The NFL has even figured this out. It’s not complicated, baseball. 

I was amazed at what he gave them. The Warriors were getting slaughtered on the glass, and he was the only player they had who could bang down-low. Kawhi is a literal grizzly bear and keeping him off the boards when he’s locked-in and hungry is nearly impossible, but at least Boogie has some size that can make it a…

Thank you for posting this. I was gonna if nobody else did! Bound For Street baseball is something that should immediately happen. 

America today is at odds with people who love our big wet white supremacist president and people who don’t particularly care for white supremacy or said big wet president.

Come for the LeBron drama, stay for Pelinka being a complete weirdo and lying about Kobe having dinner with a dead guy:

Yeah, I guess it depends on how the market shakes out. I think not offering Kemba the Supermax is going to put them in a tough position. The worst-case scenario for Charlotte is they refuse to go to the Supermax, a team in a better situation gives him their max, and Kemba goes to MJ and says “I’m gone unless it’s the…

Yeah, this is good stuff, especially about KD. Also, I don’t think the Warriors could Supermax him if they wanted, because don’t you have to have held their rookie rights to do that, right? There’s a path that this Warriors team re-ups for another 3-4 years. I think it’s unlikely, because all signs point to KD being…

Ehhh, I’m not sure I’m with you on that. Memphis, the lowest-valued NBA franchise is worth $1.2 billion dollars, and their owner has an estimated net worth of $7.2 billion. The money is there and often salary caps are put in place to keep player salaries down—see, the 2011 Lockout where the owners wanted a hard cap.…

Personally, I think it’s extremely good and not horrifically scary that our country is run by a grotesque cabal of sundowning racist grandpas.

Looking at their tax situation, I’m betting they let him walk and go into rebuild mode. Assuming Marvin Williams and MKG pick up their options (spoiler: they will), they’ll only be about $20 million under the tax, which would be eaten up by Kemba’s max extension. Even if they buy out Tony Parker’s non-guaranteed…

Yeah, there has to be a better way. I like maybe considering All-Defense to some degree, maybe also you can throw in Top 5 (or 3) MVP voting, too. I’m not 100% sure on where the right balance lies, but it’s weird that Kemba is eligible for the super max and not Klay. I think the Warriors would gladly pay Klay the…

The All-NBA thing is super weird. On the Lowe Post a while back, Zach Lowe suggested that for the “All-NBA in the 7th Year” provision be moved to All-NBA 2nd Team, not 3rd. Sometimes years are weak and you can fart your way into a 3rd team due to injuries or whatever. But it’s awfully hard to fart your way into being…

that’s not how it works.

I’m honestly impressed with the NFL’s commitment to making the end of close games completely unwatchable and frustrating. I don’t know about you guys, but when I think “high-leverage, exciting sports” I think of Troy Aikmen grunting at a single frame of a football play to indicate that he thinks Earl Thomas touched AJ…

welcome to the right side of history, my friend. 

If Davis stays, maybe! The West is brutal, though. Even with Davis playing out of his mind last year, they were still outside the playoffs at the All-Star break. I think they’re a year away with Davis, probably 2-3 if they trade him. I don’t even think I’d rank them as the surest bet of the teams that missed the…

you’re probably right--I liked his vision in college. Just curious how he’s going to be able to make reads both as a PnR ball handler and catching off the short roll. I bet he’ll get the opportunities to get in the 3+ range, but I bet he’s going to turn it over a bunch, too. 

Yeah, Rookie Blake is completely different from Modern Blake. Rookie Blake was a power post-up guy who could finish around the rim like a lunatic, which I think Zion could replicate well. Blake is/was a little taller, but Zion’s weight and speed combo could translate to him being an absolute force in transition and in…

That’s always been the rub with him. I think Kawhi, when he’s hot, is the better scorer--his ability to create his own shot is legitimately in the Harden/Curry/Durant zone. But if you blanket him and force him to either make plays off the bounce or take a tough shot, you can neutralize him some. He’s never been super…

Assuming Anthony Davis stays: 17/9/1.5 on 55/28/69
Assuming Davis goes: 18/11/2 on 53/25/69