Hate to point this out but Shapiro is actually right, he’s just arguing that Kobe wouldn’t be on an all-decade worst team, not that he should be on an all-decade team.

Dutee Chand is an Indian sprinter who was banned by the IAAF from competing as a woman for a while because of her testosterone levels. She too challenged the IAAF at the CAS but she won, which led to the current regulations which cover only the middle distance events, letting her participate as a sprinter.

And if you think Semenya is the first woman ever to have naturally elevated testosterone and compete in pro sports, I have a bridge in the Hudson river I would like to sell you.

This obviously untrue, you can look at women’s times in any event and see that they are much slower than Phelps, and pretty much any competitive male swimmer too.

Pulled the rug? He got injured, missed the rest of the season, and then the Rockets signed him to an offer sheet that the Knicks smartly declined to match. As an aside, the Rockets traded Kyle Lowry and let Goran Dragic walk so they could sign Lin, which is hilariously dumb in hindsight. The Knicks do plenty of dumb…

Makes a ton of sense, as does Paul to the Clippers, or even Paul to the Warriors if they think they can compete, or my dream of Paul to the Sixers, who would never do it but absolutely should.

I’m pretty sure playing with one of the greatest point guards of all time could have some positive effects o SGA’s development. And they can play together too.

At least someone gets it. This entire article is very dumb because it does not address the fact that the most basic part of the CBA is that the total salary of all players is fixed. Changing the salary cap structure doesn’t save the owners money as long as that is true.

Westbrook is younger but Paul is better. Unless CP3 really becomes unable to play in the playoffs because he is just always too injured this is a huge mistake for Houston.

They absolutely did, though. The Raptors held the Sixers 7.5 points per 100 possessions below their regular season scoring average. They held the Bucks 7.1 points per 100 possessions below their regular season scoring average. If you consider the “Raptors handicap” to be something like 7 points per 100 possessions…

Well Steph Curry carrying your offense basically guarantees you a top 5 offense. So they’ll be plenty good. The Lakers are thin but if LeBron and AD are your two best guys you are gonna be one of the better teams in the league.

Kawhi and PG are basically power forwards who have the skill and athleticism to play on the wing as well. Not like any of the 4's out there can do things that those two can’t.

Lakers and Warriors are way too low. Warriors will be good as long as Curry and Green are there, and Klay might not even miss too much time. Lakers of course will be pretty good. Nuggets might be a little high, Jazz maybe a little low. Rest looks pretty good, probably gotta bump the the Spurs and Blazers down a few…

Any team willing to take the Westbrook contract is a sucker for sure. But there might be many of those.

Which team? Neither Toronto nor the Lakers are heading to the lottery even if they miss out on Kawhi, and the Clippers are certainly not a finals favorite even with Kawhi.

Getting any version of Bruce Bowen at 20 is a goddamn coup

Milwaukee’s first rounder next year. Not Phoenix’s. Still, that Phoenix draft was an unmitigated disaster.

Also good news for Bol is that as long as he and Jokic are on the same team, Jokic can’t eviscerate him in the post, which is definitely gonna happen whenever he plays a hefty center with post skills, but him trying to guard Jokic would have been particularly gruesome.

You’re underselling the haul here. Crowder is quite a good wing and Korver still might be good, even if he’s not the same player as he was a few years ago. Allen is probably bad, the 23rd pick is nothing special, but the other first is protected in such a way that makes it a pretty good asset. They can flip Crowder,…

Yeah, I think this is pretty much what it comes down to. The draft pick deadline should probably be quite a bit earlier.