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I've posted this before, but it's worth posting again for those that don't really know much about basketball history. Most combined all NBA First Team and all NBA Defense First team combined. Player All NBA First team All NBA First Team Defense Total Kobe 11 9 20 Jordan 10 9 19 LeBron 13 5 18 Duncan 10 8 18 Kareem 10 5 15 Jerry West 10 4 14 Garnett 4 9 13 Malone 11 1 12 Pippen 3 8 11 Payton 2 9 11 Shaq 8 3 11

That's exactly the problem; it's media driven more often than not these days. First Knicks title in 53 years and New York media goes nuts, to say nothing of their fans. Brunson is a good player and a good leader, but that doesn't make him great in either category. I've never understood the Clark the stuff. I know I can't stand seeing her on every other commercial that pops up.

Georgia sites are saying Vigue is likely to start for the dogs.

There's a difference between great and all-time great. Nash, Nowitzki aren't either one. Without the 2001 rule changes, Steph isn't either. I'm indifferent on Barkley.

The list is limited, but great is by definition exclusive: Bill Russell Kareem Jordan Magic Kobe Shaq Pippen Duncan LeBron Havlicek

True, if they really wanted to help the guy with his addiction, they would have told him, "Look, you can't play now, but we'll honor your NIL deal and help you out." That's not what they did. They put him in the worst situation by using him to make the entire sports world angry.

What does the word great mean? If you throw out terms like "great player" and "generational leader," then high criteria must be met. Three all NBA first teams and a couple of any level all defensive teams aren't exactly rarified air. I mean, there are scores of players who have done that in NBA history.

This went as bad as it possibly could have for Tech. They incurred the ire of the entire sports world and then lost Sorsby anyway. It was pure hubris on the part of Campbell to think he could pull this off. There's a high probability that Sorsby will be denied entry into the supplemental draft or simply that no NFL team wants to take him. Fiasco all the way around.

This is true. Campbell miscalculated, and the NFL won't risk the public relations hit.

Much more likely to be successful in federal court.

Get back with me when Brunson has a couple more titles, is first team all-NBA a few times, and maybe makes an all defensive team a time or two.

I asked you cite the state constitutional basis for your claim that it's the job of the Texas AG to defend every state entity in every possible interstate legal situation. Given that I know there is no basis for the claim, I correlated it with Cliff Clavin claims.

Not saying the Knicks didn't deserve to win. Saying Brunson isn't great and certainly not "generational." If you look at it objectively, there's no question that all the match-ups broke in the Knicks' favor. They missed Boston. They got Cleveland. Then they missed OKC and got the more favorable match-up with SA. Even then, the Spurs had to choke worse than any team in NBA Finals history for the Knicks to win. The chances of that happening again are slim to none. In five years, Brunson will be viewed as a fortunate one hit wonder.

See what you did to the basketball world Spurs? Biggest chokers in the history of professional sports and now the rest of us have to listen to Knicks fans spew nonsense for a couple years.

Wemby's not mentally tough enough to become an all time great. You don't cheap shot guys and then leave the floor without shaking hands with the team that just beat you for the title if there's not something missing.

I've never seen a team literally melt away in every game in the NBA Finals like the Spurs. Many teams have been overmatched and swept, but there's never been a team that was clearly superior, held a double digit lead in every game, yet choked every time. Spurs couldn't man up at all. They couldn't compete under pressure. Mitch Johnson coached the worst Finals series ever seen. I'm glad I'm not a Spurs fan. They're not recovering from this.

I think Bobbers is giving us the Cliff Clavin analysis of Texas AG duties.

It's not a ruling but rather an injunction granted pending litigation that results in a ruling. Try citing the description in the Texas Constitution that verifies your contention that the Attorney General is required in all circumstances to defend state entities regardless of context and other state court activities, which may include other state injunctions. It seems to me you might well be an unwitting legal positivist in the tradition of Hans Kelsen.

Seeing the criminal sooners dominate Bama is no bueno. Need to pull that rabbit's foot out.

No it isn't. The job description is to uphold the law. There's no law in the state of Texas that says college athletes can gamble on their own team. You're very confused.

The Spurrier Gators remind me of the Dirk Mavs: softer than Charmin all but once.

Paxton has no legal ground to stand on. It's not the job of an AG to blindly support a state entity. This is a Campbell money thing.

To add on to this, without the 2001 rules changes made to stop Kobe and Shaq from winning ten titles, guys like Curry and Jokic would have been career NBA bench warmers, but many analytical goobers think they're great.

I've been wanting to post something about this, but thought it would be overkill given my previous criticism of talk about Wemby being the best 22 year old player in history. To throw him a bone, he can be the best player now and simply not be clutch. It's not his fault that being the best now doesn't really mean much.

The Spurs are going to have to "protect" Wemby and acquire at least a couple of guys who have a pair.