*That 5 is the right 5, unless Ulis wins a title this year.
*I like Briscoe...great attitude, busts his tail, and basically been okay with doing a bunch of dirty work in exchange for getting to toss up a few ill-advised long 2's a game. That being said, in the current NBA I'm not sure he will get much of a sniff unless he can prove that he can shoot. These metrics guys, which is over half the league anymore, they have no place for anyone outside of freak rim protectors like Drummond or D. Jordan that can't space the floor. Hell, if Rondo hadn't grabbed a contract from the most inept team in the league, he would be playing for peanuts.
*Bill Simmons says his dad used to call Jeff Green "trick or treat" when he was on the Celts. One game, he would have 26 and 8, with 2 poster dunks and the next, 4 and 2, with 6 fouls...and said you could usually tell what kind of game it would be within the first 5 min. Alex is that. If we get bounced second round and he is walking off the court with 2 minutes to play with his lazy dragging his feet head down walk while the buzzer chimes his 5th foul, clocking 2 rebounds and 2 points it will be a bummer on the legacy of a good kid who has been frustrating but had some clutch moments for us.
*I used to say that Steve Czaban was #1 in my sports talk show host power rankings, but not anymore. I still appreciate his show but how much bitching can you do about NFL refs, the NFL in general, and instant replay? It's too much of IDGAF content for me.
*Add me to the list of GYERO faithful that enjoys Jones' podcasts, altought the Doyle one spent entirely too long on Greg and his issues...a little of that is okay, it was just too much.
*For politics, I literally have to keep my mind in the "look at Trump he is rubbing the political establishment's nose in the carpet, isn't this freak show fascinating" place in order to process this whole election cycle. Otherwise, it's terrifying. When you look at the choices we are offered, how insane you have to be on both sides to get attention. It's like we are swinging further to the fringes with every passing president. I've gone from arguing with Adrian's uncle that Trump would be out by now to believing that there is a very, very real chance that he is the president.