Does a guy like Looney take out insurance in case he breaks down before that next, presumably much bigger contract? I’m truly curious. He gave up somewhere around $15m to stay in Oakland - er... SF - and a lot could happen to depress his value in 3 years. I sure hope he gets paid, he seems genuinely awesome.

They won’t issue the number as long as Lacob is co-chairman. Remember, this is Silicon Valley, the home of the transfotmative re-invention of bullshit. I don't see the word "retire" in that first sentence, suckers!

I never said I was fair! But I do think falling for this scam fits with their overall inept leadership of my Mets.

Stop trying to upstage the Knicks.

I should have said your point about Kyrie and DJ is 100% right on. I was just saying the Durant money probably won't be wasted. Kyrie is a terrible signing and DJ is meh. Kyrie is vastly overrated. Your scenario above is a possibility though I have more confidence (hope) in Durant’s recovery.

Madoff preyed on people. Naive, careless, or overly greedy people were more likely to get caught up in his scam. Wilpons are all three of those things. Plenty of people turned Madoff down, too.

The Mets have gone deeper in the playoffs but since ‘99 other than flukes like Dallas or Boston you basically had to have Kobe, LeBron, Duncan or Steph to win an NBA championship. Now, a good NY franchise might have lured LeBron, but its not a given. So there are a bunch of teams with nothing to show since then. And t…

Kyrie sucks. Paul George went to OKC. Durant went to Oakland. Kawhi could still end up in Toronto.

Not even the worst in NYC. Wilpons are a longer running circus act.

They will never look like idiots for gambling on a top 3 NBA player. The upside is so high. Remember, this is a salary cap league. Others have calculated that players at his level are worth something like $50m or $60m a year to a team’s econony. The Nets will sell tickets, merchandise, and attract talent and ad…

Dolan is an idiot. He is greedy but he would spend on literally any big name who would play in NY, he just can’t get anyone to come play for his stupid ass. They need to make him sell the team tomorrow.

Going inside to an air conditioned room is kinda obvious?

I think they do have too much pride because the culture flows from the top and they are run by VCs with no sense of humility. They know how to perform for the cameras in a humble way when they remember, but remember they think they’re the smartest people on the planet. I do think they could tank in a cynical way to…

This will be a Frankenstein monster of a team:built through logic and science but lacking chemistry, powerful but extremely sensitive and child like, and able to be brought down by the right mob working together.

That is so blatant. I assume this is going on with many teams, the players have been paid under the table since AAU so why stop now.

I think tanking as a strategy is generally stupid but agree this is a year for the Warriors to tank.

And they made a backroom deal to get Davis to forego the $4m bonus because there is no way I believe he just donated that to Pelinka's Salary Cap Education Fund.

This is the era of injury prevention and recovery. The healthiest teams have continued in their streak of finals wins. Being on the court looks like the real secret sauce for winning the NBA championship.

Kanter’s mouth runs a few ticks faster than his brain if he considers “Julius Randle with hops.... could become a Hall of Famer” as an insult.

It does take a great deal of skill. That’s exactly why the criticism borders on personal. He is a supremely skilled and talented athlete who uses these powers to trick referees and pretend he was fouled, which is fraudulent. He is a coward because he looks for loopholes instead of seeking out chances to use his best…