Yeah, well, a two-game stretch of him actually trying to get rebounds is basically a Goddamn miracle.

Wiggins is far from perfect, but he is putting in real defensive effort this season, and is even averaging 7 rebounds per game. Last night he also kicked a number of passes to open shooters who promptly missed.
He is basically doing exactly what you would want him to do except, you know, the whole not shooting 40%…

I wasn’t really criticizing the contract (though it would be totally fair to criticize OKC *taking on* the contract, which has different timing, but it is also understandable that they took a chance on it to go for broke), just noting that it is a factor. I mean, if you have a guy with that payroll on your team, you…

Three things I suppose. First, he was once a very good player, and it is hard to know when someone is for real shot, or just needs to move out of a bad situation (New York last season). Second, even if you believed he was on the downside of his career, most people thought he could work as a contributor on “someone…

If Wade can do it, he can do it.

I don’t have the answer to your question, but I like how you brought the heat.

If that was the standard, an awful lot of the NBA should not be playing.

Or people who like to ski. Why should I pay when they run into a tree, or get tossed from a rogue ski lift?

Are your personal habits clean enough to support this level of sanctimony?

So JR gained a little weight. IT HAPPENS OK

Not apropos... but I love watching Ben Simmons play basketball. Possible hot taek: Philly is more fun when it is “his team.”

Once once upon a time I, a Green Bay Packers fan, and an acquaintance of mine, a New York Jets fan, had a pretty vociferous argument over whether Rodgers or Sanchez would have a better career. The thing is, in the moment I sorta lost.

When Sixers fans brag about having a higher seed than you as if that, and not the simple fact of accomplishing regular season success above expectations, is significant.

I’d counter that rather than taking this all far too seriously, it instead appears that although you (helpfully) advised him not to be stupid, Mr. Deliminator refused your advice.

In the very oldest photos of him, his head appears to have actually gotten larger than at the time he was hanging out with Wilt, but any actual gain in height would have been easily offset by how hunched over he was. It is all pretty sad.

Good take.

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Rapaport is pushing back on it:

I was in the arena. This was certainly a topic of discussion, though frankly the folks watching on TV have a huge advantage in that regard. From my point of view, it looked like Taj and Millsap tangled fairly early on, and neither got a call. Both decided that, going forward, it was going to be damn physical. Jokic…

Spilled milk and all that, but Jimmy Butler is the best player on the team, and its not particularly close. The on/off numbers are crazy, especially on defense. They would have had third! And could have tested any other team in the west.