Pretty dumb joke as Deadspin is owned by Gawker Media. Hinkie can't actually trade the Deadspin writers.

Damn, I'll issue a correction.

Never. Curious what you're referring to.

I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say he didn't like the article.

Actually nothing has been proven or shown that they cheated, and latest report is that only 1 ball was significantly under weight and it was the one in the Colts possession.

how is one (the one the colts took out of the game) ball under inflated considered cheating again? I'm sorry your team (whomever it is you like) fucking sucks but get over it.

Hey Mike, here are 3 things that most sane and reasonable people believe about "Deflatgate", and had you thought about it, would have rendered your column more useless than it actually is:

You don't say! What's your favorite kind of math?

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Average? You lose two max players due to injuries and flip boxes of rocks into James Harden and Dwight Howard to rebuild into a contender without sacrificing draft picks or destroying their cap situation ALL THE WHILE NEVER DIPPING UNDER .500 FOR A SINGLE SEASON?

So ... no one who writes for Deadspin?

in the 7 years before Morey was hired, the Rockets made the playoffs twice and had a losing record three times.

Poor strawman never had a chance.

"Never played the game" is the absolute stupidest logical fallacy made in sports.

Yeah, crazy bloggers believing that using math to quantify values could be useful. What a bunch of kooks! Why don't they just use their gut feelings and personal biases?!?

Not during the past 2 years. They've been above avg. Roughly coinciding with the time they decided to fully embrace analytics. Go figure.

I find Barkley's trashing of analytics pretty hypocritical considering he went on at great length about the BMI of San Antonio's women.

and then in 1986 when they reported that the snow had overtaken Len Bias.

By the time they're 27, they've already been playing tackle football for almost two decades.