Hugs.

The Michael Jordan of Delaware. What a freaking game for him!

I would like to dispense with my prepared remarks and just say: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

OMG I just love you both this is how internet discussions are supposed to be!!! *sobs quietly into second tequila drink*

There’s definitely some easy comparisons to make between the structures and attitudes of the NCAA and those of the Catholic Church.

Old nun has bad habits.

Isn’t a 4.1 GPA an amazing thing? Or have GPAs changed since I was in HS?

Crush the process

Oh man, you’re about to hear from a bunch of people who totally have black friends.

People ask why I watch spring training baseball. “It doesn’t even count,” they’ll say. Like it means nothing.

They’re just going to have to sit through a lesson in free speech: say what you want, accept the consequences. If you forfeit games or the season, or if you have trouble getting a job or whatever, tough luck.

Here’s Ta-Nehisi Coates on white people using the n-word when singing along with the lyric. I’m not going to pretend like I can explain it better than he did.

lol you want to ruin their lives cuz they had the audacity to sing along to some rap lyrics? you’re a fucking psychopath, get the fuck off the internet.

It’s not about ownership. It’s about historical context and how that shapes the meaning of the words we use. That word coming from the mouth of a white person has an inherently different meaning than it does coming from a black person. That’s what linguists call the connotative meaning of a word; the meaning it…

I think some people are comparing this to that SAE frat video, which was pure and vile hatred.

It’s pretty stupid to sing this. It’s pretty stupid to record it and post it online. But as stupid as these kids were, I find it hard to believe that they’re malicious. I’ve never heard this song before, because I’ve crossed into Old Man territory, but these are, in fact, lyrics in the song. That doesn’t excuse it,…

This isn’t really hating on black people at all. It’s a group of girls having fun singing along to a popular song.

“I’m just saying, a guy who’s a little cerebral and calculating and likes to put lox on his bagels and has a grandmother in Palm Beach is a better fit in New York.”

Just seemed like a rookie pressing the issue. Even still, he made a couple of those acrobatic shots he was known for in college. He’ll get it with more reps, I hope.

Yep; early on you could tell the moment was a bit overwhelming. (Re: “a simultaneously green and rusty 19-year-old a bit overwhelmed to find himself in an NBA game.”) Plus, Denver was pressuring him whenever he touched the ball, which is why he looked a bit jerky and rushed, on a couple of turnovers and the shot…