We need to start and assist migrant caravans leaving these terrible fucking states.

My direct boss is the owner of my company. It’s not about him ‘bossing me around’- it’s about me respecting the trust he’s placed in me enough to handle my shit in a way that it doesn’t waste his time if I have a meeting scheduled.

On the flip side, if something comes up, I communicate it to him openly and honestly,…

I have several times saved the company I work for six figures by finding/fixing issues, or by implementing processes that improve efficiency for whole departments. It has never once crossed my mind to ask for a bonus

Interesting note: “Priority” was a singular term for its’ first 500 years of existence.

Competing priorities are fine- the key is managing them. Give yourself the space you need to respect yourself and those you make commitments to.

(Sure things will happen- hearing about people being late to meetings or practices in…

This is really sad.

In football, if the meeting starts at 8:30, you are in your seat at 8:25. Everyone’s heard the adage: “If you’re early, you’re on time; if you’re on time, you’re late; if you’re late, don’t even bother!” That was our credo.

The NBA’s salary cap is so far beyond stupid it’s not even funny.

With Deng’s dead cap hit and the currently signed players including Davis + his trade kicker, they have $80M on the books. The actual cap is projected to be $109M.

The Warriors have $120M on the books w/o Klay, Cousins, Looney, Quinn Cook, or Jordan…

A quick list of guys available at or close to the minimum:

Actually, the last time they ‘ran roughshod’, it was a huge case of white fragility in response to the ‘oppression’ of a not-white having the nerve to be President for 8 years. Since that, the (R)‘s have been getting kicked around on the regular.

Also, there’s a sliver of difference between calling an obvious nemesis a…

The hammy wasn’t anything close to an elimination game, and the knee happened in the shadow of KD’s leg exploding.

I’m not saying that every doctor is bad or that your should never return when injured or anything like that.  I’m just saying that someone that doesn’t get paid by the team should be evaluating you in the…

In this one specific case, yes. This one specific case would not drive a systemic change in the CBA.  Imagine if Klay had stayed in the game?

They don’t have them on the sidelines during games.

Why would they care?  They figured that if anything happened, it was screwing the Knicks or the Nets.

They should put a perfectly clear ‘high-definition’-like panel of glass between the fans and the field.

Seriously, though, we need to have a discussion about rational risk evaluation, because this “if it saves even one injury” claptrap is for the birds.

If the current netting situation is too dangerous, how is anyone…

I suddenly had a taste for Marionberry Pancakes...

IDK; Beyond their longevity, I think what defines the Spurs’ dynasty is the dynasties they either killed or interrupted.

They put a kink in the Lakers, which, had they gotten their shit together could have had not just 2 three-peats like the Bulls, but possibly six or seven in a row.

They shattered* would very well…

Jackson coached the Lakers from ‘99 through 2011, minus the 2005 season. The Spurs won in ‘03, ‘05, and ‘07. You can split hairs all you want, but how are you going to ‘split’ the Lakers’ dynasty to get around their down years, while just arguing that the Spurs shouldn’t be one because they didn’t go back-to-back?

The…

Definitely. I just think ‘boom / bust’ fits the NBA.

Barring the kind of luck the Raptors had this year, (Kawhi was actually back, LeBron wasn’t in the East, the Warriors got nuked from orbit), most teams that have been consistently upper-middle class just don’t break through. The Celtics are a prime example of doing…

Ball is an upgraded Eric Snow. He makes Ben Simmons look like Steph Curry. An effing PG shooting 40% on the free-throw line. How can you play a PG in the 4th quarter who is vulnerable to hack-a-shaq strategy?

Two (super)stars and a largely unknown supporting cast. LBJ, AD, and Kuzma should be good for 65 or more a game.

The teams that are better, pending what else happens, are the Spurs, Denver, and maybe Portland. GS has 1.5 stars till like March, Houston at most will have 1.5. Utah? No. Kings? No.

Barring injuries, the…