The only thing better than major scandal (assuming it’s harmless and not of the Nassar variety) is pointless scandal. This is an absolute delight and I want to inject it into my veins.

Any word on the rumor he went to the park to get some run with a PG that can actually shoot?

Right and it actually hurt sick people. This lady’s fraud may be bigger but his was probably worse.

He’s had 2 all stars for the last 8 years but this one. Wade/Kyrie are top 10 guys (at worst - Wade was top 3 early on) and Love/Bosh are top 30 player/former all star types who can get you 20 easily. It’s not GSW loaded but let’s not pretend he’s been barren on talent because this year he “only” had one former all…

Jordan ended Magic’s run, ended the Bad Boys run, helped end the Celtics run (though injuries were more about that,) beat a Blazers team that’d been to the Finals a few years earlier, then dispatched a team with a top 5 ever PG and PF in back to back years.

Russell played in a much smaller league and doesn’t have the numbers to go with the rings. He’s a token mention in the conversation but that’s not apples to apples. Jordan’s league was similar in size to today’s and close(ish) in athleticism.

How??? He only went 2 outta 4 with the “not 2, not 3, not 4" Heat super team and then only has that one other ring. That’s nice but that’s not enough to be the GOAT yet.

Sure but put this Cavs team in a conference with the Bad Boys and the Bird-era Celtics and the Barkley Sixers instead of a conference where he’s had a fast track to the NBA Finals and I bet he’s not there 8 straight times. Seriously - who has he beaten since the KG/Pierce/Rondo/Ray/Perk Celtics disbanded? Paul George…

That’s a stupid argument. People don’t put Pippen and MJ side by side because we saw them play. Together. We know who was better. That’s a better stupid argument than “so you think Robert Horry was better than LBJ too, huh?” stupidity. Anyone not outright trying to be obtuse knows the context without needing it…

Stop with that last bit. There’s ZERO chance MJ loses with that Heat team to that Mavs team. Zero.

We can think about that when he actually wins something he’s not supposed to. I can count 2 times he’s done something unexpected like that - 07 Finals Trip and the 2016 Finals. Everything else is just doing what he’s supposed to then losing.

I’m very liberal but I don’t get the outrage over this. The NBA (and now the NFL) has a rule on the anthem. Lots of workplaces have rules and most of them don’t have the ability to cost the business literally millions of dollars.

I read the headline as “the Boston defenders” and braced for the worst. Somehow, this is worse than my local brethren would have done.

Let’s also call out BS when we see it. Two weeks ago there was all sorts of slurping about how he rests on the floor and people were blown away. Then he only scores 15 in game 1 and it’s whatever. Last night he was blatantly not getting back on D - a healthy LeBron should never be the last guy down the floor and he…

he played Mostly Okay while none of his teammates did anything besides miss shots and flail around a bunch.

You mean the babyface dude who became huge in the coke-fueled 80s. I love me some Hanks but don’t be surprised if stuff starts coming out on him too.

Sure but I keep my awful thoughts and comments in my head and anonymous on the internet. That’s the pact we’ve made, damnit

OF COURSE they should have said what was going on knowing what we know now but had the investigation proven nothing and it turns out he didn’t do anything, they get sued into oblivion. Because of that, everyone has to be super careful of what they say in the very early stages before anyone truly knows anything yet so…

Right, and yet Nate Silver got CRUSHED over that even though he had Hillary with far, far, FAR lower certainty than everyone else. We are all so stupid.