Whenever people used to say that McGuire never used steroids, I always showed them 89 and 90 Topps cards. He looks like a goddamn deer compared to his 1998 look.

Not to mention, Rose was only 23 when he got hurt. Thomas is 29.

Derrick got paid, too.

In one year he went from taking a regular season from LeBron and Kyrie, to getting his tooth busted, having his sister die, having his hip join her, getting punked by the Cavs when it mattered, campaigning for Gordon Heyward, being tossed to the curb in Cleveland in what seemed like minutes after Heyward signed,…

Yeah, and if anything, Rose’s situation might make Thomas’s look even worse. Rose at least had very good size for a guard, so that theoretically he could remain useful as a switchable defender and make up for some of his lost quickness with length and reach. (This has not come to pass, obviously.) Thomas doesn’t even…

“You there, player who just suffered a catastrophic injury and is nowhere near game ready! You get back here right now and jeopardize the long term benefits for yourself and this team for what will turn out to be a very minimal short term gain!”

-Almost every fan and team owner 

Derrick Rose is the best comparison that comes to mind for me. An MVP caliber season (Rose obviously got one, Thomas didn’t) followed by a serious injury to a player reliant on “quickness and burst.” Here’s to hoping Thomas doesn’t have a similar career trend post-injury

As a 5'9" guy myself, I always root for sub-6' athletes, unless they play slot receiver for the Pats.

I know! 53 in a game, 29 in 4th quarter and OT. He was a (very small) force of nature! He was a legit superstar!

Just last year! One frickin’ year ago!

Hindsight kudos to Jeremy Lin for shutting it down instead of trying to play through injury in the playoffs for the Melo-led Knicks a few months after Linsanity.

I just clicked on all the links to the other IT articles after this column and watched him fuck up the league just last year and now I’m sad.

And people have the audacity to blame Kawhi for being hesitant to come back. Yes, I’m probably beating a dead horse with all these Kawhi-IT comparisons I’ve made in the past week or so and yes, I get it, they’re completely different players in different situations. But, in a business where you can go from to the top…

Even the Aussie PM released a statement stating how embarrassed he was. Could you imagine a sitting POTUS (not necessarily this one, but any one) apologizing for something like this?

I assume the Mount Rushmore of unachieving is a parking lot.

If this had happened in the Ashes, it would have been the modern equivalent (and inversion) of Bodyline.

Exactly, after McNair, Eddie George and that crew were gone Fisher had no success at all. His offenses were predictable and boring but he lived off those few years McNair and George for years until people realized he was inept.

I’d say appear in four, win two. Fischer is certainly on the Mount Rushmore of unachieving.

Isn’t there even an Australian (chess guy? Can’t remember) on call?

Look, if for no other reason, you should learn about cricket for the lingo. No sport has better lingo than cricket, and if you can apply it to other sports, it instantly makes reporting on that sport 100% better. I mean, where else can you utter the phrase “silly mid off” or talk about nurdling a ball without sounding…