I see we don’t see this issue the same way and won’t agree. I’ll just leave you with this:

Hey GWP, I see you. Been kinda busy pounding the keyboard on other things, but I saw you comment from yesterday that made the same point.

I disagree with you; Team Banana Boat was selfish. Here’s why.

Agreed, I think we’re mostly on the same page here, but here’s some pushback:

Looks, I am sympathetic towards the argument that there shouldn’t be a NBA salary cap, but I don’t think that’s what’s really driving LeBron’s pique.

Not about the salary cap #1: LeBron was a union leader in the negotiations for the last CBA. If he wanted to get rid of (or at least weaken) the salary cap, there were…

It’s from the same article Chris quoted in this story, but I included Silver’s response.  Just use the link Chris provided.

You’re my boy, Donkey Doug.

McMenamin has been LeBron’s mouthpiece for a while. If I recall correctly, Brian Windhorst said on his pod last season that it was McMenamin whom LeBron called over to feed him quotes about how it would be amazing to get AD.

From Reddit:

He really does. The initial mealy-mouthed response and the groveling apology in Chinese on Weibo were disgraceful. And while I know NBA has internal memos clamping down any discussion on the HK issue when many would love to see them come out and offer a full-throated support of the activists, at least they (sorta)…

The full exchange between LeBron and Silver:

But he didn’t stop at “don’t rock the boat.” Not rocking the boat would’ve been LeBron giving some milquetoasty answer that either vaguely supported free speech or claiming that “it’s a really complex situation so I can’t say but I hope both sides can work out a solution.”

Instead, he went beyond that by specifically…

Definitely. While he positions his opposition Morey’s tweet on the basis of its harm to the financials of Joe Minimum Contract, what he and CP3 did in the last CBA served only the interests of the 30-something superstar class.

And this is way before we get into any discussions about the lack of intersectionality in his…

Looking at LeBron’s career, is this CYA, have-it-both-ways pragmatism all that surprising?

When building his Heat, 2nd Cleveland, and Lakers teams, he always dictated how the team would be built and which Old Guy/James Jones he wanted on the team. But the minute the team he had constructed wobbled, he was out,…

With the regular season about to start, it’s obvious that LeBron will offer no defense against Kanter.

Let’s kick racism out of football.

It’s not just enough to blame UEFA, but also the Bulgarian FA that organized the match. It seems like many of the black-hooded fans who were hurling the abuse were members of the “Lauta Army” ultras for Lokomotiv Plovdiv. In addition, there are accounts that 20-something stewards flipped off their bibs and joined the…

Most importantly, know the answers to customers’ questions. If you can’t answer which farm your fruit garnish came from or what type of trout is on the menu, it makes your restaurant look like it’s trying to pull one over.

In the words of Sandra Lee, it’s Semi-Wild!

TSC was pretty sweet back in the day, but most of my money went to the 120-card packs of 1993 Topps sold at my local Walgreens at ($1.79?  $2.19) a pop.  If I ponied down money for premium cards, it was going to be Fleer Ultra.