“The mighty Achilles, greatest warrior of antiquity, would not sit out Game 5 of the frickin’ NBA Finals just because he had one bad leg!”

It is a pretty crabmeaty rhetorical device

Yeah...let’s just blame Albert Burneko for all of this.

Today, in Deadspin Headlines That Didn’t Age Well Immediately: Play in Game 5, Coward, God Gave You Two Calves For A Reason

We get it, Deadspin likes the “crab meat” analogy and even the “got crabmeated” verb-ing of the term.  It’s pretty apt, but you don’t need to use it every single time.

If the Warriors need a fall guy, maybe Derrick Rose is available since that’s the only season when he actually plays.

I appreciate most of the parallels there but the Raps are in the Atlantic. 

Your comment made me curious, because I’ve never thought of the AFC South as a powerhouse conference, so I did the math. Since Bill O’Brien took over in Houston the Texans are 42-38; the Patriots are 62-18. The rest of the AFC East is 104-136, for a winning percentage of .433. The AFC South is 99-141, .413. 

I think you’ve described the AFC South pretty damn accurately.

Well, I would hope any team could beat the Clippers. 11 v 5 is hardly fair.

It’s very telling that the same season the warrior replaced the head of their medical staff with A CANADIAN!!!! that all of a sudden their players are all injured and their biggest superstar isn’t getting medically cleared against A CANADIAN team.

My friend and I were talking about this, and we get a certain 04 Pistons vibe out of this series, with how the central division team is tearing apart the heretofore invincible California team that wears yellow/gold and is having a lot of crap going on outside of the gym, and would have already won the series if not…

Warriors could only play the team in front of them, same with Toronto. If the Raptors win, they're the champions. Warriors fans gotta be honest about that. 

I *hate* the dialogue and “what-if”s surrounding this Finals.

You do understand that if you buy a courtside seat, a player landing on you is a very real possibility? You also understand that there was like zero malicious intent right? You seem like you must get in a lot of fights. I hope you don’t go out to crowded bars, like ever.

> Lowry crushed the woman in the chair behind the one he crashed into while chasing the ball and didn’t appear to make any effort to soften the blow. 

That’s true.  Most other teams don’t have the best shooter on the planet and two other all-starts suiting up for them.

The Raptors shot 50 percent from the floor and 39 percent from three, which is a whopping three percent better than their respective regular season averages. Settle down.

Anyone who thinks the city’s Hip-Hop scene peaked with Drake and not “Northern Touch” can go to hell. 

Ok, I see your point. But the “Toronto Thunderducks” aka “Toronto T-Ducks” would have been amazing.