Pickled watermelon rind (with just a bit of flesh remaining) are awesome. Pickled grapes do sound a bit weird, though.

Infusing is cool and fun. (My favorite is bourbon with cinnamon and ginger that I use to make hot toddys). But it is not pickling.

In today’s game, with the focus on PNR and need for spacing to combat how defenses have evolved under the modern rules, you might be right. In the game Kidd played in, though, what he did was incredibly valuable. One of the better distributors and defenders at the PG position ever.

His passing and rebounding are so high level that he’s going to be a solid player regardless. But if he doesn’t figure out how to make up for his lack of ability to get around defenders and into the lane, he’ll be just that: a solid player, no more. (I think he’s long and crafty enough that his lack of quickness won’t…

You are criminally underrating Kidd. Kevin Johnson, Maravich, and TH were nowhere near his level in terms of complete game. West, AI, and Monroe weren’t really PGs in the traditional sense. He’s clearly behind Magic, Big O, Isiah, Nash, and Stockton, but I think the rest are all debatable.

He got an A in it, actually. That’s the thing with fake classes.

I’ve been particularly impressed with Tatum’s ability to use his length on D. I didn’t think of him as that high level of an athlete or defender coming out of Duke, but seems like he could be a real two-way impact player.

No, it’s bad in taste.

Cool outliers. Would you like me to list the many, many more players drafted in those spots who did not become stars? Are you really going to argue that high draft picks don’t have that much more expected value than late lottery, or even second rounders? There are many statistical analyses out there that prove you…

Brooks immediately whirled around as if he’d been shot, located the ref, and proceeded to yawp about the contact until Jokic got hit with a technical foul.

So the plan should be “hope to grab a generational star with the 15th pick”? See how many times you have to run that one back before you get a repeat of the Bucks’ success with Giannis. Also, the Bucks picked at #2 the draft after they had the worst record in the league in Giannis’ rookie year. They selected Jabari…

Four. They tanked for four seasons, not five. They didn’t tank in 2012-13 and signing Reddick for this year is not the move of a tanking team.

But, again, was it really worse than watching the Kings, Suns, or Magic the past four years? (They didn’t tank in 12-13 and they’re not tanking now, so I count four seasons of having an intentionally bad roster.) You are right that their overarching philosophy was “as many high lottery shots as possible,” but it’s not…

Yup. After the game they asked Draymond what he thought of the dunk, whether it was disrespectful, etc. Green said he liked it, but taht they’d have to have a talk about missing the and one.

I understand the criticism of The Process, but you can’t really say it has not been successful to some degree. The whole point was to get as many high lottery shots as possible in hopes of nabbing a generational star, which history shows is damn-near necessary for winning an NBA title. Embiid could be that, though I…

Wiggins/KAT edge out Simmons/Embiid for me, due to durability. If all stay healthy, it’s quite a debate.

$120 for a quarter of schwag? If that is indeed the going rate, it’s just one more reason I’m glad I don’t live in Florida.

It actually got plenty of love when another poster made the same joke on the last two Suns articles.

I think it’s called a “faceoff.”

I don’t trust your basketball analysis, nor your future-predicting abilities.