Like Slevin said, the mistake was not paying attention to Steph when he got the ball with 6 seconds left. They let him dribble over half court without even really knowing the ball was in his hands. Huge lapse with such little time left to go.

That 3 against OKC was just devastating because they’d played so well against GSW for the whole game. The fact that no one was paying attention to Steph at the end of the game is just ridiculous.

Hold up, this is so not a “beautiful, new style of play”. Puh-leaze.

Sure, there’s no doubt that Abdul-Rauf is the epitome of an outlier. Meanwhile, Jackson & Oscar are actively rooting against the Warriors because they are the direct result of the rule changes and poor state of play that epitomize today’s NBA. We are a loooong way off from the “I love this game” era when a Tuesday…

Because it was January.

So, you see the basic point, then. These comparisons to GOATs like Jordan, Kobe, Russell, Lebron, Magic, or Bird are totally premature. What is not premature is to compare the most salient aspect of Curry’s game to outliers like Jackson/Abdul-Rauf, who sits 3rd on the all-time list of free throw percentage in a single…

It’s great that Steph is draining all these 3s. It’s a lot of fun to watch. But again, that’s Phil’s point. It’s anomalous. If everything stops tomorrow, what have you got? He’d be remembered most for his shooting, and that’s it. The ring and the MVP would be exclamation points on the top line of his bio being, “One…

You’re assuming that Curry’s going to win another MVP and that the Warriors will finish with 73 wins. That’s the point that Phil is making.

Remember Linsanity? It lasted for a few weeks, and it was fun as hell to watch. But the Knicks were an awful team, and nothing gold can stay on James Dolan’s squad.

Did Deadspin get the scoop on who was yelling in the Warrior’s locker room during halftime? Lisa Salters said it sounded like Green, but she wasn’t sure. She kept saying it was the most profane thing she’d ever heard in a locker room.

Great work, Kirk. There’s an endless amounts of stuff to talk about here, and some of these themes have been analyzed in depth before. One concrete thing I would point about something like Indiana Jones’ theme is the syncopation, which clearly is there to evoke a hero atop a galloping horse. One of the clearest…

Here’s one that drives me nuts in The Dark Knight Rises. Bane’s attack on the stock exchange happens during trading hours. It’s made to look like the heist begins at opening bell. They have to cut the heist short, and they escape on their motorcycles in broad daylight.

The Nolan films can be a chore, but at least they’re fucking watchable. Those Schumacher films were just abominations from start to finish.

I totally agree. Batman Begins was very solid. The weakness in the final act look weaker in light of the bloated sequels. The glaring flaws of Nolan’s last two films make the first installment seem weaker than it is.

And then there are the awful speeches he makes to explain what is perfectly obvious: that he is insane. Nolan can’t leave well enough alone. He’s got to have the Joker actually sitting face to face with Batman and explain this out loud. It’s absurd, and it undercuts the credibility of his insanity.

Makes me miss the days when you could catch Moondog on 6th Avenue.

If I had to pick one Beatles song to listen to forever, it would be “Nowhere Man”. It’s those dudes at their best.

No offense, Patrick, but these are the best? Really?! I’m pretty sure a video as dumb as Snow Beer gets posted 12 times a day regardless of the weather.

It’s like the football game in Lock Up: guards versus prisoners. You know that cop enjoyed the hell out of stiff arming that kid.

R2D2's beat to shit when he arrives at Luke’s place (“lot of carbon scoring”, for instance). It makes sense that Leia’s hologram would look a little shitty. It also is intentionally grainy because it conveys the desperation of the moment when Leia filmed it, and the extreme Hail Mary pass she’s throwing with…