I haven’t heard that name in years . . .

Speaking as a casual NBA fan who tunes in for Christmas, the playoffs, and whatever’s on when I’m in a bar, this is an incredible piece. It could just have been a Dusty Baker-style hot-take, but you did a very effective job of laying out Thib’s tactical contributions in a way that unlocks shorthand for the rest of us…

Yeah, who wants to see a beloved entity be taken over by some corporate overlords? Why that’d be like this here AV Club being purchased by some large conglomerate and shifting its editorial viewpoint to accommodate their new corporate masters.

Strawman. Hinkie did a good job and Okafor wasn’t a perfectly logical pick.

I mean the Nets basically got the chance to take a flyer on a former (and still young!) lottery pick for a guy who’s better served on a team like the 76ers then the nets. Plus a shooting white boy and a 2nd round pick?

Holy shit the NFL is stupid. First of all, the players aren’t protesting the NFL’s not giving enough money to certain charities. The players aren’t protesting the NFL AT ALL. So offering money to charities as a way to stop protests that aren’t really about that feels kind of sleazy and manipulative (and by the way, if…

Bob, you could have told somebody.

Okay, not intending to be mean, but I think you have literally posted these two pictures as a comment on every single episode. Like... they’re absolutely fun crazy places the character has gone for sure, but at this point...

You haven’t really slammed Bitcoin until you explain that ‘Mt. Gox’ literally, LITERALLY, stands for Magic The Gathering Online eXchange.

Why would you ruin that surprise for anyone? That’s just a dick move. I’m annoyed on behalf of people who haven’t read the comics. It doesn’t even contribute to the conversation, it’s just a random spoiler plunked into the thread for no reason.

I don’t think he has to continue to shoot better than Steph Curry for “Robert Covington is in Philly to help the Sixers lose” to be a bad take.

Lil Peep is survived by his father, Jared Leto’s Joker.

Admitting they’re wrong is one thing, but to admit that Hinkie was right? Get real. Hinkie is a bad GM because of “tech-babble,” remember!

I’ve been waiting for at least an acknowledgement from Ley or someone that they were off the mark in using Covington to make the point that they were trying to make at that time. I thought the contract extension would be a good time to handle that.

Guys, make sure to chew your crow thoroughly before swallowing.

When should we expect Deadspin’s formal retraction regarding Robert Covington?

The climax of the movie is the emotionally-charged moment when Batman realizes that they’re actually called “Martha Boxes,” and I’ll just show myself out thanks

“Fly Dragons” is about as cool a name as you can have for a team. Like, my hometown offers its players the choice of saying either “I’m a guy who lives near lakes,” “I’m an olde tymie Mississippi Riverboat,” or “I’m literally a spark.” In Beijing, you can say, “yeah, I’m like a pimp Smaug.”  

We have a Shavlik Randolph sighting!

I just went and looked at the Chinese league’s stat leaders this year and Jesus, I am remembering the hell out of some guys over here.

“I’m fine guys. I told you, the concussion water works!”