Recent content by hrdboild

Well there's no use reacting to something that hasn't happened yet so we'll have to wait and see what the ultimate response is to the Clippers breaking the rules to try and buy a championship. Kawhi Leonard only played in 44 games last season while the guy the Clippers traded in order to woo him...

I wasn't trying to make it personal. I don't think it's unreasonable to hate both the player and the game, so to speak. People try to excuse their bad behavior by blaming the system but what is a system really in this context? It's not a naturally occurring phenomenon like a semi-annual flood or...

I'm glad you had a good time. :) Genuinely. It actually makes me feel a little bit better about missing out. Modest Mouse was one of my favorite bands in the early 2000s when The Moon and Antarctica and Good News for People Who Love Bad News were their most recent albums, though since then The...

Well... if we're going to excuse Adam Silver from any of the blame for the Chef Curry era than does it make any sense to give him credit for happening to be the guy in that job role when the economic reality of the last two decades was inevitably going to multiply franchise value many times over...

Man.... I had tickets to see their show the previous night in Griffith Park and couldn't go. Just a bad timing thing that came up. I've seen Modest Mouse several times in the past but I'm super bummed about missing out on The Flaming Lips. I did listen to the full Yoshimi album myself that day...

I see what you're saying and will even agree with it to a point. But I don't think "scapegoat" is the correct term to use here when Adam Silver does have a leadership role and should at least bear some of the responsibility for what has unfolded. And also, it's not just the stye of play that I...

Yeah... he seemed more unreasonably angry than anything else. Rage Panthers is unfortunately not a band name ... yet?

I don't like Adam Silver because of what the NBA has turned into -- this zero defense three-point chuck fest that his office's rule changes have allowed to become the new normal. And also the way punishment is selectively enforced (we'll see if this situation is any different). I had a lot of...

Oh also... to sub rabbit hole this current rabbit hole... The reason I couldn't figure out the band name (aside from being ignorant of most 80s rock music) is that I couldn't correctly identify the large cat in question. Which led me to the startlingly discovery that there are 5 animals...

I'd like to know what it's like as a fan to have a star play (effectively) their entire career for your team. I don't think it's happened yet for any of my teams (since I've been following them). EDIT: I suppose I could ask Google instead (which means @Mr. S£im Citrus will be mad at me :)) but...

Here's where I admit that as a "youngin" I still don't know the name of the band ya'll are talking about. :eek:

This is more journalism related than sports related so this seemed like the best place for it... ESPN has had a story on their NHL page for the last 4 hours which incorrectly says: Now common sense would say that the Sharks are not going to take on a dead contract (even if Montreal is still...

Yeah, some of this is a semantics shell-game. If a player is 6'6" and plays SG/SF we can call them a guard or a wing depending on which fits our argument better but it doesn't change anything about how they play. There has been a trend toward playing smaller, more athletic players at the 2-4...

In order to do a sign and trade we still have to find another team who's willing to take back some of our contracts -- the ones that we actually want to trade. That is never a sure thing. If we can believe the reports, he's already willing to sign a contract with us right now. The hold up is...

I believe that we still would need Zach LaVine to decline his $49 million player option in order to sign Kuminga as an unrestricted free agent next summer. Kuminga will still be looking for a yearly salary of $20 million or more. Based on SportTrac's contract breakdowns it looks like $10 million...