No, not really. KD averaged mid-to-high 20s ppg pretty consistently, which is standard for offensive superstars like him. Westbrook never held him back, unless you think KD should have been averaging 40-50 ppg, and Westbrook should have been a 10 ppg guy.

That is objectively false, but okay!

So you realize that OKC maybe squeaks out 30 wins without Westbrook, right? And nobody is saying you give a guy the MVP award because he “wants to win.” In this case, you give it to him because he averaged a fucking triple-double, and even if he’d put up nothing but zeroes starting in March, his final stat line would…

Did you see the rest of Westbrook’s team? “Notable” members were, like, standing right behind him on the stage.

So Durant should have scored 60ppg with OKC, and Westbrook should have had 0ppg and like 4oapg? That seems like what the “ballhog” narrative requires. How dare both he and Durant have had great scoring averages, right?

I’m pretty sure there’s a strong overlap between those who think Westbrook is a “stat chaser” and those who think KD’s move to the Warriors was 100% not a bitch move on any level. They believe in the narrative that KD felt justifiably jilted by Westbrook’s “selfish” play, and they’re still litigating that logic today,…

My favorite part was the cut to Harden fake-clapping because he’s a little bitch who can’t see just how much better Westbrook’s season was.

I think the “game as a service” model can be done well, but Jesus Christ is it becoming a cancer at this point. Fighting game enthusiasts have special reason to be pissed off, what with the increasing normalization of DLC characters. “Loot box” ecosystems are really beginning to grate my nerves. Chapter-based games…

SAS is a piece of shit, yes, but he’s 100% on-point with this Phil Jackson thing, and in a way, kind of the perfect person to deliver the medicine (since if as big a piece of shit as SAS seems like the rational dude making an excellent point, Jackson must be—nay, is—an even bigger piece of shit).

Wouldn’t he, as a public figure, take on the burden of proving he wasn’t on crack?

There’s nothing I want to see more re: this draft class than Lonzo be a bust. And while I have no special affection for D’Angelo Russell, it would be hilarious to see him come into his own and start rocking shit with the Nets, just as an icing-on-top kind of thing.

You know what Colin Kaepernick could do right now to clear all this up once and for all? Come straight out and tell us what he expects as compensation for being a back-up QB. If it’s not in the stratosphere, as it’s alleged (100% believably, considering his previous contract) to be, then we have every reason to…

I think my favorite bit of slang from Korea was calling Lee Myung-bak “2MB” (Lee, pronounced “ee” in Korea, is also the number 2, and MB referred to “megabyte,” implying that the president had a small brain capacity).

I paid saved-up allowance money to a neighborhood friend for Renegade on the NES.

There is something deeply wrong with how Overwatch handles ranking based on the preliminary matches in any given season. In seasons past, I would often stick with Lucio, because he’s the hero I’m best with and people seem reticent to heal in placements, and I’d seemingly be punished for it with a lower ranking for not…

For the same reason they’re not considering it a hate crime? Just a guess. Starts with an “R.”

Yes, they’re going to arrest one guy because they don’t care about the suspect. Because usually when authorities don’t care, they do some work, and merely decline to do the rest. Jesus Christ.

Gloria Allred gave a subdued press conference afterward, saying this was not a victory for Cosby. With her were Jewel Allison and Linda Kirkpatrick, who both have said Cosby drugged and raped them.

This seems to fulfill most of the criteria on its face, but is missing the most important component, i.e., that the puncher is a professional boxer.

On the flipside, though, I think if Mayweather wins it will give boxing a bit of separation from the perception that it’s an outmoded combat sport in an MMA world. This whole event is stupid and gimmicky, but will prove a worthwhile point that discipline and limitations are what define sport, not what seems the most…