March Madness 2004 I lost $1600 gambling in one week. Started off with a $100 bet that I lost on a buzzer beater. I double or nothing a few different times and lost every single one. I’m down $800 and have $1700 in my account for the rest of the year from last summer’s job so I take one last double or nothing on an…

Whole Foods has glass bottled (of course) tonic waters. There’s an elderberry mint one that’s pretty swell with gin.

The Pacers have balls.

Ben Simmons still shoots like his arms are fighting each other. He’ll develop a post game and a floater at least and be much, much better. If Embiid stays healthy, this was far from their best shot.

There’s a spot near 28th and Broadway that has a sign for “Sneakars” with a bunch of kicks on a rack with a Jumpman on it, but the Jumpman looks like Slenderman. I love New York.

You’re not. But the last one - which I just watched on DVR - where he’s back in middle school was really, really good. Every time I’m close to being out, they do something like that and it’s right back in.

Your assessment of game 1 is so, so accurate. Could be a Raptors-level turtling if they get throttled in game 1.

We got boozed up a couple weekends back and ended up spending nearly $500 on new bedding at Bed Bath & Beyond (mostly with wedding gift cards, not too much out of pocket because that number got bigger than we thought reeeeal quicklike.) We got some really nifty throw pillows at her insistence. Ever since the first…

This Sixers team (also won a title) was plenty loaded too

CP3 is one of the best PGs we’ve ever seen. He’s borderline top 10 and I truly hope he is able to finally push through and get a ring with this Houston team. Dude is exactly what you expect a true PG to be in today’s NBA with the added bonus of being the primary guard (either guard spot) defender for his team like if…

Read what his teammates have to say about him. He did it because he was a stat chaser too. It’s also why he decided to lead the league in assists one year just for funsies.

I know in a sport where one guy can tip the balance more than any other sport, if that was so true, he would have won more against a guy he was “10 times the player”

Well ya, you don’t get to shoot tha tmany if you’re not making enough to be worth it. Dude’s crazy.

I would DEFINITELY miss a flight to hear the end of that. Flights can be rescheduled; that was a once in a lifetime moment.

Hill always made the most sense to me as the best addition - assumed they’d have to go through Lowry then Kyrie - but I always liked Hood’s talent. Now I see why he was available and likely why he fell what seemed really far on draft night.

I love Jay-Z. He’s not even close to the GOAT rapper.

Right - the way the game’s evolved is the thing.

The tippy top tier is MJ, Kareem, and I’ll give Russell a token mention, I guess. LeBron is getting there - may already be in that group - but he hasn’t surprassed shit yet.

Wilt was flanked by HOFers plenty. He wasn’t on the equivalent of the Bobcats. If your base statement was actually true, he’d have won more than twice.

Gary Payton would like a word.