“Get a load of this screamer he banged”

Don’t forget Barnes giving Love a concussion!

Why 82 and not 81?

"It’s strange to conceive of a team with two of the most gifted athletes in the NBA as working at their best when they’re playing in an ugly, disjointed basketball game."

Yep, definitely no luck involved. A child born the same day as you in [Iraq/Rwanda/wherever] had exactly the same chance as you of finding a good job and a comfortable home [or whatever your particular goal may be].

That was abundantly clear already.

The Braves have played so bad at home this year that ... they’ve almost played as bad at home this year as the Rockies have!

No, no, they’re, uh ... they’re resting.

Austin is not a special snowflake in this regard. Where don’t parties start after the listed time?

In other words,

Strangely, the championship question (what is the remainder of 999,999,999 divided by 32) was the easiest one to answer

I feel like there has to be a clause about this in the contract. It might be vague, and subject to third party interpretation, but there’s gotta be something in there.

This is basically the style that the US fired Bob Bradley for, right?

Why would you not want to smell bacon everywhere in the house?

I just think sports are fun to watch and play.

Still, “my DM’s not popping,” [Anthony Davis] says, furrowing his brow. “I don’t know what my problem is.”

Really perfect that there’s an ad for Coors at the bottom of this page. Pairs splendidly with squirrel.

I don’t want you to do anything with it. I’m just providing evidence that reinforces my prior statements:

On a whim, I dug into the James Harden pick.

If you change “pick names out of a hat” to “use widely available consensus draft rankings”, then my guess is a large fraction of GMs might as well do that, yes.