which we should note he probably didn't write out himself

1st time here? Now bare with me, breathe in (not too hard, meth fumes aren't good either) breathe out. Drew uses that introduction as he will now proceed to write all the shitty things about EVERY TEAM.

there's not "theirs" u FUKIN FUK FUK FUK GREAT FUKIN WRITING FUK FUK HEAD

The fact that it is just for one season, everyone would take KG. It's a no brainer. In fact if LAC had KG instead of Deandre, they very well could've beaten Memphis (Did you see what SAS floor-spacing offense did to them?) The only logical argument for DeAndre is that you're going to get more years out of the deal.

1. The stats you referenced don't account what he's truly known for now - Great Defender. He's also refined his game to be versatile to space the floor to play a small-ball 5.
2. Boston still had a very good defense (#8 in adjusted def. rating, Mia is 9th for reference) and it was due in large part to KG. For all…

Thank you for the irony, MattMcgee.

My point is it's pretty stupid to use a statistic as a driving force to explain "major advanced metrics", only to dismiss that very statistic afterwards. He didn't even wait for someone to provide a rebuttal, he rebutted his own statement.

Baseball and Basketball are 2 completely different sports. Basketball has way too many variables to take into account is my main point.

I did not say PER wasn't an efficiency-indicator. I'm pointing out that the guys, who you mentioned had pretty good years on a pure efficiency point of view, had minimal impact on…

Agreed, early-MJ played in a rougher era. However post rules-change MJ won the titles. Strange huh?

Also, what Barry is referring to is Zone Defense. Back then 1-on-1 trumped all, no sagging zone help defense you see today. With the new defense in place, it has put more emphasis on weak-side and space-creating…

Ohh so Career Win Shares/48 is the defining metric?

Perfect, I've always wanted to settle whether Manu Ginobili was better than Dirk, Stockton, Shaq, Oscar Robertson, Karl Malone, Larry Bird, Bill Russell, Dwyane Wade, Kevin Garnett, and Kobe. No need to look further than Win Shares/48, Ginobili 13th best player of…

"There are 8 active NBA players with a higher career win shares per 48 than Kobe, even if a couple of them are likely to regress below him with age."

Well put. Even Barry's response to the commentor was so lawyer-esque. "Jim Boeheim never says Andy Katz agreed not to ask those questions." quickly reminds me of "I did not have sex with that woman".

which is why this "journalist" is also a deadspin commentor like all of us...

What the heck are you talking about?

"I don't know Rihanna, or her specific situation, or how rehabilitated Chris Brown can be on a scale of Drew Barrymore to Charlie Sheen."

So because Chris Brown doesn't do anything publicly to YOUR liking, therefore "he never showed remorse.... shown no indications of changing... nor that he felt he ought to change"

"When it comes to punting on fourth down, we can tell if a coach is playing smart or playing stupid."

I didn't say you were offended. Just pointing out that in the big spectrum of dating between guys and girls, it's the guys that have to do most of the work in starting a relationships. Thus, it's much easier to label the doer than the receiver since more information is revealed about the doer (how? and why?).

I am not offended at all, just pointing out that what you do is in fact reality. That our society is setup in the way where men pursue women. Yes there is always the exception(s) and women will share their experiences of asking a man out. However, with the reality that men pursue women, it is easy to point out…

And there you are proving captain_spleen's point.... "but i've set up men to ask me out in the past"... so you never asked someone out. You played gms to lure them to ask you out, Now THAT's reality for girls and guys.

Haha agreed on every point. The best part is the breakdown of Lakers play... I'm pretty sure w/ Gasol/Kobe/D12 on the court, the coach told AJ to go demand the ball from MWP (inbounding) and tell the other 3 to clear the way for him.

I also don't believe an NFL being up by 9 with 40 secs left following a safety has ever lost a game either. However, I do bet during the kneel down formation there has been a turnover.