none of those teams were anywhere close to as strong defensively as the ones i mentioned but sure. the texans secondary is pretty unremarkable. the ravens pass rush was overrated. the personnel for the 7 in the box on the jets was pretty forgettable, rex ryan just sent 5 guys every play since he had help outside and…

explain to me which top 5 defense i missed in that list. i can wait.

here’s a theory, i think jacksonville will win.

i once asked marchman what there was to do in philly, and he sent back a couple hundred words in reply

i said this, twice, last year about tsonga at 60:1

The Cavs do, in fact, stink. I looked into this like two days ago. JR Smith and Jae Crowder are two of the bottom 5 starters in the league by what NBA.com calls “impact” (generic PER alternate), along with luminaries like Dillon Brooks. In fact, the two of them are in the bottom 8% of ANY players who have played at…

it seems like a plausible theory but then you remember willy started 22 games as a rookie last year which runs kind of contrary to it

follow-up for mr. coates; what is your kinja burner’s name

i agree with you, but i disagree that it’s totally fine to do it on every play. this sort of ruckus from players/fans/pundits happened when flopping got out of control and everyone thought there was no way to legislate that, but the product is better with the rule changes from the league. this happened when guys were…

Supposedly the cavs are already shopping Isaiah, thompson, and the pick for Deandre, Lou, and “something,” and rumor has it that last part is holding up the deal. There’s definitely risk with taking IT but you’re also talking about giving up a guy they don’t use (and probably won’t with O’Quinn and Kanter under…

i reffed hockey so you know where i come from on this, but the proportion of calls that get complained about has increased dramatically in the NBA since even last year. suddenly even kyle korver is doing draymond green impressions on every whistle and i’m just tired of it.

i think frank will get there, and i still have a lot of faith in willy, just less so on the defensive end. however he definitely isn’t getting better on the bench. i think he’s still got some value.

or, like, a crazy 3 way trade with the cavs and clips, like willy, the knicks 2018 1st rounder and the 2018 brooklyn pick to the clips, deandre and lou to cleveland, isaiah to the knicks. just spitballing here.

the knicks are so weird because they’ve got frank on the bench and willy hernangomez on the bench for... jarrett jack and o’quinn??? the former are legit prospects, the latter are career journeymen if you’re feeling generous (plus beasley). yet the former two are underperforming and the latter three look like actual…

the players have plenty of dialogue - when they throw their arms up in disgust and stare down the ref on every single fucking call or non-call. seriously, kevin love will just stay on the offensive end of the court whining to the refs about hand-checks while the cavs play 4-on-5 defense (sorry, 3-on-5 now that isaiah…

this is bad and you should feel bad

hell yeah buddy, hell yeah

I get what you’re saying I just respectfully disagree with the strategy. You’ve got to assume they’re sending guys downfield so I would rather give up the underneath coverage that happens on bump and runs to have four guys over the top, because the way I would play the situation is giving up a first down means I lost…

yeah, i was flipping through Nirvana as the obvious choice, when in fact this is the obvious choice. a legit contender for best music video of all time too.

i mean it wasn’t a true 4 verticals (there were crossing routes over the middle of the field) but if you’re looking at zone coverage with two guys deep you could do a lot worse than 4 verticals. kiffin is right that if it was executed correctly the safety is there to break it up, but i disagree that the outcome would…