The Pelicans' refusal to trade Anthony Davis was a battle of owners reasserting power over players
The ownership decided this is where it stops. This is where it all stops. It was a battle of millionaires versus people of wealth. And the people of wealth said, you know what? We care more about football than we do about the NBA.
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View episodeLeBron James screwed over the Lakers by trying to tamper for Anthony Davis
LeBron screwed the Lakers. LeBron screwed the Lakers... This was like the most blatant act of tampering of all time... And now everyone hates him on the Lakers. And it's hilarious.
The Pelicans were smart to wait on the Anthony Davis trade to see the draft pick order and negotiate with the Celtics
The Pelicans did the smart thing, and they were just waiting to see who has what pick in the draft. And also, they can negotiate with the Celtics now, too. It was a smart move by the Pelicans [to] wait and see where all the picks land, see if the Celtics want to offer a better offer and not just trade Anthony Davis because he wants to be traded.
LeBron James will fake an injury down the stretch to avoid the embarrassment of missing the playoffs
I'm predicting right now LeBron will have some kind of injury coming down the stretch... There's no way LeBron James is going to play the rest of the season and miss the playoffs. Like, willingly do that.
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Christian Pulisic is clearly not and cannot be the face of US soccer
I'm just sick of relying on him [Pulisic] to be the face of US soccer because it can't be, it's so clear that he's not.
The 4-1 loss to Belgium was the worst USMNT performance in years
That was the worst performance from the US that I've seen in years. Just completely lackluster from the start. So much blame to go around. Tim Ream, friend of the program, good guy over the hill, turned into soccer Shawn Bradley before our very eyes got dunked on twice.