From outside? maybe/maybe not. Barkley’s career shooting % is 100 points higher than Draymond Green’s (even with the years of bad 3pt % factored in). But you’re right usage matters... Barkley was the alpha on a team that went to the Finals... Draymond Green is the third guy, as the focal point of an offensive Draymond…

Oh, you’re under the impression that the Warriors (and Cavs) game plan in the Finals last year wasn’t because Irving and Love were injured.

He also said, “[But] the table doesn’t lie and Leicester are the champions.”

Not really a pitfall of being a sports writer, more a pitfall of being a hot take artist who happens to write about sports. There are a lot of sports writers who don’t find themselves in such contradictory mess as the clowns do here daily.

Yeah, it’s like coming down on kiddie fiddlers, like definition of ‘low-hanging fruit’. When did it become necessary to say SPACE JAM was a bad movie, let alone need hundreds of words to do it?

Congrats to Man City

LOL, it’s worth reading again:

I think Green’s a great fit on a great team that really maximizes his abilities. But to say that there aren’t a lot of guys that could do what he does, or even further that he’s an elite borderline transcendent talent is crazy. I mean, we’ve recently seen Miles Plumlee put in the same situations on offense…

The idea that Green can guard 5 positions is laughable. Sure, LeBron couldn’t guard centers ‘as effectively’ as Draymond, but LeBron is a lot better on 1's and 2's. I recall LeBron shutting down Rose in Rose’s MVP year in the ECF, something Green couldn’t/can’t will ever. Add in that LeBron carries extremely high…

I read that, and immediately quoted Al Pacino, “yeah, I know what a fugazi is”.

““bulletin board material” angle on sports is the tiredest shit.”

Weird that anyone would watch either of those plays and think LeBron deserved an offensive foul. The contact on the drive is initiated by Jackson—which is a smart move on his part since it’s a disadvantage he can’t do much about.

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Or, racists get super angry when someone they hate gets ‘uppity’.

Right, because racism is dependent on a power dynamic. Using a racial slur towards someone (historically, economically) on top doesn’t have the sting when uttered to someone (historically, economically) on the bottom.

“We reaped the benefits of a great veteran/senior class that took years to develop. A class we may not see again for a long time.”

Or, the larger narrative that thinking that youth tournaments shows how teams will eventually perform is stupid. Columbia, for example, hasn’t made an Olympics (a team mostly made up of u-23s) in like 25 years. 2 out of the last 4 U20 World Cups were won by Ghana and Serbia.

LMAO, never noticed it, but you’re right. Check out these two whoppers:

Ah, not much of a wine drinker are you.

A bit yes, but also seriously: Kyrie, you probably should follow/defer to LeBron. He’s still the best (or 1b) in the league (for what 8 straight years?), been to five straight (soon 6) Finals, won 2, multiple MVPs, etc. Kyrie has been a poor leader in Cleveland pretty much since day 1. I understand that those Cavs…