Better question: Why the hell is this kid batting 6th?

I’m sure there’s clearly a rule, but I wonder if anyone in this situation has ever tried to transfer elsewhere to say Iowa, enroll for like a week, then immediately transfer to UNC.

“But why does that even matter? I’m struggling with that part. If Bruce Bowen did it, it doesn’t change the essential shittiness of what Zaza did. It still sucks. Getting “Pop is a hypocrite” out of this is sort of missing the point IMO”

So you are OK with athletes just flipping off fans because “hey, they got heckled!” It’s one thing to react, and another to take it to the extreme. I’m not whining about Smart’s reaction, but I’m also not suggesting he shouldn’t be fined. You have to be more responsible and mature. Packing thousands of fans of all…

Derrick Rose can barely speak the English language and is still making 21 million dollars a year. Please stop with the sob stories. They work hard as shit and to an extent they should earn good money, but they still get paid too much. Traveling on exquisite private jets and film study? Oh no!

Isn’t getting in someone’s head and making them “snap” the point of why fans heckle to begin with? I don’t understand the “wouldn’t you want to snap if that happened to you?” point. Yeah, no shit. That’s why fans do it to begin with. Lebron doesn’t do this, Curry doesn’t, Jordan didn’t, hell, Reggie Miller thrived off…

I’m not one of those guys to make loud chants like this nor would I ever but please shut the fuck up. Do you even know what was said to Smart to make him snap? If not, then why are you assuming it was so vulgar? Remember when Smart hit a fan in college in the stands? Heckling is part of the game. “Let talent handle…

CB Buckner and Angel Hernandez are consistently the worst umpires in the league for about the last 10 years. Every year too. It’s not like they get better or even change their obnoxious asshole power trip attitude either (hey Angel) It’s just mind boggling there aren’t guys out there that can replace them. Is “tenure”…

Players can and do respond at times. We’ve all seen it. Player’s jaw back at fans. That’s not what Smart got fined for. Making an obscene gesture to an entire crowd is a completely different story. It’s asking for a fine, in any sport. It amazes me how people can’t see the difference here.

The problem in these cases is there isn’t a whole lot of evidence (ie unlike Ray Rice where it’s clear). He plead not guilty, the charges were dropped, his wife even went as far to say the bruises she had were not caused by him. That, and you add a language barrier in this case and it makes it difficult. Not excusing…

“The Mets continue to stunt the development of Major League caliber players (Lagares, Conforto, Flores, etc.”

“planning to start Jay Bruce over Michael Conforto, which is perplexing”

Always got to love the dead air for 30 seconds and Mike humming as we have to wait for him to look up stuff on his phone. He never disappoints.

It wasn’t “good” but it was “justifiable”? Haha this is so annoying. Was it the right call or not? Simple question.

Yeah. They fucked up prior to this, but I don’t think this particular transaction was awful. They got a decent return and there was no way Ibaka was resigning/staying after this year. It made sense at this point for the Magic to trade him.

It’s pretty amazing how 3 days ago Dolan (with his binder he brought titled ‘preparation’) called Oakley an alcoholic and his anger “put fans in danger’ as the reason he was banned. Now he’s back because Michael Jordan and Adam Silver had to yell at him and treat the situation like he was a 3rd grader banning a kid…

2*

“Death-denial is the default in modern Western culture”

Patsos might be the craziest coach in D1. And that’s saying a lot. Argues with opposing players and coaches, yells at fans and gets in arguments with people in the stands. Constantly gets T’d up or ejected. One of the more exciting things in MAAC basketball.

Not on the same consistent scoring level as Keane (although he can put up 35 in a night), but Justin Robinson of Monmouth who is 5'8 is another awesome guard who is fun to watch. I really hope him or Keane can somehow lead their team to the NCAA tournament.