debasing themselves in the foolish hope that a critical mass of crap will pass as worthwhile content

No, that’s cheating off Rick Bayless.

All because nobody could say no to Kobe.

Underrated.

“I got to a point when I was doing more crying than playing,” he told reporters. “I am sure it was disgusting to watch because I felt disgusting playing that way. I just wanted to lock back in on the game. I understand that officials are not perfect and I still have conversations with them now when they miss a call…

You got “Stots” in the first graf too.

Not that I’m a Houston stan (rather the opposite), but if we’re talking about regular-season results, the Rockets went 3-1 against the Warriors and finished with the exact same 53-29 record as the Blazers, so I don’t quite understand where you’re getting “a worse team than Portland” from. And Houston lost to the…

At the risk of embarrassing him or myself, Ratto has been a hero of mine as a writer for many years

I have NO idea what you’re talking about.

“Deeply mediocre” is deeply charitable.

All good. Try some of the bud.

Toronto? Milwaukee? Boston? Philly? Houston?

They’ve lost to all of the league’s top teams in games that they should have been fired up to play, and they’ve lost games against bottom-of-the-barrel teams that they should have been able to beat in their sleep. Curry is clearly not the player he was in the MVP years; Green wanted to contend for another DPOY and…

This is wonderful.

Curry doesn’t look like he’s still capable of shifting at will into that extra gear he used to have. He has flashback nights every now and then, but there are games in which the Warriors need him to do it and he just can’t seem to find it; his frustration is pretty visible when that happens. You’re right to point out…

Wrong part. I don’t think this team is capable of winning three or four titles over the next five years.

quite possibly the greatest team ever that could win another 3 or 4 titles over the next 5 years

Still don’t know what you’re trying to say here. I drive a Japanese import from the last century.

I don’t even know what that’s supposed to mean.

As Espinal recounts what seems to be the incident that led to the son’s broken arm, she also paints a picture of a fractured relationship