It does seem odd that such a pro-analytics owner would hire such a seemingly anti-analytics basketball decisionmaker, but then again Vivek Randivé did hire Divac without explaining to the rest of the front office that he was the final decisionmaker

The other shoe:

Do you guys feel at all bad/hypocritical for putting Grantland on blast for outing Dr. V, to only do the same thing a year or so later?

I didn’t watch the Vivek interview on NBA TV the other day, but has anybody asked him point blank about his horrendous decisions? E.g. Why would you hire a coach who you know does not like/would want to trade your best player, a player you refuse to trade.

He's gone Full Cosby.

Lebatard looking rather concerned at the end, like, “This ain’t me”.

I think you’re overlooking a crucial piece here:

Since when did Abe Simpson become a boxing referee?

Holy crap, that ref was more out of it than Bradley, and Bradley was reeling...

*Looks at Poulter’s picture*

I agree with you, and I think it’s a shame that Deadspin has become a place for performative sanctimony, where one has to preface and apologize for having a different perspective, even if it’s both reasonable and not offensive (like yours).

Gotta hand it to those dudes in the yellow vests who held off a great deal of more fans from making their way onto the pitch before the riot cops arrived. Pretty amazing they were able to do that considering their numbers versus the fans.

Kenny Watson
Sammy Morris
Chris Wells
Rashard Mendenhall
Jerious Norwood
Lee Suggs
Travis Minor
Jahvid Best

Mouton also tells a similar story of when he sacked Tom Brady, and Brady told him he would, “Knock the wind out of him.”

This isn’t that big of a deal. When I was a child the parents of the kids on my soccer team would do this, but instead of using riot shields they would use their hands, and we would run through after a game.

The biggest question I continue to ask myself after watching this is, how does Jim Gray still have jobs? Like when they were doing this speaker series were they like, “let’s get Jim Gray to interview him, everybody loves him”. Nobody likes Jim Gray, nobody. I can’t think of a more boring smug commentator than Gray who…

THIS IS AN EXCELLENT TAKE. CLEARLY NO ONE ANY GOOD HAS BEEN ON THE SHOW FOR FIFTEEN YEARS! JOE PISCOPO 4 EVA!!!!

Reminder: Josh Hamilton Is Still Out Here Doing Dope, Baseball Things

Not a Packers fan, but that Justin Harrell pick was pretty bad.

Equals John Wall.