Isaiah Thomas might be the first athlete that I’ve found adorable. And not in the condescending way. He’s just adorable!

Frozen out for almost 10 years? 5 years.

What a poor homer take this is. It should be noted: if someone gets physical with you, in any walk of life, be it on a basketball court or at a bar, it does not take, as Burneko would have you believe, “superhuman self control” to not respond with violence. Wow

I doubt North Hale returns any request for comment

Yeah the federal judge probably got paid off. You sound like the president...

If Steph Curry can singlehandedly raise Under Armour’s fortunes, why can’t Lonzo Ball do that with a Chinese shoe company, or a company that doesn’t yet exist?

Well, not RIGHT back into his glove. It bounced first, which is of course extremely relevant

The NFL draft is becoming such a uniquely ripe situation for extortion. The public nature of it, the millions that can be had based on draft position alone, and the teams’ (understandable) desire to be on the safe side and avoid bad publicity—it creates the perfect storm. Even taking the powder keg of rape accusations…

So... you wrote an article titled “ESPN’s Uncertain Future Is Already Here,” and you clearly didn’t forget about it, because you linked it here. And then you titled this one “ESPN’s Diminished Future Has Become It’s Present” and presumably thought to yourself “hey that’s clever!”

Tom what are you talking about. Those are all clearly real fouls from guys being too aggressive around the screen. If you’re a defender getting screened, don’t stick your arms or shoulders out to try to slow Harden down. Clearly a foul. Credit Harden (I guess) with seeing the fouls coming and chucking a three. But I…

I think Marc Stein (who voted Westbrook) wrote that a player from a team that didn’t reach 50 wins hasn’t won the MVP since the early 80s. But those people who say that the triple-double is, at bottom, an arbitrary set of round numbers (and I’m part of that group) must also then admit that there’s nothing mystical…

As soon as people start scrolling up, this is going to get more love

Not in title fights

So the main event obviously would have gone on, the belt just wouldn’t have been on the line. Takes some heat off the match, sure, but far from a disaster

And then (Billy’s words): “Montagliani said the two countries plan to make a final determination on whether to go ahead with the bid later this year”  What. The. Hell.

You guys are having a hard time writing these “Russ is the MVP” takes without resorting to a strawman. Like the one comparing Westbrook’s MVP chances to Leonard’s...

I don’t understand Deadspin’s wildly inconsistent “policy” against naming certain companies in certain articles. I mean, you said Twitter... and Facebook, and Youtube. Maybe I’m just forgetting why we’re hating whatever company we’re hating today.

Other factors militating against fouling: 1) the possibility of player with ball putting up a 3 as he’s getting fouled, and getting three free throws, and 2) the possibility of a ref calling an intentional foul and awarding free throws + possession (almost a terrible call, but we’ve seen it at least twice this March).

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