albertburneko
Albert Burneko
albertburneko
Writer at Deadspin.

Jesus fucking Christ I had fucking blocked out the fucking fact that the fucking Wizards gave Dwight fucking Howard a 2 year deal. Fuck.  Read more

The Wizards are essentially a mental-health-hotline for Knicks fans... Read more

Even if you could do this, why would you want to? Durant is worth so much more than what a NBA team will be paying him for the next 5 years no matter what, pissing him off with delaying his pay just makes it even less likely he decides to sign with you. The time value of that money is simply a cost of signing a guy Read more

The CBA limits the amount a contract can increase from year to year. To get to the max in his second year, his first year contract would have to be fairly close to the max, and Durant would still lose quite a bit of money. The only benefit to Durant would be if him taking less in the first year left his team with cap Read more

Boogie wasn’t just playing on a new team, but a new team whose offensive philosophy is anathema to what Boogie does best, which is rumble to the rim like a freight train. He doesn’t really fit with Curry and Klay or even Durant.
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Wouldn’t a less mobile Durant basically be Dirk Nowitzki?  Read more

Durant and Kyrie will both go to Brooklyn. In two years, they will win an NBA title. Then Kyrie will decide that he wants to be the alpha on a championship team and demand a trade. He will be dealt to the promising Atlanta Hawks. He will miss most of the next season due to injury, and they will surprise everyone by Read more

I would’ve at least expected Tim Ream to be caught out of position on this question. Read more

Man, these guys really won’t defend anything. Read more

We talking about playoffs? Playoffs are awesome, any team making the playoffs should celebrate with bat flips and those soccer sliding leg farts Read more

Yeah, but you aren’t privy to the proprietary Hollinger math that correlates looking like Ted Cruz with win shares so jokes on you, blogboy.  Read more

In Game 6 he will karate-chop Serge Ibaka’s nutsack into the stands and I will feel like a real horse’s ass for ever having complimented him, but he earned it. Read more

You’d think people would’ve gotten the joke in a blog that specifically references Achilles’ death, but here we are. Read more

Look, it's pretty goddamn simple. Jersey is in England. York is in England. New Jersey and New York are in New England.  Read more

Made for the following people in their entirety:
You, Me Read more

Casually trying to burn the entire internet to the ground on a Friday afternoon is not very chill.  People might have previously had weekend plans they now have to cancel! Read more

Just wanted to make sure you saw my last comment you idiot. Read more

“Industry titan,” my ass! You’re clearly an idiot! Read more