Interesting thing about this guy’s name is that “Heung” can be translated to mean passion or energy and “Min” to mean intelligence, so in a way it’s smart that he acts like a big kid. You need look no farther than the name Heung-Min to remember that no matter how old he gets, Son will always be somebody’s child.

Wow, this guy really does love sports babies.

Son is easily my favorite player who doesn’t play for a team I root for. I have absolutely nothing bad to say about the guy, and he’s a heck of a player too!

“Sometimes it’s clear he’s trying to push guys over the edge, but that’s just because he wants them to give an out of this world performance.”

“You just have to adjust to his style. Which is, how can I say it, a little on the flat side.” 

Bill Simmons is going to need a bigger car to take all these guys to the airport.

We’re all agreed this guy is jacking it, right?

There’s Kawhi squatting with his tongue out in anticipation, and Joel Embiid leaning over him in apprehension:

Remember when JJ Redick was the most obnoxious Duke guy since Laettner? The guy with the abortion contract and the terrible poetry? Crazy he’s beloved now.

Fell asleep early. Woke up to this pic (or a variation on it) in my Twitter feed. Eyes were drawn to Kawhi (not Embiid). My first two thoughts were, “Must’ve been a dramatic ending” and “Kawhi must’ve fouled out.” Definitely didn’t consider that Kawhi TOOK THE SHOT! Incredible.

Yeh, after that first bounce I went completely to “OK, so both teams are dead on their feet but we’re going to OT and someone has to win this, who’s—oh wait, the ball is still bouncing. How is this possible?”

It was such a weird experience for me, because when I saw how hard it hit the front of the rim, all tension released and I was already musing about how overtime would play out. 

I’d watched it 399 times without noticing the buzzer turned OFF before the ball went in.

Well, I’m really glad it happened. Not just because Toronto sports has just been a stink-filled orgy of painful losses the last decade or how much a miss would have mirrored Vince’s miss against the Sixers 20 years ago.

I’ve been vocal in my dislike of Philly’s players lately so just want to give them credit: they played really hard in this series, didn’t take anything for granted, and didn’t fold. I don’t have any jokes about Embiid’s reaction, either; I like that he gives enough of a shit to cry. It makes me think of Durant after…

We have two, because it’s a race to the bottom for annoying hosts between the two.

During Sportsnet’s (one of two Canadian ESPNs, basically, don’t ask why we have two) highlight shows afterward, they just played the final 2 minutes of the game, uninterrupted, from the TNT broadcast every half hour. 

The first dozen times or so I watched this my arms kept involuntarily getting raised above my head in triumph. They kept replaying it on Inside the NBA, and every single time I’d celebrate again.

What a shot, possibly my new favorite basketball moment.

Using the standard order of operations of PEMDAS you get... “The Warriors blew a 3-1 lead.”