LeBron James no longer controls the NBA like he used to
The immediate reaction that I had was LeBron James does not control this league like he used to.
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View episodeThe NBA has the best offseason in sports
The NBA by far and away has the best offseason in terms of the free agency period and players moving around and teams completely changing the course of their next four to five years in a matter of moments.
NBA superstars have so much control that they will likely demand trades again next year regardless of their current moves
I guess right now they are changing the course of the teams for the next four years. But then next year, a lot of these [NBA] players could just be like, I want to trade again because that's how much control they have over their destiny.
Kawhi Leonard was always going to sign with the Clippers as long as they could trade for another superstar to join him
I think it was always going to be Clippers as long as he [Kawhi Leonard] had a guy. And if not, there were stories about the story that came out that Kawhi personally called Kevin Durant before free agency and tried to pitch him.
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View profileMichigan was definitively the better team in the National Championship and it never felt like UConn was in danger of winning.
Michigan was the better team. We all saw it. It never felt like [the game] was in danger. Like the only moment that I was like, oh, UConn might have a chance, was when there was like maybe five and a half minutes left and Mullens missed that three to cut it to four.
Michigan was the best team all year — outside of Duke, who would have won the championship by a lot
They were the best team. They were the best team all year outside of Duke. 'Cause that actually was my other big takeaway — Duke just completely, Duke beat this Michigan team a month and a half ago.
Danny Hurley is 18-1 against the spread in his last four NCAA tournaments, which is insane
Danny Hurley remains 18 and one in the last four tournaments against the spread. How insane is that? Furman is the only one that they didn't cover. That was the first round this year.