Is there any way that Magic Johnson culd have handled this situation worse? He handed control of the franchise to his star and his agent. Half the roster was leaked as trade bait and now they all hate each other.

How loaded is Philly? Yes, they have good individual talent, but I’m not sure how well they all fit together.

I think the Pelicans’ “brain trust” is getting too much credit. It’s easy to look like an evil genius when your opponent is determined to show the world how gullible he can be.

What top flight free agent was going to sign in New Orleans before this? It’s all happening because their own pending top flight free agent who they drafted first overall made it clear that he wouldn’t stay.

You needed one skinny guy to win faceoffs and set up the three fatties.

This.

Forgive me for not being familiar with the NFL rule book, but why would it matter if the ball was tipped? Is the implication that the throw was uncatchable? Clearly the receiver would have made the catch in he hadn’t been interfered with. Also, how would it be possible for a ball to continue travel travelling in a…

I re-watched it earlier this month. Yes, there is definitely an awareness that the actor playing Jack Vincennes is a monster, but the overall movie is still excellent. I maintain that it is still one of the best Christmas movies out there.

You can't blame MJ for wanting to avoid controversy. He's got something to sell and wants to maximize its marketability. After all, Republicans buys sports franchises too.

Can we spend some time discussing how seriously messed up baseball's HOF balloting process is? It seems like we alternate between having too many worthy candidates one year to "welp, we gotta vote someone in" the next. The electoral college makes more sense, and that gave us Trump.

I agree that the pick is key, but it won’t be top-5 and it’s looking like it will be outside the top-10.

Too soon to call the Doncic-Young trade a win for Dallas?

Thank you. It was an obvious foul. Every Raptor should have known that they had no fouls to give in that situation. The whining you hear at the beginning of the clip where Jokic nets the circus shot at the end is an example of how the Raptors’ homer announcers make it impossible to watch their games with the volume on.

Hot take: Drain You is the best song on Nevermind.

Does it qualify as a hot take to say that Osaka was simply the better player on Saturday?

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There are many thin skins on display here, but Scholes’ comments appear to reflect a sense of entitlement among former players. Lecturing a player who starred on a team that won the World Cup last month on “your job” as a Man United midfielder is nauseating and seems personal. Worse, I suspect that the Ginger Muppet…