Oh how the “Ben Simmons can be as good as Lebron” narrative faded during last years rookie hype. This kid is the fucking truth - all the tools - shooting, passing, size, confidence and is on a shit team unlike Simmons. 19 years old. 19. He’s going to be a god damn star. 

I can’t wait until Amazon fully automates their warehouse workforce and the articles about how Amazon has a civic duty to employ Americans and not use robotics start rolling in. It will never be enough for you fuckers.

I swear to god he better be addicted to something more fun than Marijuana

Reaves thought about it. It needs to basically be him of big Buff here in Winnipeg to fuck him up. 

Also no snark: Lebron is a gift to basketball and the world - I have a hard time thinking of another athlete with an image as positive. Maybe Roger Federer? He’s more just private in general.

This sort of feels like Doncic where the kid just has so much swagger and so many gifts that it is hard to imagine them just being sapped away from him when he moves to the NBA. I think he is likely the second best player on his team from game one wherever he’s drafted this year. I actually feel like RJ Barrett is…

You’re damn right it’s a bullet to the chest. I flat out, will not, REFUSE to watch a single minute of this man play basketball. People shit on the Warriors cause why? They’re good? They reinvented basketball and no one can figure out how to beat them? Well boo hoo, they also play some of the most beautiful / fluid…

Shaping up to be one of the better years for Canadian clubs in the while. Winnipeg and TO are doing their thing, Calgary is shockingly competent if not punching above their weight class. Vancouver has some stunning young talent making moves. Montreal is finally embracing a new, young start. Ottawa is not quite the…

This is novel, valuable, and concise insight. Great work. 

Where do people find the time to be so offended by everything?

Phew, this is spicy stuff. Draymond is an idiot sometimes but I kind of agree with him here - Durant really doesn’t need to talk down to him like he is not capable. 98/100 times he passes it there, he just fucked up this time and fumbled it. Should he have passed? Yea. Did he 100%, inexcusably, unforgivably need to?…

Thanks. This turned out to be one of my better takes 

Pretty shocking that it wasn’t way worse, I thought they would have to lop that thing off 

TAKE HIM OFF THE COURT. HOW is that kid better than just about anyone else right now. Take him to a fucking psychologist. 

He BARELY changes his body at all. In real-time this is a penalty, but absolutely not is this worth a suspension - he shouldn’t have even been kicked out. Maybe Oshie should have stepped in front of Malkin instead of putting his jaw in front of his shoulder full flight

Wonderful article Ben. 

They need to buy out the weakest of those 4 players - which as crazy as it is, is probably Toews. Seabrook would be the next choice. 

Man, the between the BFV and Diablo reactions over the last couple months, the gaming base in general comes off as a giant group of entitled assholes. 

The density of gymnastics articles on Deadspin compared to its relevance in sports is way to fucking high. I get it. Biles is good. Sick. Wonderful. But hell, 630 words of nothing. 

Please refer to my previous Carmelo comments for confirmation - but I’ll sing it to high heaven: THIS GUY FUCKING SUCKS. What does NO TEAM UNDERSTAND. He is a fucking LOSER. He is fat, inefficient, selfish, overrated, defensive & locker room liability. You would be better off getting some scrappy long defender…