ahhhhh it’s all of Nic’s seasons in Portland combined into 10 seconds

Are the ad breaks every 37 seconds The Drama and the feeling deep inside that you are watching people slowly die in front of you for no real reason while being told they are not The Excitement or vice versa?

Branding has finally gone too far

As I have gotten older this has only gotten realer

Most (except for truly competitive maniacs-Kobe, Jordan) professional athletes are semi-coasting and trying to not get hurt a great deal of the time, unless they are in the playoffs, or trying to earn a new contract. This is why Ben Simmons’ lackluster college career is no surprise, for example, he simply needed to…

She better hurry before Putin snapchats it out to everybody

Even a #brokewatch is a #wokebae 2x a millennium I suppose

Nothing else to add but this is a great comment.

Making it even more amusing is Kevin Love ended up going on to be a stats-first gunner who didn’t play a lick of D once he got to the NBA

Reminded me a lot of mid 2000s Clippers teams, perpetual high lottery picks, perpetual losing, players not developing because they realize there will just be more lottery picks coming along the following year.

Counterpoint: don't have children if you cannot give up the wonders of cocaine

I had a conversation with a friend 2 weeks ago who said she was planning on writing in Bernie, or if Bernie ran will Jill Stein, voting for Stein-only she couldn’t think of Jill Stein’s last name and I had to tell her. I nearly fucking screamed. And I love Bernie, I’m so happy income inequality is back in the picture,…

At what point does the NBA create some kind of Vivek/Vlade only rules for transactions ala Ted Stepien

Nailed it. Anyone who has played enough pickup ends up playing against a guy who ends up on a team with a couple super talented dudes on it and as a result gets left wide open constantly, and proceeds to talk shit while knocking down unguarded shots the entire game. Draymond is apex that dude and basketball bloggers…

I’m a Blazers fan so I can say with some authority “Nic Batum” is basically French for “Harrison Barnes” but he IS older and pretty injury prone!

Doesn't even rise to the level of a hot take, maybe a Hot Pocket take

I hope he never figures out he should stop screaming on the officials constantly. That approach worked out well for ‘sheed and all but one of his teams.

THE SUPERDELEGATE PROCESS IS A FARCE

Yeah he was like-”Ok check it out-the secret to unlocking the Nuggets is-George Karl coached teams ALWAYS choke in the playoffs”

That explains so, so very much