Yup.  I pay mine on-time and I didn’t even have to get famous from writing songs such as, “Bump n’ Grind” and “I Like Your Crotch”.

Boy....Desdspin is really milking this story for all it has coming

You mean cause he once got dunked on while playing HS basketball, amIrite?

I think his argument will be that he was charitably giving them money to buy tickets to go home to Nigeria....which they did.  Its the same kind of argument that Trump will and has made:  I was helping people out and now I am being persecuted for it!

I don’t know if it would have inflated his salary, but it would definitely have increased his celebrity status and his career prospects.

I dunno, Kate.  I live in Chicago and have watched their rise in popularity over the last several years, but to me Old Fashioned’s are Amaretto Stone Sours for bros and bro-ette’s in their late 20's and 30's.  The only decent one I’ve ever had was at Violet Hour.  I’ll stick with scotch (Delilah’s, Fountainhead, etc.)…

Not on this one. They victimize the poor and powerless because they think they have no recourse and can get away with it. They’re not stupid enough to do it to people of means.

Also a Chicago resident here.

My guess is that the Nigerian brothers are cooperating witnesses who have entered into some sort of deal with local prosecutors.  Put another way:  they will be testifying against Jussie.

I know a lot of the folks in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office. They are responsible for prosecution, have tons of women and people of color in their ranks, and are led by Kim Foxx. Foxx recused herself for some reason, but her staff isn’t going to allow anything to move forward if it smells as bad as this…

You’re missing the obvious - people like this give Toobin, Borger, Bash, Burnett, etc. someone to holler at on air. I’ve seen that segment many times and its a nice, sem-satiisfying proxy.

Do you really not understand the danger in this approach in general? We may not like the way a significant portion of this country and culture are headed, but burying them isn’t likely to change that.  In fact, it feeds their “victim” mentality and the narrative that spawned them in the first place.

That’s like 1% of the population, and less than 1% of that group is capable of violent crime.  There are plenty of racists in Chicago, but that’s not a stat you should use to support the argument.

Exactly. Lumping Roberts and Gorsuch in with the impractical textualist wing of the Court is a mistake.  They are both logical, reasonable Justices who do their best to couch decisions in legal precedent, even if I don’t always agree with them.

This. I still see no reason why the Pels should bend over for a team that clearly trolled them first. LeBron, Rich Paul, and Magic want to prove they run shit. Dell Demps called their bluff. He’ll be able to get waaaaaayyyyy more this summer with the C’s in the mix. That’s the right thing to do for his org.

Yet another reason why I like kids waaaaay more than grownups.

Followed closely by DuPage

You don’t deserve to carry that burden.  Find a trustworthy and talented therapist who specializes in helping survivors of childhood abuse.  It really does help (I’m living proof).

This is a really bad take. They should get as much as they can or him. He requested the trade now with the hope that they’d panic and pull the trigger rather than waiting for Boston to get into it and force everyone to increase their bids. You’re correct that they did a bad job at surrounding him with talent, but that…

It would have been amazing had he replied, “Look Bill, black people know football too. The real difference here is that you and people like you think those sports are still coached by Adolph Rupp and Hank Stram.”