“Surely his brother can get him a job, right?” - Mike Stoops

This makes me feel Sikma.

Can I ask what the brand is/where you got that?

I agree strongly with your points, but I do ... I dunno, worry? sadly expect? ... this will fuel the “the only people its ok to discriminate against are white christian men” crowd.

The thing about Russ is that he hides his emotions well. Stoic. Real poker face.

I *think* it means that when you have a player as good as Davis, you almost have to try to shoot yourself in the foot to be bad enough to not make the playoffs.

I love it when the computer beats a defender I’m not controlling down the court for an easy open bucket. Like, WTF computer defender? Where you bitching to the ref? Get back for chrissakes!

Having to forfeit 5 first rounders for the right to lock up Joe Smith did no one any favors either.

I think there’s also, at least in theory (d) it gets guys easier shots and helps keep players fresher and injury free over the course of 100+ games.

Both. You need schemes that best take advantage of your match-ups.

Right, from a “figuring out future revenue streams” angle, it doesn’t make a ton of sense.

I think it’s a little bit of both, right? Like, I’m sure Bryan Curtis and Wesley Morris made nice money (though a relative drop in the bucket for ESPN/Disney, all things being equal). But I think Simmons also spotted a decent amount of young talent, like Mays and Sharp, and gave free reign to guys like Serrano and…

I mean, those are some of the best quality projects ESPN has produced in the recent past, so all due respect to her. But, yeah, from a financial success standpoint ...

who oversaw the business unit containing ESPN Films, Grantland, FiveThirtyEight, and The Undefeated

My main problem was his interview style- a lot of it seemed to be “here’s what i think about this, do you have a reaction to that?”

Right. I think *Stein* would and has conceded that he’s in the bag for Dirk (and was for Nash).

It still has a lot of very good writers, but no Lowe, Barnwell or (I like him) Sharp.

As a fellow Simmons fan — do you get the feeling that he doesn’t really know or keep up with sports quite as much anymore?

It does seem like a lot of the “Let’s remember some guys” guys were probably butt early in their careers too.

Which NBA era had the most butt?