I agree with that in theory, but they'll get something better for him than dog shit picks from Cleveland. They'll play this out to the deadline if necessary, and some team will go big even if they don't get a commitment for him to re-sign at that point.

There is no reason whatsoever for Minnesota to trade Love to Cleveland without getting Wiggins, and they will never do it. Odds are they've already offered something like what you're suggesting, and Minnesota refused to take their calls for three weeks as a result.

/golf clap

Yeah, that's pretty spot on, but the rebounding thing is a bit of a red herring: there were far more shots taken in the 1980s NBA than the 2000s NBA. Higher scoring games (which actually works in Lebron's favor on the PPG) with more possessions. I've long thought Lebron's more natural comparisons were Bird and Magic…

So this means Cameron eats minutes during the first half and Beckerman comes in with guns blazing and fresh legs around the fiftieth minute? Right? RIGHT!??!?!

Yes, perfect. And he line-checks "Born to Run"! Heard that song fifteen times before I realized that was him on there.

Answer: because he's easy to like without having to actually like music, and now he's older and revered. A similar thing happened with Mumford and Sons a couple years ago. Talented, inoffensive, soulful music for everybody. Puke.

My favorite line of reasoning is when people choose to ignore the difference Miller Park has made in the experience of the Brewers. It is not an accident that flipping a broken-down relic of another age into a state-of-the-art glimmering palace changed the fortunes of the club. For, like, a dollar a year to the…

I'm sure you did, but there's a larger issue here. The Bucks aren't given the benefit of the doubt locally the way the Brewers are. I went to five or six Bucks games last year, and the crowd's into it when there's something to be into. More importantly, though, the biggest sports superstars on planet Earth come to…

As a Milwaukee resident, I can say with absolute certainty that your attitude and those who share it with you are the worst things about living here. This city deserves its NBA team. I disagree with this move, but the Bucks ARE Milwaukee, and as soon as they go the way of the Brewers and get exciting/good again, I'm…

Historically they've done pretty well with second rounders, Michael Redd being the most obvious example. But yeah, whatever. Nothing to get worked up about.

Ease up on the superlatives next time, partner. We're all excited and sad this morning, but no need to brand everything and everyone the best everything and everyone.

Agreed.

Don't disregard the insane-crowd-from-a-bordering-nation effect, as well.

That's how I'm choosing to forecast it in my mind. They're smart enough to know what they need to do, and to make sure their defense is tight enough to not let something crazy happen.

The point is made, but I still think they'd rather get France in a do-or-die than the team with the best player in the universe on it (regardless of who currently holds the title from FIFA).

I don't know, man. I think Germany wants to duck Belgium and enjoy a good clean ass-beating of Algeria in the round of 16 (also, France instead of Argentina in the quarters), which means taking it easy on Thursday, rolling their asses to a draw, keeping all the good shit in mothballs, and making sure everyone stays…

Nothing to worry about on that one, homeboy. Seems a lot of people (not you, probably, but general people I run into) have a problem with making it to the round of 8 being seen as a success, when that would be a major coup for Jurgen and his crew. Even making it to the 16 out of this division is something for these…

I bet your friends don't actually like you.

Hopefully they put Gerrard on a slow boat to Nova Scotia after this and move their program forward without him and his slow, obvious tactics gumming everything up.