I understand that the first post wasn’t clear. I have now clarified what I meant. What more do you want? You now know what I meant. Do you need to explain to me again why it wasn’t clear to you the first time, or can we move on?

If your argument is that Joel Embiid can come back from an injury because Blake Griffin can come back from an injury, fine.

Jesus, I don’t know why this is so hard to understand.

Sorry, I was replying to like three people and can never keep track of what thread I’m in on this commenting system.

I’m not sure what an ACL tear has to do with this, but anyway.

Again, I’m not talking about the Clippers’ decision making. I didn’t mention Griffin to be an example of a team taking a risk. I mentioned Griffin as an example of a big who missed significant time with a lower-body stress injury. That is, as somebody who the Sixers would’ve considered (along with Bowie and Oden and…

Sure, there are differences. The point is this captain hindsight “When will teams ever learn about taking injured big men at the top of the draft?” bullshit, as if everyone but the team knew all along that he’d never play, is ridiculous. They took a calculated risk. They knew it was a risk. They said it was a risk.…

Of course there is. We’re talking about the Sixers’ decision making, not the Clippers.

Embiid’s story is shockingly similar to those of Greg Oden or Sam Bowie.

Not sure what you mean by ‘only one women’s soccer superpower’. Japan won last time and made it to the final this time. Germany won the two before that and are (at least until the next update) at the top of Fifa’s rankings. That’s three teams that are at least as powerful in the women’s game as maybe any team is in…

There’s a pretty big qualifier in that ratings article, which the headline alone is missing: “According to Fox, that marks a new high for a soccer telecast on a single network...” (emphasis mine). It’s Fox trumpeting their broadcast, not a measure of the total viewership.

Another to watch in NBA coaching circles is Natalie Nakase, who was an assistant coach for the Clippers in summer league last year, and is currently an (assistant?) video coordinator for them. That’s a pretty important role, and is where a number of NBA head coaches (including, most famously, Erik Spoelstra, head…

In general, it’s good for these guys and their careers to have more twitter followers. The guys getting information out there the fastest get reputations for having good sources and get followers.

Marc Stein beat Woj to announce Terry Rozier to Boston at 16. By literally 2 seconds. Because Woj wrote a longer tweet. I think the fact that it stood out to me enough to remember is testament to how much Woj destroys the pick spoiler game.

Try the forum link that kinjslostmyaccount posted. The links in that forum thread are not dead. There are links to the twitter of one of the male players, and (the verified accounts of) two of the USWNT players. This is not just some internet rumour.

Yup. A hero of the off-court if ever there was. RIP, Mr Pollack.

Not ‘may retain’. Will retain. It’s in the CBA and everything. It’s the exact same thing that happened with Mirotic. As long as he’s playing pro ball somewhere, the Sixers have his rights. Once he stops playing pro ball, the Sixers keep his rights for another year. Once that year is up, he’d have to enter the draft…

Corinthians would’ve stopped it if they weren’t so worried about messing their testicles up.

Yeah, but how’s the serenity?

It’s not missing much. He said the Destiny’s Child thing and she told him to shut up, and also said (not to him, just posted to nobody in particular) that he’s getting on her nerves. Then geekylonglegs said (to Kara Brown) that he’s insufferable, and Kara responded the thing about going 0 to 100 and then he responded…