I have to imagine most halfway decent quarterbacks who played in current era, in which they were basically required to be real-time offensive coordinators at the line, are pretty good with tape and analysis, especially with the advantage of a gods-eye view and without a pass rush coming at them. Translating it into TV…

Yes, absolutely. Halladay is very much a giant of his time.

I think the phrase “At one point...Juancho Hernangomez got switched onto KD” sums up the impossibility of the Warriors pretty well. 

1) Halladay was more dominant in his era — 2x CY Young, 8x AS vs. 5x for Mussina, a couple top-10 MVP finishes.

Got it, got it. 

Not to mention he spent 3-4 years not learning to hit a major-league breaking ball.

Dustin Pedroia is like 4'11 and is pretty deep into a $110 million deal.

An actual player’s union?

That is to say, virulently racist?

I don’t disagree with any of this, but...how is Andrew Luck the cautionary tale in the same sentence with Kirk Cousins?

A very fair point. I think the big difference is they wear their greatness so naturally and elegantly, and Murray always thrashed and struggled against his. For the Big 3, all of that work and talent distilled into a package and persona that made sense. For Murray, the pieces were in this perpetual state of conflict…

Yeah. And that’s dumb of him, especially for something his presumably said on tape, but it’s pretty standard. From the headline I was expecting something much more fun, like a reporter reads the quote back to him and he threatens to fight whoever said that about his team.

Sure — and like I said, it’s possible. But it’s not their only interest, especially for the front office, and for me it just takes a lot of work to get there over a fairly simple damage control explanation.

Oh, definitely agree on both posts here in terms of the pure analytical value. But very few teams operate purely based on those models, in part because it’s still an inexact science and in part because it’s easy to talk yourself into paying a premium for the very best players. I’m just saying his age makes it a little…

Yeah, the big-money teams getting smart is certainly a major factor. If I were Boras, I’d argue -- and not without some merit -- that the big difference is Harper is 26, not 31 or 32.

This is true, but it’s also only makes sense for the Nats to do it if 1) they don’t care at all about retaining Harper and 2) their primary interest is to save money for other owners who do want to sign him.

Neither of those things really make sense for me. If they want to keep him at the right price, it doesn’t help…

Lets remember Da Guys.

Hit the pipe.

And then there’s Djokovic playing against Gael Monfils. You agree with me that, on paper, any tournament manager would rather show Djokovic and Gael Monfils at 7:30 p.m.

But the max isn’t anti-labor. It’s a wealth redistribution mechanism for the middle class. If we had a law that said CEOs can only earn $1 million and the rest has to go to other employees, would that be an anti-labor law? Fuck no, that’d be great! That’s what the max is — an agreement among players that it’s fairer…