Theory time: The rest of the league isn’t going small because the future is in efficient shotmaking small ball lineups. Its because Philadelphia has bought every center and will continue to get every center. Teams are preparing for a future with no bigs on the roster and the Sixers playing with a rotation of 140…

“The Cavaliers making some incredibly unlikely heroic plays in the final moments of Game 7 on the road in the most visitor-unfriendly NBA arena possibly ever.”

If that’s his thought process, then he’s a fool. Thomas is 28 and almost certainly will be washed up before whomever the Celtics take with their first pick in the upcoming draft comes of age. Meanwhile, Boston has not been an attractive free-agent destination at any point in my lifetime. The odds still are overwhelming…

Paul George and Jimmy Butler don’t play defense? That’s news to me. They’ve both made all-defense teams in the past.

One wackadoo agent in a market != market value.

Ok, but what about a BJ, Upton?

It’s implied that they mean won their class. That’s why there are different classes in the first place, otherwise every car that isn’t LMP1 would just be considered a loser, and there would be absolutely no point in having them in the event.

Just to be clear, Canada’s in North America, so it’s still an American car.

Ugh, one of those comments.

So does that mean my neighbor’s Mercedes GL350 is considered an American car? And that the CLA-Class is not German but Hungarian?

The generally accepted rule is that it’s the manufacturer’s country of origin, not where it’s built.

Cheers.

I used to have a friend like Jay Cutler—he would always put ketchup on smoked salmon. What a nightmare! I’d say, “TJ, that’s so gross!” but TJ didn’t give a shit. He’d eat up his ketchup salmon and talk about all the trim he got. Then one day TJ swallowed a fishbone, on account of the ketchup. Never saw it coming! I…

In all seriousness, I don’t understand why the Celtics would trade for Melo. They have a young team with a couple of good, potentially great, players, but both Isaiah and Horford would instantly defer to Melo and you’d lose whatever rhythm you currently have. Also, there’s no way the Celtics win this year, with or…

Mentos does make a gum, but the phrasing there is awful.

Irrelevant to your well-played joke, but when I first started working, I worked with a guy from Argentina. He was mentioning the restaurants he goes to and I asked him what were Argentina’s kind of standard dishes, like tacos and Mexico or poutine or backbacon and Canada, chicken tikka masala and the UK, etc.

Once legal weed sweeps the nation, they’ll call those bags what they are: ounce bags.

Peter King came to my town once. Went to a diner and loved the coffee so much he drank four pots. Then he took a three flush shit. You could hear the splashing sounds from the sidewalk. Afterwards he comes out smiling, telling us all, “Hell of a toilet you got there. American Standard. Nothing like it.”

Don’t see where anyone says he “caused” Trump.

Never forget:

I guess I’m one of the mythical “undecided voters,” in that I am undecided as to whether I will vote at all. There are surely more undecided voters like me than of the other type, those civic-minded numbskulls who populate televised town halls and Frank Luntz focus groups because they are positive they will vote, but…

Actually “CEO” is a term that means “Chief Executive Officer”, and is usually the title of the person who leads a company, may it be big or small. Sometimes they scam their way to the top, but sometimes it actually does take hard work and accomplishment. Also they may not do the day-to-day nitty gritty, but managing…

Counterpoint — Exxon’s $400mm man: