We don't know yet.

I know, right!? Last time I gave a girl the old "semi-hard jam" she was NOT impressed.

Agreed, if only we could put this trivial dispute aside and put our heads together in a more constructive way! Then we'd have a chance at resolving the REAL dilemma in basketball: if his hand never touches the rim, is it still a dunk!?

I wouldn't say that I read it somewhere, as much as I made it up and thoughtlessly blurted it out in a list of crank conspiracy theories that I think are 10% thought-provoking and 90% worthless. If I had it to do over again I'd probably say "...largest tv market remaining in the playoffs."

Fair enough. I'm not a super rules-wonk, and I only know enough to know that the popular conception of a lot of NBA rules is often far from the reality of how refs are trained to interpret them (travels, block/charge, "no-charge" area, etc.). I think my main point still applies if we replace "gathering the ball" in…

I feel like compliance to playground rules is probably pretty poor at the professional level in most sports. I mean, Ben Hansbrough called "I got next," like, three games ago!

First of all, the distance he travels is irrelevant. He's fricken' huge, and can legitimately get from way beyond the arc to the basket in three steps.

Because he is a straight-up madman, and you can't bite someone's face off while wearing a mouthguard.

I agree with this. Birdman has angry eyes, but Hansbrough has crazy eyes. Don't bet against crazy in a fight, that's Rule Number 1!

I'm open to the possibility that my brain has been addled by corn-syrup poisoning, turning me into some sort of toxic, Joker-style supervillain. I'm also open to the possibility that my brain has been enhanced by it, and that I am now smarter and better than everyone else.

Agreed about the flavor-blocks being a more meaningful unit to discuss. Who eats one Fla Vor Ice anyway...would you pour out a shot glass of koolaid to refresh yourself in the summer? Also, when you try to separate them from each other, they come apart in groups anyway. I typically let karma ride, and eat whatever…

I think we're all on the same page here, but I'm going to clarify that I'm speaking only for the extremely bulk-discounted kind, that come in packages of a frillion or more and are connected together in a poorly-perforated sheet. Also, I am a popsicle junkie of the highest (lowest?) order and can't eat fewer than…

I watched DWest for years in New Orleans, and am still a fan of his. He isn't anything special as a flopper, but he is a huge tantrum-thrower and whiner about calls, and he has been known to come down with a case of Tim Duncan eyes. It always makes me smile to hear his "AND ONE!" screams on every shot attempt he takes…

Well, it all happened a very long time ago. Let me recap...

I read that if one twin grows up to play offense, there is still a 48% chance that the other twin will end up playing defense.

Yeah, why are linemen all so fat? It must be because they are lazy and stupid. Don't they ever think, "imagine how effective I could be as a lineman if I lost 100 lbs. I'm sure my team would be grateful to me for adopting a healthier lifestyle. Oh, if only I could exercise more control over my diet."

This reminds me of what my brother and his intramural referee friends used to do in college: randomly draw charges on each other all over campus. They'd leap into each others' way out of nowhere to "draw the charge" and flop onto their backs on the sidewalk, dining hall floor, etc, furiously blowing their whistle and…