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There should be kid friendly commercial settings for major events — like an NBA Finals. Watching with both kids on ABC and getting hit with some aggressive rated R movie promos. Right before bed time.

Pascal Siakam is the Pacers Finals MVP if they win this series.

Thunder should be up 25. Setting up for the classic Pacers road theft.

Again. I will never understand the fascination with Perk. He is AWFUL.

The attention will be on Haliburton but this has been a very uninspiring Myles Turner game. Not much resistance inside. Still can’t hit anything outside. If he’s not protecting the rim, keeping OKC off the offensive glass or stretching that packed D, not sure his purpose.

Pacers are doing Pacers things.

Stephen A: Even if he’s not your favorite, there’s an energy and big feel. Malika: She’s OUTSTANDING. Myers: Totally fine. Not memorable but clearly adds substance. Perk: … No awareness, context, humor, gravitas, credibility. Zilch. Fixing the halftime show isn’t hard.

He’s had bigger statistical games. But this might be the loudest game I’ve ever seen Siakam have. He is everywhere. So active, confident, physical, decisive, just relentless on both ends.

Make it a best of 71. These teams rule.

Here's something I wrote about Jalen Williams before the season started

Jalen Williams just turned 24. Here are the players younger than him to score 40 in a NBA Finals game: Magic Johnson. Rick Barry. Russell Westbrook. Jerry West. That’s it.

SGA and J-Dub would be the third teammates 26 or younger to average 25 PPG in the NBA Finals. Only others to do it? 2012 Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook 1958 Bob Pettit and Cliff Hagan And their third-leading scorer is 22. Historically well positioned.

Do what you love. That sentiment has really hit home for me in the past few months. I’m covering national recruiting, the Oregon Ducks and assisting with the Florida Gators for The Sporting News. 1/2

Scottie Pippen played in 43 playoff series including 34 as a teammate of Michael Jordan. The most PPG he ever averaged was 25.3 in 1994 first round without MJ. His most with MJ? 24.0. His most in an NBA Finals? 21.2. Jalen Williams is averaging 25.8 in the Finals.

The Scottie Pippen comp is lazy. It’s the obvious 2nd banana in stature to a 6’6” scoring guard and he’s certainly a two-way force. But Jalen Williams and Pippen are two wildly different players in what they do with and without the ball. And two wildly different defenders.

Glad Gio Reyna missed a Gold Cup he probably would have earned significant #USMNT minutes to sit on the Dortmund bench at the Club World Cup and be an unused substitute 🙄 Guy needs to get the hell out of dodge NOW.

Spurs trade 14, future first, Vassell and Barnes for Durant (or Sochan too, whatever) Spurs trade 2 and Keldon Johnson for JJJ Fox Castle Durant Wemby JJJ Dylan Harper might be awesome. But JJJ is a perfect big to partner with Wemby. This team would be absurd.

Put Iman Shumpert everywhere. He’s awesome in this clip and every NBA executive at ESPN should be watching this and contrasting it to Perk, the Morris brothers, Gil and every other lazy effort they’ve made.

This is superb 😂😂

First of 17 straight days without the wifey or kids. I just gave the golf clubs a bath. Because obviously sticking to a routine is the smart play.