G-League salary just isn’t enough to make it worth it. Guys at Duke, UK, etc. live pretty luxuriously and are treated like kings everywhere they go. The NCAA is still a raw deal for top athletes. The players should be allowed to earn money off their likeness and schools should be allowed to pay them (2nd part would be…

Lonzo’s been an excellent defender for a rookie, so that would be impressive.

No, what he is saying is that, if you live in North Carolina, you can get an equally good education for far cheaper at UNC, such that you would be overpaying for your education by going to Duke. I’m not saying I necessarily agree, but that’s the joke.

Philly fans find themselves in roughly the same place as 2012

That’s kind of some elitist BS. If you are a sports fan that grows up in a state (usually lacking a pro team) where the college team is hugely popular, you will likely become a passionate supporter of that team. That isn’t changed because you went to community college, or the local directional school, or a little…

college fans are so much worse than fans of any pro team

Giannis, Middleton, and Parker or Bledsoe? Seems like stretch that two of those non-Freaks would make it.

Leave it to Charlotte to be the only one to fuck up the alternate jerseys.

Yes. Not right now, but peak Dwight was an MVP-caliber player. 8x All-Star (6x starter), 3x DPY, 8x All-NBA (5x 1st team), 5x All-Defense (4x 1st team). He’s a no question Hall of Famer. People really let Dwight’s flaws as a person and, to a lesser extent, player overshadow just how dominant he was. And he remains a…

He’s a six-time all-star and three-time all-NBA. Great player. But I agree with OP that he did not have as good a career as Dwight.

The fact that you think Dwight’s problem was not working in the post enough, as opposed to accepting that he was wasn’t a great post player (and that post play generally is not an efficient way to score) and instead focusing on becoming the league’s best dive man/lob threat in the PnR (which he could have been), makes…

Shaq played college. He’s referring to Jermaine.

The one who came straight from high school, which was Jermaine.

Terry Dehere? He was a solid basketballer and a good local politician.

Do you like basketball? Did you watch the video? It was pretty cool and, to me, worth paying attention to. Maybe it’s just me, but I find incredible performances by world class athletes fun to watch.

“All you have to do is practice” is a vast oversimplification. It is often times more of a mental issue than a muscle memory issue. Here’s a really interesting analysis of the struggles of some of the NBA’s worst free throw shooters and why it is so difficult to improve: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/17115866/real…

Wait, I thought these were just covers by Beach House?

In terms of his total contributions, for sure. In terms of straight talent, it’s close between him and peak Brandon Roy. Roy’s run ended too soon, but he was incredible. I had such high hopes for that Roy, Oden, Aldridge, Batum, Fernandez core. Alas.

Who was hating?

It’s Gorgui Dieng, but good joke. It was an even more effective one before Mitchell blew up this season.