There more than likely isn’t one. Deadspin writers have always had a beef w/ Simmons.

May be the dbz fan in me but love it, even still Dray is like Diaw in great shape, sm better on defense, and with a great edge to him... yeah super saiyan works.

Clearly stat-padding.

“Because he is not particularly efficient.” Ahh, the all too familiar take that has little to support it, followed up by the seemingly obligatory harden praise that doesn’t acknowledge that harden has a higher ast/to ratio and rates worse than westbrook by various advanced metrics yet all that is ignored and dismissed…

Neither of those comparisons work as Sheed was a better player and Dray and Kawhi play nothing alike but I like the effort considering it’s hard to find a good comp for him, has a very unique game.

He certainly has the game for it and given his role on the team as defensive stopper and facilitator it’s feasible. Strangely enough I feel like scoring would be the one thing he’d barely miss out on if he were to come close.

Understandable, that’s my biggest fear as well. As a fan, I wish he stayed away, has nothing to prove in my mind.

If Anderson was more fluent in English he would’ve been even greater for the sport than he was, but I understand your point. Lesnar was a gimmick. Conor is over the top. Aldo suffered from the Anderson issue. Ronda was/is overhyped and not all that appealing personality-wise. Jon Jones is supremely talented and one of…

Neither Diaz is causing trouble for GSP.

This. And they poorly managed their relationship with Jon regardless of his troubles . Dana should’ve been obsessed with him like he is with Conor yet he never fully embraced Jones and promoted him as much as he should’ve. Not to absolve Jon of any fault because he should be the standard-bearer right now yet is stuck…

It would be embarrassing, good thing he’s above average. And not sure where you’re going with this Bron argument, not saying he isn’t the best player in the world, just not having the best season.

Except Bron is worse than Russ in every advanced defensive metric. You can’t pick and choose stats to fit your anti-Russ narrative.

Except Pat Bev is a much better shooter than Roberson...

And the east was also much worse then, and Bron’s team didn’t lose their second best player from the season prior and have a gaping hole in their roster. I’m a cavs fan and wholeheartedly defend that LBJ title run but not very comparable.

“Oh and he’s embarrassingly bad at defense for someone that athletic and supposidly so hyper competitive.”

Ahh the seemingly edgy but not-so-edgy kawhi for mvp take subverted by the westbrook for mvp take. Kinda loved this. Advanced metrics support a tight 3-way race between Russ, Kawhi & Harden w/ LeBron also deserving a seat at the table albeit lagging behind in some categories but having a dramatic on/off court impact.

This was all types of awful, especially the Peterson rant. He’s easily the best thing to happen to the Vikings franchise this century. Safe to say you didn’t deserve him.

Was banned for a bit, not sure what his income was in the downtime.

But how do you really feel?

Care to explain? He’s been their best offensive player and, imo, second best defensive player. Barnes is a great pickup but feel like GS’ problem is depth and without KD the issue becomes even more glaring.