Which part of any of this was caused by, or shows, a lack of character on Ballentine’s part?

I’m much less interested in seeing how Murray operates without Jokic - the knock on him in college and since, reinforced at the NBA level, has been his ability to truly run a team as the main creator. Having an overweight giant do a lot of the point guard stuff, while Murray can flit around like a CJ McCollum-style…

In the ESPN gamer, Royce Young noted that Lillard is 8/12 from 30+ this postseason.

I don’t think I read a single preview that had the Phillies more than two or three games removed from the Nats in either direction, with one or the other at the top of the division. No one expected it to be a runaway.

I don’t remember noticing this in previous episodes, and haven’t yet read the source material, but there were a couple of tics and outbursts from Mad Sweeney this week that made me think ‘detoxing junkie’ more than just a drunk.

That’s analogous to why (even though it was obviously better to get the call right, despite what the Deadspin Soccer Bozos would have you think) I wished that City would beat Spurs in Champions League.

I mean, Markieff Morris WAS one of the biggest offenders of the Wizards’ faux-tough-guy bullshit...

So as a Liverpool fan, we’re fucked hoping for United to take points from City.

Westbrook hitting his pair of threes in the first quarter (along with two additional midrange jumpers) was the worst thing that happened to the Thunder last night.

Portland has been my number two, Western Conference team for as long as I’ve watched basketball, and it’s been an absolute joy seeing him develop into not just a phenomenal player, but the single best culture and team guy in the entire league.

It’s like fucking Outrage Mad Libs with these morons.

The Second Avenue Subway is the most amazing structure I’ve ever been blessed to see in person.

No one still thinks the Sixers are the favorites in the East - maybe in October, or in the immediate afterglow of one of the big trades, sure, but not right now. Once 82 games were played, everyone understands that Milwaukee (and Toronto, assuming Saturday was a blip rather than a regression to their typical playoff…

Also, DONOVAN COACHED KANTER FOR TWO SEASONS! Yeah, there were a couple of plays where he stood his ground and came up big defensively, but you intimately know the guy’s weaknesses - how on Earth does he not run his offense to get Enes switched onto Russ or PG in space every single possession that he’s in?

Jerome Bettis = The Bus (which Foster had no problem publicly throwing Bell under)

I’m sure the commentary on this would be the exact same if it were a black NBA player who was found to have $20,000, expensive jewelry, and five guns stolen from his home.

The only good commercial is Phil, AT&T’s March Madness color guy. Dwyane Wade is not Phil, therefore this is not a good commercial. QED.

As unpleasant and cold as this is, I think Vince had no interest in putting a live mic in front of the Anvil the past several years.

Maybe he’ll go in wearing his Booty Man pants.

Wait, holy shit. I keep an eye out at a few different grocery stores for the cool seasonal Oreo flavors, even with the understanding that most will be terrible. Pistachio sounds like it could be god’s gift to cookiedom, but I’ve never seen/heard of them before!