Maybe he was throwing beer cans because he’s a teetotaler now, ready to convert the masses? Four Seasons pressing charges over lost bar revenue? No reason to always take such a dark spin on things, man. Sometimes life’s alright.

“Terrible” might be touch strong here.

I’ll bet!

Yeah, this is really it in a nutshell. The kind of people that drink “their Bud” and wear “Adidas gear” into adulthood are exactly the kind of people that aren’t ever going to care about shit that goes on outside their little in-group bubble. Incidentally, they’re also the kind of people who are dumb enough to…

Seriously. It would be like a natural gas company (maybe Chesapeake Energy?) buying the naming rights to an NBA arena. Can you imagine?

Gazprom already spends millions annually on football sponsorship, so this argument doesn’t really hold up (see Zenit FC’s shirts). Energy companies commonly sponsor teams and venues in the U.S. as well, so it’s not particularly unusual.

This article has aged so gracefully.

Why even enable comments?

It sounds like you get the username just fine, you just don’t like the source material. With you on Shakespeare—only works for me through the prism of Baz Luhrmann—but the band is fantastic (and far from boring, especially if you have a chance to see them live). Although it is a tad ironic that the guy who hates…

Yeah, we all have our weird quirky causes. I guess you’re anti-postmodernism, and I’m anti-Internet outrage machine. So it goes.

Probably smart shrouding your outrage in a bunch of pseudo-intellectual bullshit rather than jingoism. Will definitely get you more traction with the deadspin audience. I’m sticking with, this is awfully silly thing to care about on a beautiful Saturday morning.

Two quick follow-ups:

The original flag raising occurred, but it was with a much smaller (i.e., normal sized) flag. The giant-flag-raising you see memorialized everywhere was in fact staged, but was done just a few hours later in the same spot (so, not hella-staged like the moon landing).

Pros: Cool username

If the numbers say Hack-a-Whoever is actually costing the league TV ratings, ticket/merch sales, etc., then of course you’re right. It’s ultimately a business, and the owners care primarily about that next monster TV contract and franchise valuations continuing to soar.

Brooklyn is definitely the way to go, but I think Mason/Marshall/Madison/Micah’s Duke background seriously cripples his cool factor. Deron Williams seems like a well-known guy that doesn’t give a shit, but he’s also an old dadbod. Do they still have Andray Blatche?

How so?

Great point. Westbrook dresses like Urkel (if we’re being honest, the resemblance doesn’t stop there) and he’s cool as shit. We just need one of these hipster ass motherfuckers to break out the underhand FT “ironically” and we’re there.

I totally get what you’re saying, and the second half of Clips/Rockets last night was an abomination, but this is one of the few issues where I’m all the way in the “crotchety old man/hot taek” crowd. You’re a professional athlete who can’t be bothered to learn one of the game’s most basic fundamentals, so we should…

This is why I’m staunchly anti-Shaq. I remember one season during his career, Rick Barry offered to teach him, and guaranteed he’d shoot 75%+ the rest of his career. Shaq refused, and his sole argument was that the Granny looks dumb. Sorry bud, but fuck that. You’re on (at the time) the biggest contract in league…