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Do you wish it didn’t exist?

excepting Tokyo, of course

DeRozan sitting out significant minutes in the 4th quarter isn’t new. It’s happened a bunch of times this season, and at least once in the Wizards series.

MAMBLA has no place in MLB, or anywhere for that matter.

No, he’s saying Ingram left his wallet in El Segundo and had to go back to pick it up.

If you’re going to chastise someone for a typo then I take it you have an even worse opinion of President Bestmind Smartwords? Because that guy simply doesn’t know how to spell. Or write. Or speak coherently.

I’m just going to assume that Ashley came back for a visit and spliced this from Jez.

Hope you’ve got “haam suy goh” on one of your upcoming lists. They are so damn good and have the hilarious distinction of never having the same English name in any restaurant. Savoury footballs. Savoury triangles. Fried glutinous rice with pork. Crystal dumplings. I’ve seen them called at least a half-dozen names over…

The word for 4 in Cantonese sounds the same as “dead”. And the number 14 in Cantonese basically sounds like “day of death”.

We strip our garb for thee.

The point about Nash is interesting. They also lost Jamison (who was good) and Walker (who wasn’t) that off season. And they replaced those guys with the good to good enough trio of Terry, Stackhouse, and Van Horne. I think a lot of it just comes down to how Dirk played. With Nash gone they leaned on him more, and his…

Meh. People immediately mention the two MVPs, and conveniently forget that he was at best worthy of the first one (and I think Shaq and Dirk have a better claim) and was in no way the better player for the 2nd.

7 x All-NBA, 8 x all star, ranks 3rd in career assists, top 20 all time in offensive rating, top 100 all time in a bunch of other categories. His body of work is much better than “great for four or five years”. I think your broader point is well taken, but you’re off on Nash.

I think it would be fair to say that for much of his career, DeRozan wasn’t making a lot of the shots that are pretty routine for him now. And he’s historically been a poor or disinterested defender — maybe not on the level of Harden, but that part of his game always seemed to be MIA. I get why people would be down on…

I’ve seen a bit of media coverage about DeRozan’s ability to share the ball, but you’re right — there isn’t much. Perhaps 18 months ago Bill Simmons did a round-up on Eastern Conference backcourt duos and noted that the Raptors were the only team with both the PG and SG averaging 4 assists+ per game (DD just barely…

Let’s remember some Demar DoRozan moments.

Jack’ referring to the Cavs having the Nets’ unprotected #1 pick in the 2018 draft by way of the Irving trade. The Nets weren’t going to be good this year, and now they’ve lost a significant rotation player.

I’m surprised this isn’t more of a mess considering a gamecock is involved.

Buried lede: Harden’s defense on the last play won the game.