It was a basketball play. Popovich went off cause 1. He wanted to get some sympathy momentum from the refs and 2. He realized their slim chance at advancing had just went down with Leonard and was frustrated.

He’s in-between shipments?

Look at that quality defense. Both JR and Tristan f0llowed Jae Crowder when he cut into the paint. Why? Because the Cavs just do not know when they are switching and when they aren’t. It’s been their problem all season. Their offense can keep them in the game with nearly any team, but that defense has some real…

Seriously where is all the faux outrage from all the sports talking heads?

I’m waiting for Pop to come out and tear Aldridge a new one for doing something completely unacceptable. Doing something as reckless as texting and driving, as Pop likened this to, is completely unacceptable, even if you were lucky enough not to hurt someone when you were carelessly callous enough to do it, right?

prolly Kobe

At a formative age, I disliked frontrunners — and my younger brother had already hitched his bandwagon to the Bulls so that was out. So, I, who did not live in New York, decided I was a Knicks fan, and, because I am nothing if not loyal (and, apparently, because I fucking hate myself) stuck with this allegiance so…

Oh I’m rooting for them to take Fultz, then the lakers to take like Fox or Jackson or whoever. Just to see the look on Lavar’s face.

Yeah, it’s only dirty when a guy lands on your foot and gets injured. It’s not dirty when Lamarcus Aldridge does the exact same thing and Steph chooses to land on his ass instead of risk landing foot on foot, or any of the 17 other instances when a defender did the same thing yesterday.

COUNTERPOINT (from Popovich himself):

Ummm....you can’t do what you’re not capable of. Carmelo wouldn’t help Lebron at all. He doesn’t rebound. He can’t defend. He needs the ball in his hands to be effective. He’d be a much worse Kevin Love.

Maybe.

The Cavs strategy this season has been to put in a half-ass, inconsistent effort; lull the rest of the league into a false sense of confidence; and then lose in the second round of the playoffs. Flawless execution so far.

So what you’re saying is that you want guns all registered, and all gun owners required to have insurance against anything they do wrong with their guns? All gun owners need to be licensed and if they fail their licensing, they can have their access to all guns revoked. Police should be able to look up your gun by…

It’s so curious that these conspiracy hunters find themselves - the one time there does seem to be a genuine conspiracy going on - on the wrong side of it and refuse to believe it.

This is an awful take.

Regardless of where it’s located, don’t underestimate an NFL stadium’s ability to attract every last hillbilly, townie bro, and drunk uncle in from the suburbs or beyond, like little moths in MAGA hats to a billion-dollar lantern.

Brock was the worst QB in the league last year (or Goff if he threw enough passes). You don’t even need to make “what if we can make them play like 2014" again projections for Kaep and Cutler. Even in bad seasons for terrible teams they were better than Osweiler playing with a good team.

If only there were a decent quarterback who had previously led his team to the Super Bowl available on the free agent market. Someone who is, oh, I don’t know, “controversial” and thus could be had relatively cheaply.