They were pegged to finish at the bottom of the eastern conference. They were also 2-2 against Boston and 2-1 against Philly. The Pacers were also the last team to beat the Sixers before the Heat ended that streak in the first round. It was the regular season, granted, but they wouldn’t have been an easy out, as they…

There were a few years there that they had Kyrie without LeBron. Do you need reminding how those went?

This is a terrible fucking take, just flaming hot garbage.

They deserve credit. Had a +40 point differential, highest for a losing team since 1984. Blew the Cavs out twice. Cavs won the four games by a total of 14 points and need three 40+ point games for LeBron to do so.

Kyrie Irving was actually the main reason they beat the Warriors!

Yeah that hack only scored 45. Sure he may also have had 9 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 steals, but what about Kevin Love’s 14 points?

Typically you write about the winner of the series, and the guy who clearly outplayed everyone is the guy focused on.

we get it, Mr. Jordan, you’re trying to protect your legacy. now get off Deadspin and go back to gambling on the golf course.

he played all 82 games, i think he lead the league in minutes, hes 15 years in, 7 straight finals, already cracked the 50k minute mark far earlier than anyone else. The man is allowed to be a little tired.

In Brooklyn, maybe.

Seems to me like the manager in baseball can have a small positive effect or a large negative effect. The best managers consistently put their players in positions to succeed and occasionally make genius decisions. The worst overwork their pitchers and destroy locker room cohesion.

Third possibility: In the grand scheme of things, managers aren’t that important. The good ones do a better job managing their bullpens and finding guys an off day. And the bad ones start clubhouse drama. But, at least as far as the regular season goes, they’re just there to react and put out fires. There are no real…

It would be difficult to understate the irrelevance of your final sentence. In OKC he had a narcissist 29% 3-point chucker under the false impression that he’s anywhere near as good as KD, a big Pirate looking motherfucker, and a bunch of Andre Robersons

counterpoint to “Naw”:

On the 2nd floor there was a daycare center. 15 children were killed.

I disagree. It’s difficult I know to compare cross-sport. But this warriors team fully healthy would own any Bulls team. Own. There’s only one Scottie. Who do you put him on? Durant? Mike guards Klay?

In my opinion, Melo is the most overrated player in the history of the league. I had high hopes that he could be “Olympic Melo” and bring something for that team, but he didn’t. Melo is butt now.

if I spoke soccer I might agree,

Hot take (and I sincerely believe it):

As a Wisconsinite I have to say screw the bucs and their greedy owner. They managed to have Gov Walker siphon off 250 MILLION dollars from the UW system to pay for that stupid F****NG arena. they can die in a dumpster fire of their own making.