Him being an asshole makes him an asshole. The foul was a hard playoff foul that probably didn’t even deserve a flagrant 1. Dudley overreacted because, as he basically says in the update above, Embiid’s an asshole.

If not enjoying rooting for assholes is pathetic, then I’ll live with that.

Embiid’s an asshole and I can’t see a situation in which I root for him. I’m glad he’s not on my team.

I’m uncertain what Embiid was doing pointing at Allen. Like, I honestly can’t tell if he was trash-talking or if he was going “I hit the ball and was not trying to hurt him” to the refs, or what.

Exactly the same. I started out with NBA2K1 on the Dreamcast and bought nearly every iteration after that up through 2K15. Haven’t touched it since, because 2K15 was just awful to play, and from everything I’ve read it’s only gotten worse and worse.

Some people are even joking about the prospect of Notre-Dame being restored using Unity’s digital recreation.

Is there a better coach in the NBA or any sport at adjusting his system to fit the players he has in a given year than Popovich? I don’t think Belichik is the answer, because that’s more about constantly cycling through players to fit the system.

That’s the thing: Kobe did a lot of stuff supremely well, especially before the few final years when “scoring 28 on 12/34 shooting” became “the Kobe game,” but I feel like these days he’s so far up his own ass that he’s unlikely to impart wisdom like “footwork actually really matters and here’s why.”

I kind of assume Melo would forget Tatum was there about halfway through and just start doing shooting drills on his own.

I was mostly just trying to head off “I don’t know that he’d learn much from spending the offseason with George Mikan”-style jokes.

In all seriousness, if you asked me “which [still-living] former NBA great would you least want your stunningly good rookie to spend the offseason learning from?” I can’t imagine any name leaping to my mind more quickly than “Kobe Bryant.”

Sorry for the late reply, but you should watch the “making of” episode at the end. The vast majority of the overhead shots are via drone, not helicopter, which while not a perfect solution is a huge improvement, ecologically speaking. Additionally, things like the walruses leaping to their deaths are, while certainly…

In all honesty, that excitement about their players is one of the things that makes the fanbase so endearing. I’ve never seen any other fans stan so hard for, like, the twelfth guy on the depth chart.

I’ve said this before, but the nicest thing I can say about Dame is that he is actually as good as Blazer fans think he is. Especially now that he’s added “can play some defense” to his skillset. If the dude played in a bigger market he’d have made at least twice as many All Star teams by now.

(I love me some Blazer…

Let’s remember some Deadspin recurring articles: Look At This Fucking Hoopster.

That'd be a lot more fun than how they've used her since AOU!

I think they handled Vision’s intro very well and I think Paul Bettany was a great choice to play him. I just don’t think they used him particularly well in Civil War / Infinity War.

I recently rewatched AoU and that was my same feeling. Wanda as a strange witch who screws with people’s heads is more compelling than Wanda as “basically a telekinetic except with red vapor.” And Vision’s “yes, they’re doomed, but it’s nice to watch them try,” is philosophically very different from anything he shows…

Yay!

I am very into Philadelphia losing home court advantage in game one, and hope Brooklyn can continue to hold the lead.