Recent content by braudimusprime

Not "calling you out" for being anything in particular but that's a very strange thing to say about a woman whose second job in sports journalism as a 20something was doing an NHL beat in the 90s.

It's less disrespectful than pedantic; all people mean is that this year has been full of enough psychic damage that seeing yet another beloved figure pass away feels like one more unnecessary turn of the screw.

She's great. I never would have listened to an interview that was just Simmons and Bo Burnham, but having her in the 3rd chair made for a really interesting conversation.

If Memphis is selling (which wtf??? but anyway) he could definitely get into the top 4.

I don't think it's that complicated; teams are desperate for wings and the rest of the top of this draft is flawed bigs and guards. It's easy for me to see a team or two with a high pick talking themselves into Porter as the best player available.

why would we be talking about the regular season right now? if your point was that semi wasn't good by PIPM in the regular season that's actually funny.

It's almost as if a heavily-regressed stat like PIPM doesn't account for a player who's being asked to do one very specific thing in a short series (eg. don't let the other team's best player get comfortable).

IDK, I watched Giannis repeatedly try to body Semi and just bounce off of him. I don't think he was a major contributor or anything but I don't think there's a question that Giannis had a hard time getting into rhythm against Semi.

Bedard said on twitter it wasn't about being made fun of (which I believe, they've been making fun of him for years), but that he didn't know they were going to draw attention to videos he was making with questionable digital rights. He said even if the segment was about praising them he would...

One of the most naturally efficient offensive basketball players I've ever seen, and usually a joy to watch. I mostly believe him when he talks about where he would be if he were taller because he understood offense that well.

I really want you to unpack this--why is the 2018 Nets pick so much more valuable than the 2016 Nets pick or the 2017 Nets pick swap?

Luke! None of these guys really get special/celebrity treatment (except Carlton for obvious reasons), most of them just have a reliably decent take (as in useful for talk radio, not as in something particularly intelligent or insightful) and can express themselves coherently in under a minute...

Most of these critiques are about the quality of the trolling, not the fact that they are trolling. It's a useful distinction! Felger trolling the '67 Sox is brilliant. Mazz trolling Chris Sale's first start because it was 40 degrees out was actually decent. Jim F'n Murray trolling the Celtics...

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To add to what others are saying, baseball has become almost entirely localized and football has team-level dynamics that can be followed, but basketball is unique in that it's possible to be a fan of the entire league and for a serious, but not maniacal fan, to be able to go 7-8 positions deep...