And yes, Draymond Green’s absence had a lot to do with James’s ability to get wherever he wanted to on the court, but slapping 41-16-7 on the table during a road elimination game is not something that can be even partially written off.

I do believe he was talking about a literal slap. And a lot of other comments asked for a hell of a lot more. Maybe the guy didn’t mean literally “someone should stick his flipped bat up his ass.” But why use that sort of rhetoric AT ALL when there are perfectly good words like “someone should give him a good talking…

Everybody who says he went over the top by “showing up” the catcher on the jog to home plate COMPLETELY misses the point of “Why was the catcher jawing at him in the first place?”

I actually typed about as many words as you, I copy/pasted the rest. Minimal effort.

1) Get your facts straight

Be better next time, and people can’t showboat enough to make you want to fight them.

The only thing any of that undermines is the prevailing fable of Golden State’s merry basketball elves, out here effervescing their way to historic greatness via sheer folk-hero spunk and altruistic joy

On the principle that he is a good batter who will probably smack a dinger if you come with that weak shit? Yeah, maybe.

And respectfully, I disagree. They weren’t cross with the player for succeeding or for being an asshole, but because they weren’t good enough to stop him from smacking two homers against them. Violence is usually borne from insecurities. Be better next time and people can’t showboat enough to make you want to fight…

I’m all for celebrating and making baseball fun again, this kid just kinda brought it on himself doubling and tripling down on the showboating only if it fits my definition of class and decorum.

Well, the comment was made on a post about a video where the other team tried to incite violence, and the OP asked for a smack in the mouth. So, i think it’s pretty safe to assume he meant violence was the answer. If someone acts like a shit, maybe they strike him out next time instead of letting him hit his second…

You forgot to add: “Me in every conversation about why I dislike him, where I explain that I respect his abilities, but oh my God can he stop being such a bitch all the goddamn time?”

Remember, if he has no other flagrant they can’t give him one to suspend him, but they also wouldn’t be backed against a wall because they let him off easy for kicking Adams.

Haha thanks! But I only have 2 more months of using it; I forgot the Burner password, my office is moving, and all the equipment is being replaced.

Yep, because what you mention was the moment I resolved to stop watching the Eastern Conference playoffs and dip into the same well of alternate entertainment.

I really don’t understand that phrasing; as you alluded by mentioning the Euro, it sounds vaguely like saying South American soccer isn’t worth a damn.

The other night, I told my friends, “You know what, I am going to make a real, conscious effort to give the WNBA a chance this year.” After half a quarter, the score was 10-6, and I decided to watch much better female ball handlers on xHamster.

+1 on the obscure(ish) 90s rapper mentions

I actually get diminishing returns after 10 hours; by 10,000 I’d be spitting out dust.