Matt Carey

The only thing they don't have in common with the current Sixers is an actual deep run and crippling injury luck but man the constant feeling that they screwed themselves out of a win through cosmic means feels very Sixersy

I know it's in all of our lived experience to think that the Sixers are doing something stupid, but I feel like they had every incentive to get this done months ago and the fact that it hasn't happened, to me, doesn't point to them as the culprits.

I don't think keeping the TMLE available matters too much at this point, by the time it's relevant they'll be through the deadline and their cap sheet could look completely different with several very tradeable expirings.

I think if this could have gotten done for 3/45 it would have gotten done in June. It seems like they have wildly different valuations on the long-term deal, so the Sixers have said "fine, do a mutually beneficial one-year deal instead then" as the alternative since this has dragged for three months

my response would be that if you don't air Kimmel you don't air any ABC programming and that includes SEC games and Monday Night Football, affiliates do wield a certain amount of power but if these stations could survive without a network affiliation they'd already be doing it

MIKE MAYOCK: this guy here, great tape, one of the best "you can't handle the truth" reads you'll ever see, but for some reason he keeps going back to the Jeff Daniels speech from The Newsroom and scouts aren't wild about his decision making"

this man is the sketchy character with a flimsy alibi they introduce on SVU to misdirect you before they reveal the real killer

finally, I've been waiting for someone to tackle the high crime gang violence at the Washington Monument

great idea here is $800 million for your side project, we just laid off 10000 people making $500 a year to help pay for it

If they actually win it all, sure, nobody's going to care. But this team is also at the point where a division title and a loss in the NLCS would be seen as a failure, they're the 2003 Eagles now, so it's even more all or nothing than normal.

I think it's in part because for the most part we haven't been burnt in a long time, which is both reason to be more bullish on trading prospects but also doesn't make people as gunshy about as they would be if they had to watch a Phillies prospect truly thrive elsewhere every day.

castellanos homer

yeah, I think the trade they made for #41 is a no-brainer, #59 this year is basically a UDFA or "it's nice for him to hear his name on draft night" Eurostash

I used to be quantity over quality when it comes to 2nds, but two-way spots have changed my thinking there a bit where you can find UDFA guys with some potential without having to draft them and roster them. It's not to say you should piss them away on nothing, but there's more margin for error.

to be fair, what absolute sure thing are you getting for four seconds at this point, that's like the going rate for a 9th man making the mid-level? I think they need to add young talent where they can get it, and ultimately that means taking some shots

I actually don't mind this one as much, it's a little bit of an overpay, but it's basically four future 2nds for #31, which is pretty close to the value the Sixers got for that crappy 2026 OKC 1st which should fall in the same general range.

fortunately Trump didn't spend the last six months needlessly pissing off American allies before launching an unprovoked military attack

at least Kristaps was staring down the barrel of a team that had just drafted back to back centers, Ace is looking at a team that has a glaring long-term hole at his position and saying "nah, I think I'd rather go hang out with Alex Sarr and put up 20 shots a game for the Wizards"

mostly I'm relieved because my Ace position was weakening by the day and now I get to change my mind before the draft for reasons that have nothing to do with his game instead of having to roll with it

it's hardcore basketball analysis if hardcore means only talking about six teams (neither of which are the two teams in the finals that might as well have played in Euroleague if you watched ESPN all year) and the analysis is whether someone is the greatest player of all time or a total loser

when did the script flip at college sporting events where the allegedly fully formed adults became the children

heartbreak feels good in a place like this, and heartburn feels good when you use Prilosec OTC

aaron sorkin in shambles that he never got to do this while the lady dramatically yells how important the news are

you can take the man out of the Sixers but you cant take the Sixers out of the man

i would like basketball internet to stop lumping in the Sixers with the Mavericks, the Sixers chased a championship, took big swings, and whiffed, the Mavericks gave away a 26-year old generational talent because they didn't want to pay him, these are not the same things

i wouldn't fly to China and tell a bunch of puzzled kids that but yes

i don't necessarily doubt his sincerity or that they do like someone at 3, but if I had the 3rd pick in the draft I would absolutely say publicly that we love the top 3 and don't plan on moving out of of it six weeks out

a Sixers fan Pope would show up for his first Sunday mass, everyone would be so excited, and then we'd slowly find out that he's forgotten how to read Latin

never been so happy to have a full schedule of zoom meetings to occupy my day

I just cannot fathom what life must be like for Mavs fans right now. I'd legitimately have to quit the sport.