Not a chance. LeBron is still very good. Thomas and Irving are comparable players, Crowder is a very good player and fits well, and Zizic was considered a really good prospect out of Europe and is a 7 footer. Boston, meanwhile are also starting the lesser Morris and Jaylen Brown, who showed nothing last year.

Yeah, I agree. Thomas is a great offensive player, but he’s going to get drastically overpaid in 12 months, and the Celtics weren’t beating GS next year with him.

Isaiah Thomas = Jacoby Ellsbury

I see the argument, but I’m not really convinced. Kevin Love and a possible top 5 draft pick is a pretty sad place to begin a rebuild.

You might argue that Boston improved more as a result of this trade, meaning they’re more-better than the Cavs, but I don’t think you can say Boston is now better then Cleveland. This probably just puts more separation between the Celtics and the Wizards than anything else. Unless Thomas is hurt for a long stretch of…

I’d say both teams hit home runs. This whole thing has been a dang dinger-measuring contest.

Fair enough. I guess we will see.

To me, a big motivation for this deal was Ainge’s desire to not pay Thomas a max salary without his fan base turning on him. While I know Kyrie isn’t a very good defender, there’s probably a greater belief that he can become one, just from a physical standpoint - everyone seems to think Kyrie is a max player. A lot of…

The Cavs did well, no doubt, but oddly I can’t shake the thought that maybe now Boston is the better team.

Unrelatedly, here’s Zeus castrating Cronus.

I know there have been other globe/Kyrie jokes

I just like this one

I think this will be remembered as the pivot moment where Don Lemon finally became presidential.

Damn. I just agreed wholeheartedly with Don. Fucking. Lemon.

It’s unhinged and embarrassing for the country when Don Lemon is the one showing gravitas and insight.

You’ve not shown any actual grasp of the subject or displayed any knowledge. You have displayed what seems like an intent to spread prejudice against Muslims.

Nothing I’ve said is “revisionist” in the way historians understand the term. Yes, I haven’t cited anything because I’m using personal knowledge. This might surprise you, but there are historians online. The classical and early medieval periods are specialties of mine, and because I studied the MENA as a political…

I notice you haven’t provided any evidence or citations. I notice you haven’t been capable of contradicting a single thing I’ve said, despite me rather specifically referencing times and places or dynasties you should be able to easily look up.

It is false, as I pointed out explicitly in my comment.

Tampa is not a good city. They have like 9 skyscrapers tops and there seems to be a massage parlor on every block, but they have a Cigar City brewery/restaurant in their airport, so I love leaving the city.

I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that Jameis Winston may not be the most genuine (or mature) fellow in the world.