Bu if there were as few amateur football players as there are amateur boxers, the NFL would cease to exist.

Because the White Sox are one of the few teams not spending as part of an actual grand design, proven out by the trades and moves they HAVE made. If you were a Marlins fan, or a Pirates fan, there’s no path to improvement or future success on the horizon - I’m a diehard Sixers fan and have been fully onboard since Day…

Yep, that’s where I was going. Their entire last decade in Seattle, Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis excepted, was constructed of worse-than-mediocre big men: Vlad Stepania, Peja Drobnjak, Calvin Booth, Vitaly Potapenko, Jerome James, Danny Fortson, Bob Swift, Petro, Saer Sene.

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My friends and I were saying the same thing. The really egregious one was the second-down play, sandwiched in between BB wasting a TO at 2:03 and the two-minute warning itself.

I’m pretty sure you hit the nail on the head with option #2. “A touchdown catch” is almost completely fucking arbitrary at this point, and the announcers have no better guess than any of us on our couches - but they have to project an air of confidence and authority.

This guy belongs in federal prison for drinking beer with a straw.

I’m not sure you have a grasp on what Ray’s faults actually are.

I thought Brandon Stroud would have outgrown that place several years ago by now, but apparently as long as his wrestling columns keep showing up there, so will I.

Something of value? They got a mid-first and a player not great enough to keep them in the playoff picture, not bad enough to fully tank, in exchange for two extra years of not being able to improve the team due to cap concerns. And that player will either be gone or become wildly expensive the second LAC is finally…

Keeping Chris Paul? I suppose it’s possible Paul said there was no chance of him coming back to LA, that he hated Doc, Blake, and DeAndre, wasn’t gonna re-sign, and would only opt-in if he got traded. But trading Paul, then still cap-strapping themselves by paying $235 million for Blake and Gallo - who play the same…

They should fit alright together, and Drummond’s newfound passing ability will lead to some cool stuff (god knows they’ll need it, with a total of zero starting-caliber guards or wings). But it’s certainly not a given, on either side of the floor.

You’re right, good catch. Though I’d be shocked if Kawhi even realistically entertains other offers (unless Pop retires), Butler’s status is very much up in the air, as is Love’s.

I’m kinda “meh” on it from both teams’ perspectives, honestly. The Clippers probably needed to blow it up, but their big fuck-up was handicapping themselves with this half-in, half-out crap of trading Paul but still “going for it” by committing a lot of long-term money in two guys who can’t stay healthy. I’m a bit…

Unfortunately, the 2019 FA class is going to be just Kyrie and Klay - I don’t think Durant/LeBron are doing one-year deals again this summer.

Should have used Embiid’s Instagram post of the dunk, rather than Twitter - check the tag:

I LOVE Cousins, but I’d be very wary of giving him the five-year, $170 incumbent-team max before he’s stepped back on the court.

And how would you approach his unrestricted free agency this summer?

Never WWE Champion. He was World Heavyweight Champ, as David alluded to.

I think part of the problem is that even among people who understand park factors and WAR, there’s still a subconscious level of skepticism about whether they’re regressed heavily enough for those first few Coors seasons. When Castilla hit .309 with 158 HR and 460 RBI from ‘95-’98, Bichette put up a .323 average with…