It’s almost like there is some kind of penalty in the rules for teams that decide to “play physical.”

My money’s on Wade punching Embiid in the sack

Curious what moves Philly makes to get to the next level. Could Lebron and Simmons play together? What type of third wheel could work with Embiid and Simmons, a shooter/stopper like Kawhi? Is there a younger and better Redick out there? Or do they just need to maintain together and improve with experience?

At this point, Boston should be planning for post-Kyrie.

Ah, yes, the old “Don’t you want to be SAFE?” logic...

My guess is it will be immediately and solely used to observe “suspicious” people and political opponents while paying lip service to “Oooh, we did see a hurricane that one time. It’s a win for humanity!”

I despise the entire ouvre of “emotion shopping.” Not just on network news shows, but directors trying to make a game seem more important by showing the faces and reactions of the coaches’ wives and the parents of players in the stands. This was especially awful during March Madness. Leave the game on the court where…

Question: Have you ever at any time vaguely criticized or questioned a Deadspin writer?

Why not both?

The books is designed to MAKE MONEY. Period. There is no better time to do that.

Harden and Paul each had their annual elimination-game meltdowns in the first two Round 1 games and nobody noticed.

Fabulous Furry freak Brothers...now THERE’S a comic.

As weary as I am of watching Lebron every Finals, I give him major props for social awareness and general humanity (after I got over the Decision and the “Ya’ll just go on back to your boring, tedious lives and I’ll still get to be me.”

Peter King is already salivating at the thought of ten more years of “Will Favre be back next season?” storybait.

Yeah, been reading for years that AD has nobody around him like Westbrook, but doesn’t get triple doubles.

I thought Rozier was a total reach in the first round, yet there he is. Even Shane Larkin became a baller. A team that drafts well, develops players, makes good trades, and is a free-agent destination. I don’t root for any team in general (although I’d love to see some fresh blood in the Finals) but it’s nice to see a…

Bad coaching, awful team D, and they mostly play iso ball. Aside from Giannis and Brogdon, none of them are lockdown defenders. I actually think Brogdon is the second-best player on this team. Bledsoe was a subtraction, not an addition, the most useless kind of modern point guard—a shoot-first guy who can’t shoot.…

So we know the draft is often rigged because there are too many odds-defying storylines in years where the first pick is a no-brainer— Bron to Cleveland, Rose to Chicago, Hornets’ new owners getting a first pick that became Anthony Davis. So what rig makes sense this year?

Durr yeah and soooper secret conspiracy russian stuff brought down the plane libtards. Everything should be cover-ups all the way down.

Yeah, hours and hours of livestreaming your death in landscape mode