The Vernon contract is considered the main reason the Patriots traded Chandler Jones for a (possibly backup) guard and a late 2nd round pick. Jones is pretty comparable to Vernon, in terms of pure production.

I listen exclusively for your hot food takes.

If this is ESPN’s attempt to get me to watch again after 16 months of pretending to boycott based on deflategate, well, it’s working

Not that I want Bosh to risk his long-term health, but damn do I want the Conference finals to be GSW-SA and Cavs-Heat (with Bosh).

As much as I enjoyed the series, not sure how this can get even close to the broad appeal of GoT without a lot of plotlines brought in earlier than they are in the books. The first book is very much a “group of people are in x, have to go to y” plot, and books 2-4 arent much different (though by then enough characters…

I never said this team would run a serious ten man rotation (though Brad Stevens might try it if he were the coach). The exercise was to pick ten guys - that’s what i did (though i cheated and made Korver and Carroll a toss up). In all likelihood, Patterson and Mahinmi wouldn’t play against teams like the Warriors,…

I don’t disagree - you would obviously make a better team from the Spurs, Clippers, Blazers and Grizzlies (Western conference seeds 2,4,5 and 7). But the above team would likely beat any team out west save the Spurs and Warriors (with Curry), which are both historically great teams.

He’s been pretty good all year - had a good argument for MIP (McCollum did deserve it), and has the 5th best RPM among Small Forwards (http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics…)

Crowder’s playing on a bum ankle right now

DeRozan on this team would be the 5th option on offense, and would not being smothered by Paul George. Though if you’d rather start a healthy Avery Bradley for his defense and adequate 3point shooting, I wouldn’t bat an eye

Smart could be on the bench of such a team, as a crazy bench player (he cant really shoot but does a lot of other things extremely well). Lowry would have to start, because he’s actually an excellent player

A team with a 10 man rotation of

Deadspin not ranking Boston last is easily the most shocking thing about this list. See http://gawker.com/fuck-boston-14…

Stop putting autoplay headlines on the main site - its hard enough to avoid the insane media blitz of footage leaked prior to the release without them autoplaying the second I go to io9