Yes, there has never, NEVER been an NCAA team - Kareem lead Bruins included - that played an offense and complicated and with such precision as the Spurs did last year (and, to be frank, there are dozens and dozens of NBA teams with more intricate, ball-sharing schemes and execution than the best NCAA team ever -…

One on one match-ups? When was the last time you watched an NBA game?

1/6th of the NBA, at most, is engaged in tanking. There are 351 teams playing men's college basketball, 300 of them are totally hopeless. At least the draft gives your NBA team a shot at a star.

You're right. Watching less talented, less skilled, less athletic players spend 25 seconds of each possession swinging the basketball back and forth 3 feet behind the three-point line only to frantically dribble into the paint where they're met with 6 people standing around alternatively playing zone "defense"…

I'm making a slightly different argument.

You know, it would be pretty interesting - and potentially educational - to generate a game where privileges operated in the opposite direction. Young, white male players were inherently disadvantaged.

Looking at the PER stats, maybe the best example is Al Jefferson, who is right at that 21 lifetime mark. He's definitely a good player, but his flaws are significant enough that it takes the right supporting cast and a system dedicated to getting him a ton of touches in the post for him to win. That's my current…

I don't know how you quantify that. I watched Tony Parker do pretty much whatever he wanted - but in all fairness, a healthy Parker can do that to anyone.

Yep. That's why Amare has so many rings.

Kyrie is entertaining, but his style of play has not been successful in NBA history: small, shoot-first point guard that plays no defense. Can you think of a good comparison on a championship team?

Jeez, I was close to agreeing until, "If you're deciding anything based upon race, you are a racist."

This is the hill you're willing to die on?

Hmm...This is supposed to turn me against Doe Eyes? The counterfactual of a world without Random YouTube Commenter - his place in the parallel universe being taken up by the product of a willing, eager coupling - seems pretty good.

You know, you aren't telling a story about watching a former NBA star buy coke and hit on teenage sorority girls. I think you're pretty safe to just say who it is.

I mean...huh? Petrovic was 25 when he joined the Blazers. And...what? The more I try to respond to this seriously the sillier it gets.

Can someone shop in some DBZ energy attacks, please?

I owe an apology to all the Christian kids I made fun of in high school. Maybe humans did ride dinosaurs - just a little farther to go.

This is the key point - Oregon clearly acted legally, which means this absurd fucking law needs to be changed.

You are correct that Oregon acted legally. Oregon also acted deeply unethically (both in taking advantage of the absurd system and failing to inform the student - and the professionals working for the school - of this legal reality), and the law is a terrible, terrible law.

You have a self-selected group - people who play the game. My guess is that's enough tailoring to provide the necessary incentive.