As a Sixers fan I feel like a cancer kid about to get my Make-A-Wish when suddenly the Lakers mainline cesium so they can meet John Cena.

Watching Tarasenko and Lehtera feed off each other has been pretty impressive this year. They've got the sort of natural chemistry as linemates that the Blues really haven't seen since Hull and Oates. Schwartz and Steen have both looked great on the wing with them, too. The injuries and early lack of production from…

Normally my wife doesn't read Deadspin, but she saw this story over my shoulder. Unfortunately, now she knows why I walk the dog so often.

At that point, she told him to come back later but he did not go back.

Was thinking Oshie and typed Backes for some reason. My bad! Fully agree though.

That line has been on absolute fire lately.Hopefully we have enough offensive fire power for a deep playoff run now.

Will be good to get Stas' and Backes healthy again too. I'm excited this year. Though, I say that every regular season.

Remember his debut? He scored two goals on his first two shots in the NHL. Vladi's tremendously talented, and I can only hope he's the one who leads the Blues to Lord Stanley's Cup.

As a Hawks fan, I am really unhappy to see this! What a goal.

Noel: [shits in the graves of Harden's ancestors]

You're the worst.

Didn't Durant donate a million dollars of his own money to the victims of the OKC Tornadoes recently? I don't see many pros do stuff like that. Meanwhile all you did was dump a bucket of ice on your head. Go fuck yourself.

Complaining about an NBA star marketing themselves for mass consumption is like complaining about a Deadspin writer for aimlessly choosing one athlete to hate for no real reason. It's just something most people can accept as silly, but realistic.

Deadspin: Where we mock hot takes... until we have SCORCHING takes of our own.

Is it ok to genuinely like anything anymore? Dude is a handful-of-times-in-a-generation talent who had one of the best offensive seasons in NBA history last year and gave probably the most heartfelt MVP speech in American sports history. Who the fuck is worthy of our admiration in contrast? Please do tell.

Wait, why am I supposed to hate Durant? Because he's marketing himself? Because he's crafting a public image? Why am I supposed to "remember he fucking sucks"?