I think that a good GM with a philosophy and a coach that shares his vision could have gotten you to that point without cynically tanking and wasting years. This isn’t a perfect analogy, because they had a little better situation, but I look at a team like the Celtics. They rebuilt without completely going into a tank…

I admire your dedication and faith, but it’s been four years and they’ve won 68 games. At what point do they need to have a decent season to confirm your faith? And do they need a title to justify this long period of mostly intentional losing? What if the best you get is a modern version of the mid 90's Hornets? Don’t…

Next week on the Ringer: 8 articles about hypothetical trades the Celtics could have made, 2 articles about which characters from MTV reality shows most resemble the 2007 Patriots offensive line.

I unplug my headphones and plug in a portable speaker, cranked to the max, to establish my position as the alpha male of the plane.

I watch Big Lebowski on the seatback monitor and put down a Woodford or two every time I take my seat on a Delta flight. The movie itself is fairly innocuous if you’ve got headphones on, except for the Flying Maude scene and the Jackie Treehorn Beach Party Girls on Trampolines scene. I just muscle through it. I’ve…

I was recently watching an HBO series “The Night Of” on an airlines entertainment system.

Cutler is making elite QB money

Southwest gift card. Eight bucks off a flight doesn’t seem like much, but like some dummy, I’ll usually book a less convenient flight if it’s a few bucks cheaper anyway.

Southwest gift card. Eight bucks off a flight doesn’t seem like much, but like some dummy, I’ll usually book a less…

He still wasn’t as good or as valuable as LeBron that year. Or any other.

The site of the rat bouncing helplessly down the stairs was awesome (because fuck rats) but I was stunned at the awesome conclusion of the final shot on goal.

Don’t buy the onboard wifi! I did a cruise once and the week without internet was the most mentally peaceful week of my life.

The ref was later relieved to return to his day job as the preacher from Footloose.

And the overwrought prose to match, interrupted briefly by a “because X” grating-Jezebel-commenter turn of phrase.

AND I call bullshit on her “my sexuality is up for grabs” pandering. I feel like she’s a college sophomore contemplating making out with her female friend at a bar to get the guys riled up. She thinks it says something about her that she dated a man who identified as gay. Big woop. I am highly doubtful that she likes…

“The Kushners remain interested in corruption, and would love to delay the payoff until it doesn’t look so bad.”

Did you get to keep all fifty bucks, or did you have to spend some on Officially Licensed Apparel?

Man it would have been crazy if the entirety of the Right, including Congress, had spent the last eight years looking for an excuse to take down Obama or Hillary. Crazy. That’s a crazy thing that I can’t imagine having happened.

It’s especially frustrating that now that Embiid looks great and they got Simmons, that the narrative of some writers has flipped and “Hinkie was right” has become a popular sentiment.

it’s super relevant, because there’s no way the autonomy features of the car would have been able to do this :D

Seriously though: