albertburneko
Albert Burneko
albertburneko
Writer at Deadspin.

Secondary rule: Don’t hire Kobe’s agent to be GM because he was Kobe’s agent. Read more

Man, this is so true. I’m currently bored to tears by my job and am able to do it fine in about 15 hours a week. There was a time in my life that would have seemed appealing, but it really sucks. Read more

In my own experience, showing up to work every day and doing absolutely nothing carries its own kind of stress. Self-loathing is no fun. Read more

It’s good that he left on his own terms, to post takes online, rather than a messy, sad parting from an organization he served so well as a player, not so much as an executive. Read more

I remain perplexed by fans who want to mortgage “wow, it’s super fun to root for a team full of interesting dudes who like playing with each other” for “maybe in a few years we could possibly make some real noise so let’s suck interminably.” Read more

After the Garnett trade, this is when the tank was supposed to START. The fact that they’ve managed to rebuild is magical. To make the playoffs this year is sorcery, like they’re a bunch of mages, or like, what’s the word I’m looking for... Read more

The GIF party didn’t even mention Jarrett Allen, who is fearless and great around the hoop, will try and block anything, and has a tremendous afro/ninja headband thing that can only be pulled off if you’re incredibly good and cool. Read more

It’s crazy how many embarrassing Grunfeld things you can list without even mentioning how he bungled a 3-team trade by not communicating which guy named Brooks the other team was talking about.
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Hey Albert, don’t forget that, in that 2011 draft, they easily could have drafted Kemba Walker and Tobias Harris instead. Read more

Sprains knee trying to storm into the non-existent basement of Fenway Park while waving an antique gun above his head Read more

Misses team flight because he handcuffed himself to Twitter HQ protesting a three-day Twitter ban for harassing a female sportswriter. Read more

In a false-false-flag 4chan gag, Trevor Bauer SWATs himself, is flashbanged into a coma for a month, but recovers Read more

Injures self in the mosh pit watching some Latvian NSBM band then justifies it by claiming “I don’t speak Latvian so I had no idea what they were screaming about” Read more

Rectal thermometer in the dick hole based on a recommendation from a holistic site. Read more

Claims Daniel Norris has Pizzagate connection.  Read more

Misses team flight when 3D printed FleshLight takes longer than anticipated. Read more

Listens to all 152 episodes of Sam Harris, fractures back while attempting autofellatio.
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