Why do people say players “pout” their way out of a situation. He leveraged his power to get out of a situation he no longer wanted to be in. He didn’t choose to go to Denver. He was forced to go there because of a draft system that is unfair at best and, at worst, arguably illegal. And his coach was George Karl.…

LeBron and Vince Carter too, for the record. Because Vince Carter is probably going to play for another 20 years.

Melo is 25th all time in scoring, will easily finish in the top 15, and might finish top 10. You would seriously keep a top 10-15 all time scorer out of the Hall of Fame?

I’ve never understood why so many sports writers flat out hate Melo. His biggest crime is having the audacity to not be as good as LeBron or Wade. There are people who legitimately think he’s not a Hall of Famer, which is an aggressively bad take. The hatred he gets is just weird.

“Slams”? He didn’t mention Trump or Kaepernick by name, and somehow made it about hurricanes and not standing up for black people. This statement was embarrassingly weak. Why are people giving him credit for this?

“Liar”. Yes, that’s right. I go on the internet and lie about having watched 30 Rock.

I’ve seen every episode of 30 Rock up to and including the episode where Hamm wore blackface. That’s when I finally walked away. And saying “it’s not his character” is so desperately splitting hairs that it’s hilarious.

LUKEWARM TAKE: Quantum of Solace is a little under appreciated in the same way that Skyfall is a little overrated.

“No other character did it.”

Okay, so what about when another character wore blackface on the same exact show? And what about Jenna wearing blackface multiple times on the show? And what about the actress who played Jenna, who wore blackface multiple times on a TV show in the 21st century, now playing a Native American on Tina Fey’s Netflix show?…

I’m curious: what context justifies that?

Counterpoint: Maybe 30 Rock needs to go away

Either that or Cheers has my vote for best comedy of the ‘80s.

That show has perfected the craft of being emotionally devastating for almost the entire season, but then being shockingly uplifting and hopeful in the last 30 seconds of the final episode.

Right? You look at his stats before his body quit on him and think “Fuck, I wish he’d stayed healthy.” Oh well.

Look. I LOVED Jose Reyes. But there is no sane argument I can think of for him being a better offensive player than Wright, save for that transcendent season he was having in 2011 before he got hurt. If you can site any shred of evidence, I’m willing to listen. But other than ‘11, what season was Reyes better than…

Wright led the Mets in oWar from 2007-2010, then again from 2012 - 2013, and in most cases he led by a huge margin. Basically, ‘06 was the only healthy season he had in which he wasn’t the Mets’ best offensive player, and that was his first full season in the majors. What do you mean he was never the best offensive…

One of the saddest things about all this is that people have already forgotten how great Wright was. From 2006 - 2009, he may have been the second best player in the NL (he should have won the MVP in ‘07). He was never quite the same after Matt Cain hit him in the head with a fastball in ‘09, but he went from “on…

Duncan is one of maybe 4 or 5 player in NBA history you could reasonably argue is better than LeBron. I disagree with the idea that he is, but you can make a good argument.

“Deeply... silently... and for too... many... years.” remains the most beautiful moment in comic book history.