Yeah, it’s not like Howard was a perennial MVP candidate until he had a disastrous back injury.

Q: Emeka Okafor, Ben Gordon, and Shaun Livingston.

You obviously didn’t work back in the 70's and 80's, or you’d be saying “Huh, all they want is coffee? OK then!”

Hey now. You can steam that latte Like A Boss. A peak’s a peak.

There is literally no reason to think that’s true.

Except rebounds, steals, blocks, turnovers, and A/T.

Viva la difference!

Pretty sure the rulebook doesn’t say “Otherwise illegal body contact is legal if you’re not supposed to be in that space.”

So did my grandparents, and I would LOVE to have somebody make a comedy about it. I’d much rather laugh at my pain than grieve.

Counterpoint:

Am I alone in saying “Fuck his coach?” His coach cheated under the current rules, and unlike a player is getting paid millions to follow them. Fuck that guy. I hope he gets fired.

If you have buttloads of cash, this is a small cottage. They’re advertising to hedge fund managers, Saudi princes, and so on, people that think having less than two closets in their hotel room is, like, camping.

And Dr. Xavier appears to use his mind-reading powers! Thank you.

Well, they do post a ton of articles on Liverpool, which hasn’t won in I don’t even know. It seems people DO care if you don’t finish first.*

Would anybody be shocked if that happens by 2020?

And all of those are examples of terrible, and confusing, officiating. If the leagues want to put in a special “last minute” rule set, they should do that. Otherwise, any close game is essentially random and in the end inexplicable.

“Then, tonight, as I wrote this, I came upon an article: “Two years later and not a dime has been collected on bank owned blighted homes,” it read. You can change rules so that they’re fairer, so that they’re better to uphold, and they will still be broken.”

*Uses logic to decide you’re a judgmental asshole*

*Notes unfounded assumptions based on literally nothing*

*Notes you don’t bother to explain why we should feel bad for adulterers who tried really, really hard to stay anonymous, but not for adulterers who just tried hard*