Even Drew’s answer is delusional. Sean Bradley was an insane athlete compared to “normal” seven-foot-plus people. There are numerous “very tall even for the NBA” guys, even ones who want to play basketball, who never come close to making the league.

Yes! I get to be younger than exactly one NBA player for one more year. Keep gettin’ those checks, Vince!

It’s a bit of a blurry list. If Kobe belongs there, and I’m not saying he doesn’t, although “influence on the league” isn’t really what I was talking about, then Duncan and probably Shaq also belong there.

I always hoped Carter would stumble his way into a ring after he made that transition, but it just never happened for him. I think he was on one really good iteration of the Conley/Gasol Grizzlies, which was probably his best chance, but they couldn’t quite get there.

By definition a generational talent only comes around roughly once per generation. Occasionally a generation lucks out and gets two. Not everyone can be Russell, Wilt, Kareem, Magic, Bird, MJ, or LeBron (plus maybe two or three other guys that I’m forgetting). That doesn’t mean he wasn’t relevant.

Straight up: I have been waiting for EA to get their shit together with NBA Live for a few years now so I can go back to playing basketball games. I gave up on 2K after 2K15 because of all the VC crap, and it’s only gotten worse since then. If EA gives me half-decent, bug-free mechanics and a fun story mode without…

It’s a common take, I’ll admit, though not one I typically engage in. The Red Sox pattern for the first half of my life was more often “come out hot, look great for a few months, fall the fuck apart in July or August.”

They’ve definitely had their ups and downs. I honestly just felt the combination of “two of the three best teams in the league and the clear cream of their respective divisions” and “a team that has struggled off-and-on all year and is third in its own division, but might still sneak into the playoffs” was kind of…

These things happen.

If I quit using the internet for the day every time I said something stupid, Twitter would’ve destroyed my career as a web developer.

Fair enough. I’m not really feeling them as a championship contender this year, but I’ll acknowledge that I’m writing them off early.

Fair enough. I’ll probably look like even more of an idiot when they make the playoffs, catch fire, and end up winning the World Series. But, since they’re my team, I won’t mind so much.

Ah yes, Boston, fourth in line for the wild card. A definite “contender” this year.

And in general it’s right in the goofy-dude wheelhouse. Like, Steve “Ballz” Ballmer was absolutely the guy you could count on to moon you from your dorm’s eighth-floor window.

I didn’t know I needed gender-swapped Magneto in my life, but I’d be all for it in new MCU X-Men movies.

Honestly mildly surprised Ballmer doesn’t call himself “Ballz”

To postulate that Doc needs a stroke of “luck” to overcome a cocaine addiction is extremely arrogant

There’s little equity to buying a gigantic house you’re going to have to sell in two years when you get traded, either. I’ll grant that there are some tax benefits.

Yeah, I understand that these guys have to deal with an endless stream of people trying to bilk them out of money. But there are safer choices than others. For example, finding someone who already works with multiple clients in the seven or eight figures and has a good rep is a better choice than, like, your uncle who…

I think the biggest concern for an athlete, home-wise, is security. You don’t want lunatic fans able to easily walk up to your front door. To that end, I’d be looking at renting either in a gated community, or in an apartment building with a front desk guard. A condo could work in either of those situations, if you…