If Deadspin dies today this would be a fitting last post.

It’s fine

Wow thanks Paul this really sounds like something you mean sincerely and not something the union bullied you into writing because you’re fucking up your job so badly. 

Notice: I will boycott Splinter News dot com until they agree to my demand that “I of the Tiger” returns as a regular feature.

Imagine being days away from the end of a 10 year suspended sentence and throwing it all away to truck some kid at a fair. A true patriot.

The Athletic comment section is entirely made up of people going “Great article! This is why I pay for the Athletic!”

When you’re a 35 year old former first option, you have to make the choice between being an Iverson or a Vince Carter. 

Who cares

Yeah fair enough. But he’s really only risking one year for the chance at the super max. 

You only get 1 year option. 1+1, 2+1, 3+1. I think there used to be more flexibility but it’s stricter now.

He’s eligible for a bigger max after 10 years in the league. He’s currently at 8. There’s no way he was signing anything other than a 2+1 no matter what team he signed with. 

OK I’m officially ready to stake out a “Zion isn’t going to be that good” position. Come join the bandwagon now before he’s on his 3rd team by the time he’s 25!

Woj has two types of reports:

Oh hey, Burneko’s indicting a team’s style of play after a single loss? Time to go put $100 on the Bucks in game 5. 

Deadspin’s entire theory of NBA analysis basically boils down to “whatever just happened is definitely going to happen again”.

Wait but I was told by this very website that the Warriors had broken basketball and were going to cakewalk to a three-peat. Now they’ve dropped (at least) 4 games in the first two rounds. I’m so confused!

The overwhelming success of the MCU in general and Endgame in particular is the definitive sign that Smarm™ has won the cultural battle over Snark.

Pascal Siakam is right over there, man.

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NBA.com lets you scroll through a game’s play-by-play and click on a play to get a video clip (https://stats.nba.com/game/0021800744/playbyplay/). I’m assuming this makes the average basketblogger’s life a lot easier.