Yeah, but having a hard set no dribble rule is also ridiculous. If the player has to change directions with a dribble I don’t think it should be an assist. Hitting someone in stride to lead them to a basket (a dribble or not) is an assist. Hitting someone who is set and then makes a move, or on the move and has to…

All the early white rock bands stole shit from black blues musicians, especially the Brits, and in most cases they failed to give proper credit (or royalty payment) for decades after, and in all cases that sucks. My point about Zeppelin (and I love Zeppelin!) is exactly what I wrote in slightly hyperbolic terms up…

The “(bit of a stretch)” thing is wildly misplaced next to Pau Gasol’s name, here. He was a top-10 player before he came to Los Angeles, and he was a top-10 player for the peak of his years with Kobe. He’s the second-best teammate Kobe ever had (GP, Nash, and Malone were on the downslopes of their careers when they…

Kobe gets a bad rap, but his career is legit and he didn’t have the luxury of teaming up with other superstars most of his career the way Lebron has.

The astounded voice in that clip is Kevin McHale, who is an inch shorter than Giannis and was famous for having one of the longest wingspans in NBA history (rumored to be about eight feet). So if he can’t understand it...

I don’t think you could have seen this coming from Tatum from college. I watch a lot of Duke as a fan of another ACC team and he wasn’t any different from Brandon Ingram the prior year.

He traveled.

I love Tatum, but it feels like he’s 0-50 in successfully running a fast break in this series.

He’s a PG.

Yeah but your reasoning is wrong and I needed to point that out (again) for your own good. Height <> Position.

No he’s not. The fuck is wrong with you? He’s played PG his entire NBA career.

Holiday - 27.8 ppg/4.0 rpg/6.5 apg on .611 efg%

This must be where Deadspin zigs where others zags (or was it the other way around?) as Hinkie put it.

It is definitely not true.

Eh, if the sample size is limited exclusively to the first round of these playoffs, it’s not too outrageous of a statement.

Thanks for the coverage. As noted elsewhere, I haven’t had the chance to catch much of these playoffs, but can someone confirm if this is true:

“A very short debate: Will the Pelicans finally be the first non-peak-Lebron team to actually have a chance to give the Warriors problems?”

This series is super intriguing just due to how poorly each team matches up against the other team’s stars. The Pelicans played amazing defense in the first round, but who the hell is gonna guard Durant? Do you let Mirotic get blown by every single possession, or do you make 6'4" Holiday or E’Twaun Moore try to…

If the refs keep letting GSW get away with bulldozing moving screens, then the Pelicans don’t stand a chance.

Spurs weren’t going to win the series but that’s how Klay gets open.

Yes, I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Warriors trailing midway into the third quarter in one of these games.