But some need to reply, to terrible attempt at message board rangolin', right? Unless you prefer to align yrself with those ... "types."

To be fair, it'd be Troy Murphy for the first year, but it's a pointless deal for all involved. Likely a terrible deal.

But he wants a contract, before the new CBA hits. The reality is the bad joke, here. Melo wants to sign a contract under these current terms so bad that he'd sign it with the Nets, if he could.

It's going to be freakin' awesome seeing all those arena vendors and local businesses take that huge hit in a terrible economy. Anything to get more NFL in the top half-hour of SportsCenter amiritebrah? Something to hope for, hilarious guy.

What, Rensselaer?

That's kind of the joke, but, yea; thanks for making it more broad than it has to be. That's really what I'm after.

Kevin Pelton probably predicts things more accurately than just about any scribe I can mention. Haven't read the piece, yet, but this is someone to trust. Hoops-wise. Not with your girl. Because he'll close that.

Actually shared a 30 Rock elevator with MGMT after getting to go backstage with the Vivino's et al after a Conan taping two years ago.

Fuck this fucking shit.

I think all sports are boring, actually, but they get me laaaaaiiid, bro. Laid.

I've lived in Lafayette, IN on and off for years, I write about basketball, and I don't think I've watched a Purdue Boilermaker game all the way through.

That was one of the best pilots I've seen in a while. Big fan of Dan Harmon, here's hoping it sustains.

I wish. Just stuck on Getty Images' website for way too long.

Google'd "her," and I remember this "act." What limp wrist was I confusing it with? Either way, the fact remains, and I made no money.

Like it's a habit, or something. I bartended a show of hers, about the same time of year, same place, back in 2001.

I guess the Steely Dan shows next are still considered "late summer." Because everybody loves Steely Dan.

Because the market has set the price, every time.

Every CBA that has been negotiated has been ruled by something called Basketball Related Income (BRI). That is to say, "all the money we done get."

And the representatives from both sides determine, based on market conditions, which side should get a bit more, or a bit less, in order to keep this ship going. Which percentage of the BRI will help a particular side in a particular economy. Because, silly them, markets and eras change, and smart people like to think on their feet and not limit discourse to black/white labeling.

How you could possibly compare a PRIVATE business' practices with an open, free-market economy is beyond me. It's like calling some traveling fertilizer salesman's food per diem "socialist" because it's been determined that 100 bucks a day works for both sides.

And, as been pointed out before, there is no rule limiting the New York Knicks from having a $500 million dollar payroll, even if the cap is (as it is this year) $53 million. They just, as it is with any business in a capitalist system, have to endure the costs and lost money incurred after FREELY spending beyond their means.

Stewart with Jeff Beck Group is righteous. Absolutely brilliant. Two tremendous albums, but "Truth" is just that. Fantastic piece of noise.

Love the Crowes' second album.

Don't get what Humble Pie has to do with the Stones. They don't sound anything like them. Seems like a name people just toss out because it seems like it's supposed to go after "Stones-y, Faces-like, sort of Humble Pie-ish ..." in a description.

Just don't get the link between Humble Pie and the Faces, despite the Marriott/Lane/Mac/Jones thing. Stones either. And this is coming from someone who has just about every Humble Pie album (even post-Frampton), Faces album, and Stones album.