It’s not really that hard to quantify the differences. LeBron is better than Kobe in nearly every individual aspect. He’s stood alone as the consensus best player in the league for around seven years. Kobe never even had a season where that was true. RINGZZZZZ is really the only argument you can make and it’s a stupid…

I assume that’s why Chris included the word “modern.”

Chris said “modern player,” which is a somewhat nebulous term, but I think would preclude Russell.

Let us ask ourselves if we can imagine any scenario where Michael Jordan would apply criteria to this discussion that in any way might threaten his assumed position at the top of a ranking of modern NBA players.

There’s nothing to see here.

Watch your back, Cowherd!

Yeah. Cormier is only two inches taller than McGregor, but he fights 50 pounds heavier. Jones is around 6'4.

No. Conor McGregor is 5'9 and 155 pounds. He fights four, sometimes five weight classes below Jon Jones.

In the sense that it’s impossible to prove a negative, sure. But there was nothing credible about that ridiculous conspiracy theory.

I don’t agree with your description of Djokovic “slogging through defensive wins.” He hits more than his share of winners when he’s on.

Yeah. Several people have said that. I’ve responded to a couple of them. As I said to one of them, I guess I should have done three seconds of research rather than two.

Pretty depressing to hear, but at least there’s hope that he’ll be back to his old, dominant self when he comes back.

I don’t believe that the logistics of the ballista or scorpion or giant crossbow being believably able to kill a dragon was the question raised by this article, was it? It seems to me that Patrick was addressing the aesthetics more than anything.

Sure. I’m not disagreeing that it’s a dumb plot point. My only point was that I wanted some kind of acknowledgement that it’s a real, historical weapon and not just a giant crossbow that GOT invented.

Guess I should have done three seconds of research.

Duh. Some guy named George got sainted for it.

I always welcome pedantic corrections to my needless pedantry.

That’s a great point. I was thinking when I watched the scene that one would think they’d already have ballistas. Which is what I expected Patrick to say in this article.

Thank you for your prompt response. I’ll edit my negative Yelp review and withdraw my complaint to the Better Business Bureau.

I’m pretty sure they mostly died of old age, disease, etc.