Absolutely. Read more

Everything I’ve written here is just a rephrasing of what’s in the original article. I advise doing a better job of critical reading in the future. Read more

Would the same article have been written, with the same continued focus on the Pelicans dysfunction as the basis for why “the organization wasn’t worthy of Anthony Davis; definitionally, it is not worthy of receiving a trade package equal to his value”, if AD wanted to go to the Suns? Read more

I mean, it’s nice that you’re using your imagination and all, but if you read our (my) actual work on the subject, it’s pretty easy to see that literally no part of the argument was about what the Lakers deserve or don’t deserve. Fuck the Lakers. The argument was that the Pelicans, who’d made a mess of Anthony Davis’s… Read more

Ah, that’s not cribbing, buddy! I don’t own the observation that the Bucks are just fruitlessly pounding Giannis into Toronto’s defensive wall over and over again. Anybody can see it. Read more

Uh, yes I did? Read more

I sincerely admire your optimism. I feel like 200,000-percent certain that there will not be another ASOIAF novel during George R. R. Martin’s lifetime, but I would love to be wrong about that. Read more

It’s always nice to hear what an actual sociopath thinks. Thanks. Read more

Yeah, a few different people have made this point, but I think it’s slightly off-base. The key thing in my version of events is that Dany’s actions are still completely and utterly unforgivable and make her, in effect, a monster; if it played out the way I wrote it, by the end of “The Bells” she’d still be the enemy… Read more

Again, I don’t think you’re necessarily wrong in your analysis—though, burning enemies who refuse to surrender/submit is categorically different from burning hundreds of thousands of unarmed peasants who’ve already surrendered, and in earlier seasons Daenerys was presented as somebody who regularly insisted on that… Read more

Right but weren’t those sickly lil’ chicken-dragons? I’m talking about big Balerion/Drogon-sized dragons. Read more

I don’t really buy that. Sansa’s entire army is there—that is to say, virtually all the living North men left in the world are there—in King’s Landing, fighting for Dany. She doesn’t need to melt a million innocent people to send a message to Sansa. Even if she wanted to make a cold power calculation, she could have… Read more

Eh, you may not be wrong on the broad point, but in this particular instance there wasn’t anything to be gained that any sane leader would judge worthy of slaughtering hundreds of thousands of innocents. Cersei’s reign was broken. Dany could have flown straight to the Red Keep and flattened it, or let her army march… Read more

Aw dammit, I’m so, so sorry. For starters, go easy on yourself. Read more

Sure, what the hell. Let’s do it. Read more

God, this is exactly right. Read more

Not even gonna try to hide it: I will be rooting for them. Read more

Yes, of course. Nothing that happens after the awarding of the 2017 MVP can go back and change my opinion on who should have won it. That would be ludicrous. Read more

I think it’s far likelier that after this season he will get more serious about his diet and conditioning. The worry is that he’s already done enough wear and tear to his lower body that he’s already diminished what he can accomplish and how long he’ll have to try to accomplish it. Read more

I don’t feel particularly strongly this year. I think Giannis will win it. In part that’ll be because everybody (understandably) just likes him so much; in part it’ll be because the media ecosystem very badly wants to formalize the transition to a post-LeBron guy who can be the Superman of the sport and Giannis is a… Read more