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Timmmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaaaaay.
Our first 2013 Finals game when Magic, Duncan + LeBron aren't 1-2-3 for "best players in the gym." Russell is in the house. Always so cool.
One hour from game time: here's my column about Game 6 if you missed it.
es.pn/11N29O0. PS: NBA Countdown coming on ABC at 830.
New Column: Everything at stake heading into Game 6 of the NBA Finals.
grantland.com/story/_/id/939… New Grantland Channel series for the 2013 Draft: "The NBA Job Interview" with me +
@JalenRose. First up: Trey Burke.
youtube.com/watch?v=AIF0PJ… Have a Game 6 column coming later today. Missed the dramatic ending to the Doc soap opera. Where can I bet on "Breen, JVG + Doc in 2014?"
Agree with this. RT
@ramonashelburne: Source connected to Clips-Celts talks: "It's certainly not dead, they're just staring at each other"
Clip of Rondo + Josh Smith teaming up for a dunk in high school at Oak Hill (this is fun).
youtu.be/iGpT0cRug1I PS: Russillo + I discussed yesterday on our pod, but Josh Smith loves Boston. Close with Rondo. Celts almost got him last Feb in 3-teamer.
Celts stance hasn't wavered for 3 days - if you're getting Doc/KG and we're taking DJ, either we get Bledsoe or you have to take Lee/Terry.
PS: If deal happens, I think C's will try to deal PP to a cap space team for a trade exception, then make a run at Josh Smith (sign+trade).
Tweeted this yesterday, but Doc/KG/Terry/Lee for DJ/Butler/Green/pix is the non-Bledsoe outcome. DJ's 15% trade kicker hurts LAC's leverage.
And "617" to boot. MT
@SeanGrandePBP: 6/17/08: Celts win the title, crushing LA. 6/17/10: Celts lose Game 7, in LA. 6/17/13: Doc, KG... LA?
Just so we're clear: Doc Brown has a better chance of coaching the Celtics next year than Doc Rivers does. Clips deal or bust.
Sunday's BS Report:
@ryenarussillo on Celts-Clips-Doc + NBA Draft. Lots of good nuggets/arguments in here.
es.pn/19cch8b Getting back to your hotel from a San Antonio Finals game is the worst Grand Theft Auto game ever.
Hmmmmm. RT
@ESPNStatsInfo: Spurs: 14-2 in potential series-clinching games played on the road since 2002-03 postseason. Rest of NBA: 61-75.
The Grantlanders are live-tweeting Game 5 over at
@GrantlandLive - check it out. PS: Great crowd tonight, really fun atmosphere in here.
New BS Report:
@ryenarussillo on Celts-Clips-Doc + NBA Draft. Lots of good nuggets/arguments in here.
es.pn/19cch8b FYI:
@ryenarussillo just recorded a Father's Day BS Report about Celts-Clips-Doc + NBA Draft. We both had a lot to say. Link coming soon.
Had the 1st pick of 2011's League of Dorks minor league draft... took Zach Britton over Manny Machado. My own personal Oden/Durant moment.
Is anyone else spending Fathers Day watching YouTube clips of Giannis Adetokunbo?
youtube.com/watch?v=Oaw0_z… Wholeheartedly agree. He's wildly overpaid. RT
@ryenarussillo Also don't think getting D Jordan for $11mil a year is actually a good thing.
CORRECTED: Don't rule out this trade: Jordan, Butler, Green + a 1st rounder for Doc, KG + the Terry/Lee contracts. Clips keep Bledsoe.
I still think this Clips-Celts trade will happen in some form. Celts don't want to pay a coach $7m a year who doesn't want to be there.
I don't blame Doc for trying to bail, but he can't come back now. He just tried to quit on his players. Now he's going to coach them?
If anyone else did what Doc tried to pull off these last 4 weeks, they'd be getting crucified. Media loves him, so he's getting a free pass.
If you think Wyc Grousbeck is OK with Doc Rivers trying to bail after Wyc gave him $35m 2 years ago, then you don't know anything about Wyc.
Haven't seen my kids in 11 days, feel like a lousy dad today. But hey - happy Fathers Day!
PS: Even the remote possibility of Jamal Crawford and Jason Terry joining forces is 2013's greatest Irrational Confidence moment.
PS: something like Doc/KG/Terry/Lee for Jordan/Bledsoe/Butler/picks is Boston's ideal scenario here. Youth + future cap space + picks.
2 things I'm hearing: Celts holding tight for Bledsoe in this Clips deal, and C's trying to dump 1 or 2 contracts in it (Terry and/or Lee).
Keep waiting for Clips-Celts trade talks to fall apart when Donald Sterling finds out "Doc" is Doc Rivers and not Doctor J.
I may or may not have just googled "best salads in san antonio" - I might get kicked out of Texas soon.
Had fun talking Celts on
@SeanGrandePBP 's new radio show today. I really think Doc Rivers will leave. If not for Clips, then for TV.
Bad hotel PPV movie alert!!! Right now the girl from Little Miss Sunshine is trapped in a trunk with Christopher Moltisanti.
In Friday's BS Report, we broke down the very real Doc-KG-PP-Clips possibilities with
@ESPNSteinLine (2nd guest).
es.pn/147BWM1 In yesterday's BS Report,
@ESPNSteinLine (2nd guest) and I broke down the KG-Doc-PP-Clips possibilities.
es.pn/147BWM1 Saw Fast 6 last night - I give it a 28 out of 10. When are we doing our Fast 6 podcast
@adamcarolla? Pod or die.
New BS Report:
@MichaelRapaport +
@ESPNSteinLine +
@HousefromDC on the Finals + Wade + Dwight/CP + Doc/Celts/Clips.
grantland.com/blog/the-trian… Loved
@PAPPADEMAS 's Hollywood career arc of Superman - forgot how stupendously over the top "Drunk Superman" was.
grantland.com/story/_/id/938… Vernon Wells' monthly battling splits rival anything that's ever happened in baseball history.
espn.go.com/mlb/player/spl… I have Vernon Wells and Nick Swisher on my League of Dorks team. Last 14 days: they're 9 for 90 combined. I am not in first place.
Hey Dwight? You thought playing with Kobe was hard? On a day-to-day basis, CP3 is even more relentless and unforgiving. But good luck!
The rigidity of studio TV is really discouraging. Let's just say that A LOT makes sense after these past 8 months.
Wow, SportsCenter edited my joke out about Wade going to Germany before Game 4 - I should have just ripped people to shreds like SAS did.
Wade has 22 - most points he's scored in a 2013 playoff game. Both teams bringing it. Miami looks like 2012 Finals Miami tonight.
Fantastic Game 4 so far. Teams are bringing the best out of each other tonight, you can't ask for more than that.
PS: Wade just hopped up and checked himself in without checking with Spo. Guess he's ok.
Wade got hurt on that last block. Asked out of the game, they're working on his leg now. Spurs needed a break, that was it.