He probably is a generational talent. But it does feel like that term is tossed around a bit loosely these days. How many do we have get at once? Just yesterday I heard Porzingas is one, too. 

SI had him ranked as the 33rd best player headed into 2017-18, pre-injury. I probably would have been higher on him, but not much. And yeah, he had room to grow. But seriously, the dude is not the next LeBron. I’ll be shocked if he’s the next Ewing. The deal ain’t the best, but if (big if) it lands them Durant, big…

In the words of the Great Boston Knower, are we sure Brown is good?

Man, that’s like Ali and Louis actually getting to fight.

Musical inspiration?

Hear me out: Porzingas, while good, has also been consistently overrated.

Or, if you are going to make a trade demand, maybe do it with more than 10 days to get everything worked out.

I honestly thought you must have failed to add “3 point” before “line” in your first sentence. Then I looked.

He’s not that bad, but the league is flush with not-that-bad point guards. 

Contention: Ingram is the very poorest man’s Davis.

For me, Federer fell short as a tactician. I think he has more natural ability than either Nadal or Djokovic, and he certainly has more variety in his game and offensive power than either player. But he refused to sell out on the strategy Giri mentions in his article (talking Nadal’s FH early) or, frankly, change his…

Yep. $165,000 salary for just this one thing.

Holy shit. I hadn't seen New Nellie. 

Those business who essentially force me to carry cash are, indeed, the ones I consider a major pain in the ass. If you can’t think about money when it comes in digital form, life is going to be hard going forward.

I can’t decide whether I should bother getting up for the start, or just figure its OK to nab another two hours of sleep and count on picking it up around the start of the fourth set.

Certainly to this viewer, the gap between Williams and the field has closed since her pregnancy. And that’s both fine and to be expected, especially given that she is also getting to the outside edge of the age at which we can expect her to be dominant.  But I don’t know that she is any longer “so much better” than an…

When your opponent can basically body-check you through the core of the earth in the opening seconds, you probably came into the fight a bit weak.

I disagree with none of this. 

I’ve legitimately never heard of them. So their profile is not nearly as high as the Westboro folks, or Mr. Smiler (who is really having his day in the sun). Personally, I have not confronted either group, but I have also never been in the same place as members of either (to the best of my knowledge).

Have you watched the video? While the MAGA Chuds ultimately get involved, the primary antagonist of the Black Israelites is another black man who is sick of the shit they are throwing at the Native Americans present.  He did not walk away because he was disgusted by what he saw.  Harder to do, but admirable.