I have a really, really non-specific memory of being aware of either the 1981 assassination attempt on Reagan or the one on John Paul II the same year. I don’t know which it was, and I certainly didn’t understand how significant it was. I would have been 3.

Isn’t it the official motto of Deadspin that players should be free to sign with whoever they want for as much as they can get? That the draft and rookie wage scale interfere with that, and are thus evil? That the max contract limit interferes with that, and is thus evil?

I blame Deadspin for the fact that I even know about this guy’s existence.

*Woe

*Whoa

“coerced into playing for” - Deadspin propaganda is a lot to take sometimes.

Have you forgotten how much fun it was to watch the first Miami superteam lose in the NBA finals? It is not a foregone conclusion that GSW wins the title.

I’m happy for Joakim Noah, he earned that money through a lot of very good seasons in Chicago. But let’s face it: there’s no reason to wait until 2020, all four years of that contract look bad already. Anyone who has watched the Bulls the last two seasons has seen Jo be a shell of his former self. That’s supposed to…

Stunning and boring are antonyms. Make up your mind.

*idiots. “People” is plural.

“Cub’s”?

Congratulations on your nuance.

Great strategy by the Knicks. Acquire the most broken down players from the Bulls, and overpay them to wear street clothes for you instead. Noah is definitely the kind of guy that just keeps getting better and better with age. He won’t reach his prime for at least 6 years, so really if the Knicks are smart they’ll max…

*1-5. Those Sonics weren’t winning shit.

First Amendment. The press has every right to publish something that they obtain through no fault of their own - see the Pentagon Papers case.

How many games back? 9.5?

They aren’t being paid cash. These are campaign contributions.

In a “just world” talented writers would focus attention on the plight of the truly unfortunate, instead of continually whinging about the burdens of millionaire athletes.

Millenials, amirite?

It’s roughly equivalent to AAA. Let’s not get carried away.