ohtani's jacket

Lillard filed for divorce a few days after being traded to the Bucks. The pair had been separated for several months prior to that. His wife's response to the divorce filing was to claim custody of the children. In her response, she mentioned that being traded to the Bucks was further proof that he couldn't support his children as a parent, but she had already claimed to be their sole caregiver. The reason that Dame is happy about the situation is that he gets paid in full while rehabbing and can sign for a lower amount for a contender.

Despite being a polarizing figure, I had a ton of respect for him.

Noooo, Loon-dawg signed with the Pelicans. Your favorite player's favorite.

All those pundits who doubted the severity of Haliburton's calf injury ought to take a long, hard look in the mirror. But probably won't.

I can't see this being any different than Durant's other stops post-Warriors.

Man, the French delivered this year with Coco beating the sore loser and Alcaraz and Sinner delivering arguably the best men's final ever.

The TNT send off stuff was more emotional than I expected.

That's a shame. I loved the last thing I read by him, which were the Atlantis Chronicles. He was able to write intelligent mainstream comics that were accessible to everyone. Love the ups and downs of his Hulk run and the trials and tribulations of writing for different artists, some better than others. It may be time to revisit his work. There's his lengthy second run on X-Factor that I know nothing about. But for today, RIP and commiserations to his family.

Indiana didn't have an answer for Mitchell, and they haven't had an answer for Brunson either, but it hasn't mattered. The overriding theme of these playoffs has been depth. I don't think it's a surprise that the teams with the deepest playoff rotations are leading these series. Both squads are wearing teams down. The Thunder do it with points off turnovers. The Pacers do it with pace.

I don't think it's a surprise that OKC is dominating the Timberwolves given that they went through a tough series with Denver and the T-Wolves have faced little resistance thus far. It's crazy how good OKC are at forcing turnovers and turning them into fast break points. A Pacers/OKC final might break points scoring records.

What were the odds of a Kncks/Pacers conference final?

Mitchell, Curry, Tatum, even LeBron... the lottery being rigged... not a good look for the NBA right now.

Yeah, it's the home opener for the Golden State Valkyries.

If I were the Dubs, I wouldn't bring Curry back. Minnesota will probably make the decision for them, but I wouldn't risk it. Let the hamstring heal and run it back next year. It's not like they're going to get out of the next round even if they do scrape past the T-Wolves. The NBA isn't doing its players any favors with this crazy scheduling.

Kuminga can score. He's just useless at playing within the Warriors system. Since the Warriors ran a bunch of iso crap he got his.