBA to try to convince people otherwise.

If Byron Scott is a dingus for emphasizing mid-range shots what would you call someone who writes 10,000 words over three weeks calling for three point shots from a roster with one player (wayne ellington) who has ever shot 40 % threes in a season?

SEC had the most pro bowlers in 2013 with 26. ACC second with 19.

Do LSU's win against Wiscy, UGA's win over Clemson, Bama's win over WVU and MSU's win over OK St. factor into your analysis?

I don't see how advanced metrics answers the question of who plays the best football, since for the most part, teams are playing against other teams in their conference.

Even if the Lakers hired Burnenko and the rest of the deadspin staff as consultants and put into full effect their half assed understanding of advanced metrics, the Lakers would still suck. They don't have any players.

go into any college bar or campus house party anywhere 4 nights a week and you will see underage drinking and girls dancing (often suggestively). Did the army recruiters implicitly pressure all of them?

Im impressed Kevin was able to type this with one hand clutching his pearls. Abhorent?

Keep in mind also that he would own Tom Ley in basketball.

More like "Slow-pids."

If the Lakers suck, it's not going to be because Byron Scott lacks Kyle Wagner's keen understanding of modern basketball. It's going to be because their roster sucks. Who should have the green light to shoot 3s on this team? Their best scorers are probably going to be Kobe, Julius Randle, and Boozer. They are all…

I'm glad the pats won. I had them in my survivor pool. But this explanation sounds like bullshit. I've never heard the term "administrative penalty" used before. It sounds made up to minimize the penalty. It's also news to me that it's standard for the officials to help teams line up pre snap to avoid penalties. …

He didn't say he thought it was retaliation, you did. He said he thought the third baseman "put his knee down," which he did and that it wasn't a big deal, which it wasn't.

What about when Robin Williams dressed up as the Bakersfield Tiger and vandalized the Moose Lodge to rally the Taft citizenry around his plan to replay the game where he dropped the winning touchdown pass?

It sounds like you mean this as a criticism, but you're comparing him to a coach who has more wins against top 25 teams than anyone coaching now except Saban and Spurrier. He's won 56 percent of the time in those games to Saban's 58 and Spurrier's 54. That must be one lucky son of a gun.

You mean like putting on 7 successful steals to win a one-game playoff?