BTW, if someone would have told me 10 years ago that Arian Beltre would become not just a first ballot HOFer, but one of the game’s most beloved players, I’d have done a spit take.

+1

Of course, the things that could actually make him a true #1 kind of player are the things he’s shown no interest in doing. Defense and creating for others. I mean, it’s interesting that he looks at John Wall as an example. I am not sure Wall is a more talented player than Irving, but I know I’d rather have him in my…

Donald Trump is literally the best possible argument against American capitalism. The next time some free market fundamentalist starts going on about capitalism being the best system for allocating resources, just point to Donald Trump.

David Price seems like a real dick, and comes off as a bully here. Performatively taunting a guy with your teammates behind you makes you a real tough guy. I was always a Price fan, but he should grow up.

I am kind of surprised this match has made multiple appearances. Sure, it looks badass, but the drawback of not being able to, you know, see the match, seems like it would have killed it off after one try.

It’s too bad for Cleveland that Kyrie didn’t make his request sooner. Given what Chicago and Indiana got for Butler and George, it seems like Irving might have been a good piece to get one of those guys. If I was a Cleveland fan, I’d rather take my chances with Lebron/Butler/Modern big man who can play D and is not…

If you’ve ever been to West Hollywood, you likely wouldn’t find his neighbors to be so great, either.

I feel like John Wall is probably underrated despite being a former #1 pick and regular all-star. He’s great fun to watch.

I think she’d be great at it. Given her shit talking ability, she seems like a natural heel, but she could probably work as a babyface, too.

This. Gilbert seems to have taken that historic run of pure luck as a validation of his genius. Going to be delicious when the Cavs win 16 games in 2018-19

Similar to Westbrook/Durant, it’s another situation where the inferior player has a higher usage rate (just barely), too. Kyrie is an excellent scorer, but I wouldn’t be rushing to give up the farm for him if I was another team.

The Kyrie/Lebron pairing has always been a bit odd. So much of Kyrie’s game is isolation and attacking the basket, and he needs the ball in his hand for that. But when Lebron James is on your team, the ball generally needs to be in his hands. Kyrie is a good shooter, but it kind of seems like a waste to have him hang…

Akie Abe is my favorite person of the day for successfully convincing Trump that she did not know any English in an effort to avoid having to converse with him.

+1 Feeeels gooood

I would definitely be interested to hear a response from Hopper.

Amen.

Well, considering one of the lead characters will be Sara Ganim, the journalist who did so much great work on this story, I imagine it will not have or need much Penn State cooperation. I am interested. HBO does some really good things, and Pacino is a dead wringer for Paterno in the photo.

A combination of sucker’s optimism and cheap tickets kept me following the Warriors and going to games during Chris Cohan’s reign. Do the Knicks even have cheap tickets, though?

+1 took me a minute.