Plus two lottery picks* and swap rights with Sacramento in a loaded draft. And Ben Simmons. And the Kings’ 2019 pick. And the Thunder’s 2020 pick. Plus a boatload of a 2nd rounders from teams like the Knicks (has Deadspin ever discussed that successful franchise?). And a clean cap sheet in a rising cap. In five years,…

Jrue Holiday and his 4-year $40m contract. Not only did they give up two lottery picks, but also the flexibility of the cap space that comes with rookie contracts.

Nah.

Neymar really shouldn’t be doing things like that, since pushing someone while they’re walking down some stairs is actually dangerous. In Neymar’s defense, getting the shit kicked out of him every match and hearing all sorts of insults when he reacts to these kicks in pain and, in this case, appearing to have a dude…

Woah, hot take.

Palestinian Chicken should be preserved by the Library of Congress.

Joey Votto’s career BABIP: .357

Sure, there’s the risk of that happening, but the transfer market attempts to compensate for perceived risk and reward. For every Andy Carroll bought for 35mm who busts, there is a Riyad Mahrez who is bought for relative pennies that becomes a 35mm player. While it’s possible they’ll get a mix of proven but…

In NBA terms, Napoli got the equivalent of Anthony Davis for Carmelo Anthony. The going rate for an in-prime superstar is around 100mm (Paul Pogba sold for ~120mm, Gareth Bale sold for ~90mm a few years back), and they gave up an aging borderline superstar. Everyone Napoli fan/employee/board member should be dancing…

“The problem with this obsession with maximizing value is that it doesn’t actually matter. “Value” is a purely subjective quality that itself doesn’t have any bearing on the success or failure of a transfer. There is no opportunity cost here. Juventus wanted a striker that was a clear improvement on what they had, one…

Another way to look at it, the Eastern Conference in the 2000s were so bad Iverson and Kidd both dragged awful teams to the Finals.

It goes something exactly this:

In my experience, people who insist they “don’t really care,” care a great deal.

At the end of the day, the people freaking out about Kevin Durant are on the side of Mike Lupica, Jason Whitlock, and Stephen A. Smith. If that doesn’t say it all, I don’t know what will.

Really struggling to keep these dollars in perspective. I know that $16m in 2016-17 money is really like $12m in last years money, but then I see “MOZGOV SIGNS 4 YEAR 64 MILLION DOLLAR DEAL” and I spit out my coffee again.

I guess this is where the “Welcome to Deadspin” jokes go.

This is awful. Condescending, self-righteous, angry. For what reason and for what cause, I’m not sure.

Hm... that’s a questionable remark...

I don’t disagree with anything you said, but I think it’s worth pointing out that Kerr was likely taking a page out of the Phil Jackson playbook and working the refs for game 7.

The “don’t take the 6'10" 240 manchild who scored twenty a game, handles and passes like a point guard, rebounds like a five and averaged two steals and a block as a freshmen number one because he has a bad jump shot” argument is one I can’t wait to see go away.