He gets the benefit of the doubt because he’s the best player on the planet and wills his team to victory every playoff. “Cake walking through the East” ignores the fact that he has to beat professional basketball players that are giving everything they have to dethrone him. The fact that in the last 6 years, not one…

Maybe they get the benefit of the doubt because he’s been to the Finals six straight years, winning three chips (and coming within shouting distance of two other titles) - while his team has only been the top seed in two of those six years.

This is completely unfair. Deron, Jefferson, Korver, and Frye are an incredible unit together and I have the NBA 2K9 disc to prove it.

When will white people address their culture of violence?

The rule of law has been temporarily suspended because the party in charge won’t enforce it on itself.

The “rule of law” does not apply to Republican politicians in America.

They do the same thing with “He tells it like it is” to “That’s not what he REALLY meant”

It’s charming how quickly his backers can switch from “Donald is an alpha male silverback gorilla who will not shit from anyone” to “Donald is a precious little baby who is not accustomed to Washington, D.C., and must be sheltered from those nasty politicians”. Supporting Donald is a tremendously corrupting enterprise.

I can’t get over how Hannity keeps talking and interrupting as Koppel tries to explain. He’s ruder even as he tries to be gracious.

Does this now set a precedent for others to do that same to him, or do the countless lawsuits against him count towards this?

“A gimmick? Please, call me after you do it for a whole season.”

This is the kind of article I expect to see on another site, then come to Deadspin to see them shit on it. Seeing so many people pick apart a 20-year-old dropping 70 points in an NBA game is absurd. Folks are really highlight truthering and policing the joy of a kid.

What the fuck are you highlight truthering this kid for? You admit yourself in the article that you can’t really get 70 in a game without this kind of shenanigans. What’s the point of saying this?

Maybe if people didn’t go so overboard with stats-worshipping, players wouldn’t be so brazen about stats-padding.

I’m hoping we can keep up this level of disappointment and anger among people for the next 17 months so we can harness it for 2018 midterm elections!

It’s pretty staggering. If Trump had actually waited and tried to gain the proper support behind the scenes and, you know, actually practiced good negotiation tactics, it’s possible they could have eked out a victory. Instead, he looks like a complete and utter failure.

I’m not sure if I’m relieved or terrified that the Republicans running our government are so incompetent that their evil health care “replacement” died in 17 days.

Because the day he refuses to sign a bill they send him is they day they begin impeachment hearings.

Donald: this is the deal, take it or leave it!