On the Dunc’d on podcast preview of the Knicks, Duncan speculated that the Knicks, with their 9000+ power forwards, were setting Fizdale to fail. He then recommended that Fizdale, at whatever point he knows his firing is imminent, that he go down firing by starting an all-big lineup:

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THINGS OF THAT NATURE

Watching these nominally capitalist sociopaths defend the CCP like tankies on twitter is downright hilarious to me, and it proves that these ideology-free stooges are only interested in protecting their own sinecures. Kim Jong Un is wasting his money on a nuclear program; if he directed those funds towards an NFL…

Someone knows where their crab rangoon is coming from.

I didn’t think I would laugh harder at anything in this soliloquy than that rhyme, but then I almost did a spit take at “Did anybody take a moment to think about what this may have done to Yao Ming.”

“If you don’t know what you’re talking about, shut the fuck up!” said Stephen A Smith, shortly before the universe collapsed into an irony-singularity 

Maybe, but players (and coaches? I’m not sure) in the NBA have more power than in the NFL and that wouldn’t vanish if owners suddenly decided to cater to the MAGA crowd. Labor in the NBA is simply worth more. The owners might try and tell LeBron to shut up but they couldn’t threaten to blacklist him, and I guarantee…

If the NBA fandom suddenly switched from left-leaning millennials to right-leaning boomers, LeBron, Pop and Kerr would all be told to shut up immediately. The market drives what personality they let their actors take. Anybody who thinks the NBA is “better” than any other league morally is either being intentionally…

I’m sure the million ethnic Muslim Ugyhurs residing in the Xinjiang re-education camps will be happy to hear about the NBA’s commitment to Chinese fans as they assemble for their 5 a.m. re-education seminar. It will make their morning rice gruel taste so much sweeter.

I disagree, but even if we take what you’re saying as truth, then you don’t get to simultaneously prevent your employees from expressing their personal beliefs. Doing so is inherently taking a political stance for your organization.

Everyone knows it takes more grubs and roaches to frown than it does to smile

“Dictatorships buy sneakers too”

Supporting the status quo is literally taking a conservative position.

We have this weird thing (it’s most pronounced in America, but true the world over) in which supporting the status quo isn’t really viewed as taking any sort of political position whatsoever.

“And if you call now we’ll include this little hop to the right, handcrafted by James Harden just for you!”

Not that this idea is new or anything, but one more time for the people in the back: stating that you are not / don’t want to be political is very much taking a political position.

Fertitta did not say whether he speaks for the Houston Rockets when he calls the Bushes the most “extraordinary political family” in American history, says Donald Trump is doing “a great job,” harps about having to give his employees healthcare, harps again about the minimum wage, says socialism “scares the hell” out…

And one more:

You have it backwards. Fouling someone after he’s been dribbling for 18 seconds is horrible basketball.