Totally agree. I just moved back to the US after living in Barcelona for 9 years. I think it’s also worth pointing out that the referendums that were held used taxpayer dollars but excluded many of the taxpayers living and working (primarily) in Barcelona. Only Spanish citizens living in Catalunya were able to…

You do understand that literacy has nothing to do with your ability to speak, right? 

“The reason is LeBron is getting all the credit and none of the blame. And that’s not fun for people,” Griffin says. “They don’t like being part of that world”

I count Kemba and Kawhi...that makes 2. There are other very good players but I’m talking about the East specifically. The only thing that could change would be Boston losing Kyrie and getting nothing, Kyrie going to the Nets (which doesn’t move the meter for them at all) and Kawhi leaving the East. AD isn’t going to…

Imagine if they had been blown off the court by the Bucks? We just going to pretend that the ECF don’t exist, and jump straight from the semis to the NBA Finals?

I agree that the players don’t deserve any blame here. I was merely referring to that fact that the article states Bradford collapsed outside his dorm, which inside I would imagine would be lots of students with access to phones. Meeting time I get that they wouldn’t be allowed phones, but when the kid passes out…

Definitely. Start sending these fucking coaches to jail. Firing them, suspending them with or without pay etc obviously isn’t enough of a deterrent or motivation to change their fucking archaic ways. Also, I don’t understand why there isn’t a universal protocol for incidents like this. It’s the old saying, “common…

It’s also the type of tattoo you’re getting. If you’re getting something simple with little to no shading, then the pain level is going to be “minimized.” When I got mine done, it wasn’t really the fleshy parts of my arm that hurt the most; it was when my tattoo artist had to go over and over the same skin to fill in…

The Bucks have no half court offense. Their scoring has been predicated on getting out on the break. They have the worst half-court offense of the 4 teams that made it to the conference Finals. What we’re seeing is a good coach with an excellent game plan whose players have bought into that game plan shutting down…

Lived in Barcelona for 8 years. Plaza Cataluña is disgusting and full of those horrible “birds.” Tourists and locals alike flock to the center of town to feed them. You cannot walk through the plaza without being attacked by groups of well-fed, never-scared pigeons. Parents taker their kids there as if it were some…

Kyrie and Westbrook are two completely different players in completely different situations. Westbrook is an awful crunch time player who hasn’t learned how to lead, has been coached by dogmeat, and will never change his game. It doesn’t help that the Thunder cannot find shooting to surround Russ. This year’s version…

I never said I wanted the Rockets to win the whole thing. I just don’t want to see the Warriors again. Anyone who can make that happen, I’m on the bandwagon. Again, if you’ve watched the Rockets at all, there’s nothing really boring about them when they are clicking. In this series, however, they’re going up against a…

A healthy Bucks squad for sure. Brogdon is a big loss. If Milwaukee can get him back ready to go, they’re back to being the best team in the East and a serious threat to the Warriors. Bucks need to get by Boston first through...

And what exactly is Harden’s image? Being the best scorer in the league and one of the best passers as well? Being an MVP? Carrying a MASH unit for 2 months of the season in the Western conference and then bulldozing literally everyone in their path after the all-star break? The guy’s style might not be everyone’s cup…

If you think Harden is garbage basketball, you really shouldn’t watch the NBA then. He’s an amazing player, though his style at times can be tedious. He’s one of, if not the best, scorer in the league while also being one of the best passers around. He’s a top 5 player, no argument, and the reigning MVP. Garbage he is…

When you shoot, you naturally jump forward. It’s not a set shot or free throw. A jump shot is just that, and normally your momentum takes you towards the basket. In that sense, the defense is always at a disadvantage because they are required to beat the offensive player to the spot (in the case of a drive) or go…

The Warriors do the exact same thing. Draymond has never made a basket in his life without screaming “and 1" at anyone who’ll listen. It’s not about having sympathy for either side; it’s about officials making the correct calls and doing so consistently. Blatant fouls need to be called, especially where there’s a good…

Yea but now we’re doing whataboutism. Just because other calls were missed doesn’t mean that those 4 plays on Harden weren’t fouls. They don’t cancel each other out. It’s also the way the Warriors were contesting and putting their feet exactly where Harden would land that’s concerning. I’m not saying the officiating…

Yea but it’s not about the foul calls he’s used to getting; there were 3 or 4 times when he shot threes that he was obviously fouled. Jeff Van Gundy hates Harden’s flops and soft fouls, and even he acknowledged that there should have been foul calls on those plays.

I don’t think it’s necessarily the bully thing. He’s used to shooting it pretty well from the mid-range and around the rim due to his explosiveness but also his pushing the ball up the floor before the defense gets set. He suffered from being successful early, having KD around, and not ever really learning to…