Just because of the screenshot you used:

Precisely. If anything, attempts to shut down speakers you disagree with ends up supporting those speakers. A lot of people had never heard of Charles Murray until protesters attacked him and others at Middlebury. If the protests had never happened he would have gone to Middlebury, engaged in a relatively mundane…

“I honestly fail to see the clear argument that someone standing on stage saying racist stuff is good free speech and people saying that they’re bad is bad free speech.”

“Real question: Who the fuck cares about Middlebury? Why does this random school require gallons of electronic ink to be spilled?”

See, this is a legitimate criticism. Seems like most folks on here default to attacking Russ as a terrible player who was killing OKC, which is just an incredibly stupid thing to say. But I think it’s perfectly fair to say “Russ needed to do a ton for OKC to win, but there were certain times where he took it too…

“Anyone who has ever watched more than 3 OKC games will know that Russ goes hero ball in the 4th because he spent 3 quarters trying to spoon feed his guys and watching them projectile vomit their chances against the wall.”

Or maybe, just maybe, better teams have better records at the end of tight games, just like they have better records overall. I saw someone post that OKC had as many comebacks from 15 or more down as the rest of the league combined. Surely that had something to do with Russ’s “hero ball” as well.

“Westbrook does play hero ball, but a lot of times that is necessary.”

Doesn’t the fact that The Dream was so upset about losing it show that it means something? That’s like a guy claiming his ex meant nothing to him, which is why he burned her house down after they broke up.

They’re -50 in the full 60 minutes of fourth quarters for the series. So in the 18 minutes that he doesn’t play they are another -25. Seems pretty obvious that Russ is a tourniquet on a team that’s getting crushed in the fourth, but yeah, I’m sure it’s his 37/12/11 line that’s really to blame for his team losing…

I’ll never understand this argument. Winning is a different reward, and getting a championship is the ultimate reward. It doesn’t mean EVERYTHING else is utterly meaningless. Nobody claims the MVP is the most important thing in the world, but it still has some meaning. It’s just such a strawman claim to say “MVP…

How is the specific name of the lift relevant at all to the point of the article? She was talking about focusing on the journey not the destination- if she was really doing a straight leg deadlift would the destination suddenly be more important? Of course not. The article would be exactly the same. Not only that,…

Whole milk enemas oughta do the trick

I’m sure it will, but teams can make choices about how to use players who are poor free throw shooters. A defensive stalwart frequently disappears on offense, so a guy who can’t shoot free throws may already be mostly non-existent on offense. Plus, by requiring some connection between the actual game and the foul…

Agreed. I’ve always felt like it shouldn’t be a foul if the offensive player makes an unnecessary move whose only purpose is to create contact. If you create the contact that would not have otherwise happened then it shouldn’t be a foul. Russ isn’t being impeded in his ability to shoot the ball in the gif above, so…

Right, because only guys who are good free throw shooters should be on the court. I get what you’re saying, but there is nothing intrinsic to the sport of basketball that says a guy 25 feet away from the ball should be intentionally fouled and forced to shoot free throws. Adjusting the rules to prevent that kind of…

I like this suggestion A LOT, but it does raise some issues. For one, when teams foul at the end of the game the opposing team could just keep declining the free throws, essentially just running the clock out. But you could set up a rule where it doesn’t apply in the last two minutes (like the current system), so…