[Thibs plays you for 40+ minutes every game of the season] [Your knees give out 3/4 through the season]

the Pistons committed to a core of Reggie Jackson, Andre Drummond, and Griffin ... That core has already shown that it’s not exactly competitive with even its mid-tier rivals in the East

[stares at Thibs] [stares at Thibs some more]

Oh you..

oh bother

This was better than the first plan to keep Simmons in check, which was to get his head stuck in a jar of hunny.

I was watching him this morning. He has been amazing.

Shumann will be fine, he already has a job lined up covering Vytautas Prienai-Birstonas of the Lithuanian Basketball League.

surely we can think outside of it.

Wire in a fire, represent the seven games
In a Western Conference Final and a combat site.
Left her, wasn’t coming in a hurry
With the Fleury breathing down your neck.

I do not know why or how Fleury is peaking now, at this age

The Process cannot fail; The Process can only be failed

Pretty shrewd move by Danny Ainge to trade back, nabbing a future lottery pick, and picking Tatum. Wouldn’t you say, Chris?

True Believers will tell you we’ll never get to see the end result of “The Process,” because it was short-circuited by the NBA and the Colangelos.

There were so many youth problems in this one. Philly needed Marco (!) and JJ to take their important shots, and they aren’t great at basketball things. Meanwhile Simmons bricks a dunk (and a pass?) and Embiid disappears and can’t follow a defense assignment. Even Bostons young guys couldn’t sink their FTs.

Because I am a fervent believer in recycling:

More like Emma Baccstabber, amirite?

im in a fantasy league with a bunch of guys from ohio and we had this discussion over email this week. they of course all had lbj as the goat.