Libruls have no sense of humor.

We invented the “oh, I went to school in Boston... no, not BU.”

All they need to do is avoiding winning any more World Series. Problem solved.

The Anthem for Lovable Losers:

Will we ever get to see the Cleveland version they taped (which may include just bumping the number up to 109 for Chicago)?

The estate of Steve Goodman wishes to express its congratulations and great thanks to the Cubs. We’ll be toasting you from Aruba.

Maybe blame the NBA. The one-and-done only exists because the NBA has an age minimum.

True, but the real money comes in the next contract.

Let’s remember that the obstacles are put up by the NBA. They are the ones with the 19 minimum age requirement.

And there’s no guarantee he wouldn’t have ended up a #1 out of NBL, if he played there. And he easily could have blown out a knee at LSU.

He could easily have gone back to Australia for a year in the NBL.

Maybe. He’s from Australia, so playing in the NBL for a year might be worth it.

People act like kids can’t handle things like death and dismemberment. Read some of the old fairy tales. Hansel & Gretel to be eaten by a witch. Little Red Riding Hood swallowed by a wolf, who is then disemboweled.

He’s one of the kids of American pro basketballers born overseas (like Tony Parker). Has a US passport, so no issues coming right into the US, but has other options as well.

Simmons was born & raised in Australia. He came to the US in 2013 to attend a private HS. He could easily have returned to Australia for a year & entered the draft.

The guy whining about the NCAA rules didn’t have to go play in the NCAA if he didn’t want to. He had other, very realistic options.

He also could have gone back to Australia, where a club would be happy to sign him. Emmanuel Mudiay got $1.2 million to play a year in China.

Of course, there isn’t a strong record of the small number of players who went to play overseas instead of college.

Maybe, but he was a very well known entity coming into LSU. He would have been a lottery pick without US college.

I’ve found I get more lost in cricket terminology and descriptions than in the game itself... :)