That’s a really good point.

The Bucs were perceived to have drafted Aguayo earlier than necessary, violating one of the NFL’s accepted tenets by reaching for a kicker.

Maybe instead of preemptively raging against hypothetical thinkpieces that don’t yet exist, you should use that time to find a different website you like better?

Historically, no, it doesn’t matter.

I’d be OK with a 1 year/$12M deal, if the report that he’d take that is true.

He doesn’t have the consistency to be a starting quarterback for more than a couple years in a row, because he’s good but not great, and doesn’t really have any tricks up his sleeve.

Same.

That surprises me. As a long-suffering fan of the team, I’m actually really proud of the Jets for not caving to Fitzpatrick’s demands. Past Jets regimes would have thrown a massive contract at this 33-year-old journeyman, who had the best season of his career last year and yet was still only basically a league-average…

I don’t necessarily want hack-a removed entirely, I just think that this change is a half-measure, unlikely to please anyone on either side of this argument. If the NBA thinks hacking is a problem, they should eliminate hacking; if they don’t, they shouldn’t. All they’ve done is make the rules more complicated in a…

For the record (because I really didn’t make this clear at all in my initial post) I’m not convinced that this was a problem in need of solving - I do think there’s validity to the argument that hack-a has a valuable place in basketball strategy, not unlike intentional walks in baseball.

That actually sounds kinda awesome. Would watch.

As Tom Ziller pointed out today, the new rule likely doesn’t go far enough. After all, plenty of teams don’t wait until the final two minutes of each quarter to start hacking.

You misspelled donger. Otherwise, I see no flaws in your argument.

This is all fair. I suppose there’s also a difference between being mad at Durant for making the choice (lack of loyalty, front-running, taking the easy route to a championship, etc.) and just being generally mad that the league’s most interesting in-conference rivalry is dead now. I tend to sympathize more with the…

Yeah, that’s true, having a ring already does tend to deflect this criticism, even if you later make moves to get MORE rings.

I know it may sound like splitting hairs but I guess there’s a difference in some folks’ minds between helping to recruit and therefore helping to make your team better, and being the one who physically jumps ship from one team to another.

So, question: What everybody’s mad at Durant for, and what everybody was mad at LeBron for, was opting to join up with their biggest rivals for a better shot at a title, right? For opting to join ‘em, rather than beat ‘em... right?

Oh god.

Oh totally, I’m 100 percent happy for all the dudes who got paid. I’d be after every penny I could get. Nobody’s putting a gun to Jim Buss’ head.

Dwight was my absolute nightmare scenario. I don’t know how the Knicks will go about ruining Porzingis, but bringing in DWIGHT FUCKING HOWARD as his would-be mentor would be a fairly direct route to go.