Yes, it’s true. Back then you could be the second best team in the NBA with a starting lineup of Chris Webber, Vlade Divac, Mike Bibby, Peja Stojakovic and Doug Christie, where Peja was your leading scorer.

Harrison Barnes shoots .383 from 3. That’s well above league averages and it was a down year for him from 2015.

Don’t forget that those seasons also coincided with one of the weakest eras for talent in NBA history. Steph Curry and four cheerleaders could win the Finals against those 76er or Net teams.

It’s important to have a friend like Dave. You don’t ever have to be faster than the alligator / bear / shark / snake, you just need to be faster than your friend.

This is such an embarrassing #hottake on arguing but I still think it’s important.

Totally disagree. Key reasons why:

I’m just waiting for the Haisley article on how terrible a team Real are. I keep hitting refresh, but no luck.

The point is that public parks are not built to be a profit center. The entire purpose of a park is that it’s done for community good.

I also love Bochy’s crazy-like-a-fox dynamics of:

Let’s look at things in economic terms. Can MLS become as lucrative as the NHL? If you believe the answer is yes, then you agree that MLS can become the second most lucrative soccer league in the world, which one would naturally assume would drive the quality to be top tier.

I respect LVG, but it’s been almost 25 years since he’s been anything but a disappointment. His tenures at Barca, Bayern and Manchester United are not good, given the resources, infrastructures and players he assumed in all three places.

It’s not that the numbers lie, it’s what those numbers mean. All those figures tell me is that the top 4-6 teams — very heavily influenced by the performance of the top 2 teams— do very well in European competition. That is not the same as saying that the league is better.

And who exactly do you want as the manager? Jose? Pellegrini? Or is there someone else available? This is what I don’t understand at all about the Arsenal fans.

You’re being redundant.

My favorite is how Billy uses “we have called” to imply multiple Deadspin writers or at least an editorial board of some kind, to hedge on his article arguing that Spurs were the best team in the EPL.

I don’t particularly love Simmons, but part of the reason he seems “not new” as you say is because he pioneered the entire genre of internet-based, voice-of-the-fan, pop-culture-blended, sports journalism which is ubiquitous now on places like Deadspin and Bleacher Report, and increasingly mainstream outlets.

Probably not true. I don’t have the time to go through every Bill Maher episode and find it, but given that it’s been a decades long thing to suggest owners pay for their own stadiums, a) Bill Maher has probably already railed against is and b) the only people who think John Oliver is presenting a new idea in that…

Giants fan here. When I saw this my main reaction was: this is part of why Bruce Bochy is such a great manager.

You decided to have four kids and you presume to call anyone a thick-headed fuck? (Speaking as someone with fewer kids).

Thanks. It’s important to bubble up as much criticism of Billy as possible. Though in this case I was wrong and am pleased to admit it. In fairness to me, this is how it did work not that long ago.