Man the Pelicans with AD and Boogie would have been so much fun in the postseason.

The Leafs are good, the Raptors are good, the Argos are defending champs...it almost seems like things here are too good to be true and nothing can...

Counterpoint: The Grizz, though current lords of the tank, should be tanking even harder.

It still beats what the president vomits up on Twitter.

Easily you’re best post. Todays been great.

That athletes kneeling during the national anthem is even controversial makes me sad-ish.

Ah, so the only reason anyone at Deadspin thought Russ deserved the MVP was “Big Round Numbers” and “no help.” Sure.

It’s laughable that you are even trying to suggest that the James Harden of Houston is anything like the James Harden of OKC. That’s just ridiculous.

Totally disagree. The whole point of that article is that it ISN’T just Harden versus Westbrook, that somehow there are deeper things going on. If it WAS just comparing the 2, that’d be fine.

I got cruicified at the office for saying this. Then I told everybody “You have just become the owner of the Rockets. But you have 12 months to live. You want to win this title. Somebody offers you LeBron for Harden, straight up. Do you accept?” Unanimous yes. So how is LeBron not more valuable?

The MVP doesn’t mean anything, and it hasn’t meant anything since the voters got bored giving it to Jordan every year. Steve Nash has two, because Shaq and Kobe weren’t good teammates and Tim Duncan is boring. Derek Rose is going to be the first MVP to not make the HOF.

If Harden’s style of basketball represents the soul of basketball, then you can keep the whole damn sport. Watching Harden play is frequently a slog as he tries to bait both his opponents and the officials into awarding him free throws. His skill set is perfectly suited to this endeavor, but there’s nothing…

yea. i think its like the Oscars. its a political campaign. leo not getting one for the departed was stupid. LeBron not getting one every single year is stupid.

Spoilers: most players don’t win a championship (also, Russ has had plenty of team success).

Ugh everyone is missing it- obviously Chris Paul is obi wan kenoibi, James harden is Jean luc Picard and Russel Westbrook is the wookie, and ain’t no wookie winning mvp back to back. Haven’t you all seen Battlestar Galactica?

It’s like Bird and Miles, here you have Westbrook as this solo diva who’s into fashion, fast cars, and a glib attitude towards reporters and much of his audience. Then you have Harden as this more jovial character who’s just interested in getting blowjobs in taxi cabs while eating fried chicken. But Man when those…

People said the same thing about Kobe and Jordan and said the opposite of LeBron. You can win utilizing many different styles in the NBA.

The MVP award is so meaningless in basketball. Shaq only has one. For about 5 year, Shaq was essentially a cheat code, and having him was the equivalent of being 50% of the way to a title. Steve Nash has two for some reason. LeBron has four, when really, aside from the Steph Curry years or Westbrook last year, he…

Most basketblogging kinda feels like the Pitchfork “Shit, cat” Coltrane review.