I think some of their moves, including their picks, would indicate they did not want players who might help them win a few more games and hurt their lottery chances. At least before Colangelo came on board. (I think the MCW for a potentially high lottery pick is pretty defensible, especially given how he’s played for…

I’m not trying to be glib, but Stockholm Syndrome is the only explanation I’ve heard that makes much sense.

It’s truthers all the way down.

Right, there are a handful of dudes who are going to succeed no matter what — LeBron, Durant, Duncan, etc.

lol, no worries — I’m always happy when there’s a reply that isn’t essentially “yeah, but here’s why you’re wrong ...”

He can’t work out for teams until he gets a ruling from the NBA. I think it’s safe to assume he thinks he’ll move up the board once teams get to see him, a la KP last year.

Garnett, Durant, Tyson Chandler out of school, Nerlens, hell, Manute — there’s a good history of very tall wiry guys. Stuff like hip strength and how you run seem to have a bigger impact — for instance, if you’re bow-legged, you’re less likely to tear your ACL.

They’ve made a few references to him being good friends with Jay Wright — Kenny mentioned they’ve watched a lot of Villanova on the TNT set this season because of it.

I’ll give you this — as hateable as UNC can be, this was definitely one of the least hateable UNC teams in a long time.

...there was a Nova team broadcast on Tru. This was heavily advertised and they’ve been doing it for years.

IIRC, Tim Duncan putting the Spurs up with .04 to go, before Derek Fisher gave them the win.

Jesus fucking Christ, I believe you have created the perfect recipe for provoking mansplaining. Well done!

Eh, there’s a difference between having an understanding or being willfully naive vs being publicly humiliated, don’t you think?

Not to blame the victim, but shouldn’t you do everything possible to keep your immature prodigy away from Nick Young?

This is the NYT equivalent of a diss track, isn’t it?

Somewhere, Vivek Ranadive strokes his chin and starts to slowly nod...

Oh, you and your facts!

Don’t you have better things to do than post on a message board, Mike?

Google “why we hate Duke.” Clearly, I’m not the only person who finds making a show of slapping the floor to be awful. If you don’t find it horribly obnoxious, that’s fine. I don’t find jersey popping to be an offense worthy of a stern talking to by an old man.

Which do you think has caused more opposing players to think “oh, fuck this guy”?