Think cars that were very clearly never going to be successful, either entries into ambitious markets by companies that did not need to enter those markets (Everything from a Mercedes R-Class to the original Viper) or unexpected variants of ordinary cars that somehow made their way into production (The Nissan Murano… Read more

This is my favorite answer so far. Truly a market nobody was asking for Kia to enter, but they just up and made something incredible for it anyway. Read more

Nike and adidas move their stuff in the $150 range on the combination of design, collectibility, and cushioning and upper tech. Does Brooks have any of the three? The casual runner who wants a nice running shoe that isn’t a truly specialized shoe solely for running is still going to grab Ultra Boosts, no? Read more

“This generally agreed good-not-great pointguard is the most overrated player in the league outside of a generally agreed good-not-great wing!” Read more

The Knicks fired Jackson and will probably drop Rambis next, clearing the way for getting rid of Melo in due time and focusing solely on Porzingis. Read more

They caught Grizz Syndrome bad. This team is so, so well built to make it to the second round of the playoffs! Read more

Him, Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman for sure. Maybe Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings) and Koji Kondo (all major Nintendo video game scores)? Read more

First Hassan Whiteside, now IT. Seth Curry is only about two years from being the next guy everyone else passed on, the Kings made good, the Kings gave up on, and someone else made great, too. Read more

It’s a shame the Kings traded for so many shooting guards on Sunday, before that there was rumors they’d be moving to get Bojan Bogdanovic instead. When Bogdan Bogdanovic decided to come over from Europe, they could’ve been playing the same position on the same team. Read more

Tanking and getting good players is good; Selling a roster built for tanking (which many, many teams have done before and many more will do after) with a Web 2.0 catchphrase is not great, and drafting three oft-injured centers (only one of which is good!) with your three best assets to date at that point is worse.

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Yes, the Lakers won exactly two rings without Shaq Read more

He gave up “Durantula”, too. The guy was not lacking for nickname options! Read more

Joel Embiid is my favorite person in all of basketball in every way. Read more

He was a one-and-done still on his rookie contract, this is equivalent to what would have been his final year of college eligibility. He’s a high school class younger than fellow rookie Buddy Hield! Read more

PLAYERS ON THIS LIST THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOOD ON THIS LIST: Gordon, Payton, Barnes (not worth a max tho), MAYBE Leonard and Cauley-Stein (who had a good rookie season and a very, truly bad first offseason and beginning of second season). Read more

*Sees article about UCL play between Real and Some Random Club* Read more

Both the Rockets and Thunder are built with the sole goal of getting their star an MVP award to go with their 41 wins and I respect it deeply Read more

And Perry is still there to rotate in at that! Really liking this front 7 with a real nose tackle and the primary pass rushing pressure taken off Inman’s mediocre-but-surely-game-changing shoulders. Read more

Williams/Benjamin are two supporting pieces that add up to good enough, while Hunter Henry is having one hell of a rookie season, essentially taking over the Antonio Gates role despite being projected primarily as a blocking TE until Gates retired. All three are no more than complimentary pieces that obviously should… Read more

It adds need for managerial skill and the opportunity for pitchers to excel at something their peers can’t (like a running QB or a DB that returns kicks), though. It’s less interesting for at-bats, sure, but this is baseball. It’s always more about macro excitement than micro excitement. Read more