If Siakem, Van Vleet, and Gasol continue to play at this level, the Raptors will more than deserve the title.  The fact is, however, they won’t, so it will fall once again on Leonard to play hero ball.  That doesn’t look good for Drake.

The Eurostep is the worst thing to hit the NBA ever.

He’s not wrong about man buns.

Given Joerger’s track record in his job as head coach and given Vlade’s track record in his job as GM, I think this is yet another example of the King’s front office shooting the team in the foot.  All that’s needed now is for Vivek to intervene with a demand that Joerger runs this RPO offense he’s been hearing so…

Ryan Madson needs to return that sacred tiki to Hawaii before his whole career blows up.

I’m a partisan, but I’ve got to say the Dodgers lost the Series more than the Sox won it. The Sox basically played the way they played all season except their starting pitching was probably a bit better and Betts and Martinez played a bit worse. The Dodgers, on the other hand, all lost their ability to get on base…

As a Warriors fan, this is delicious.

I’m just shocked the Kings didn’t select Grayson Allen.

As a Warriors fan, I hope to God the Lakers sign Carmelo.

This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Lebron. There is simply no way Popovich and Buford allow Kawhi to go to a Western Conference rival (the Kings maybe, but not the Lakers).  That leaves Lebron with a roster that is high on potential but in no way truly competitive for a ring for at least the next 2 or 3…

Remember that the Thunder still has Carmelo, who refused to play a back up role. Carmelo’s negative value at this point in his career off-sets any advantage the Thunder get from Roberson’s return to the line-up. George just guaranteed himself a future of first-round playoff exits for the rest of his prime.

Winston was a shitty person in college; why do we expect him to be anything but that in the pros?

“So, we captured Ft. Sumter. Mission Accomplished!” - The Confederacy’s version of Condoleezza Rice, ca. 1866

Dog bites man. Why is this news?

“I want an XLB that bans any player under age 35 and 25 BMI. The ratings in the flyover states would SKYROCKET.”

The Kawhi thing continues to baffle me. He was a typical Spur until something happened, then it all went south real fast. I have to believe Popovich has some responsibility in this, but his track record argues (volumes) against that. This could end up as one of the most tragic 30-for-30s ever.

If the Cavs make it to the Finals (where they will get destroyed by any of 3 Western possibles), we will have seen the greatest individual performance in NBA history. This isn’t Iverson carrying the 2001 76ers on his 6'0" back (he had rebounding and defensive help from Mutombo, Ratliff, and Hill): this is Lebron and…

The media has always been self-interested. It exists solely to sell soap, just like any other commercial enterprise. The reason that journalism ethics is adhered to in any way is because the media has operated under the belief that facts matter to people and they don’t want to be accused of being a bad source for…

Your confidence in Thomas’s upside is admirable, but I think, misplaced. How much better was his game going to get in college? He would likely have been the same player (albeit, one with more college-level accolades), still 5'10", and would have exposed himself to 30+ games of wear-and-tear/injury-risk. At his height,…

I don’t understand this, particularly given the Sixers’ lack of success with keeping highly-drafted, young talent on the floor. They’ve got 10 games to go in their first nominally successful season in forever and they’re locked into the playoffs as one of the many teams with zero chance to win the championship. What…