Tuesday Bolts – 6.14.16
Scoop Jackson of The Undefeated on top finishers: “Never, ever, ever, ever… ever, ever
has there been anyone — at any time, in any era — to combine the speed, the force, the anger, the vertical, the imagination, the IDGAF mentality. Along with an inhumane gift to either softly lay the ball of glass (with either hand) or do something that might win a dunk contest while going full speed. As someone once said: Instagram was made for when Russell Westbrook goes to the hole.”
Shea Serrano in his newsletter: “A Kevin Love anything: Subtract 50 percent of the normal point amount and there you go. Poor Kevin Love. What a miserable Finals it’s been for him. It’s like everything he does is wrong and dumb and stupid and I feel so bad for him because of that. When I was in middle school I remember there was this kid who kept trying to hang out my friends and me at lunch so we invented this game called Ditch The Weenie* and the whole game was he’d tried to talk to us and we’d just run away and hide from him until lunch was over. That kid’s probably related to Kevin Love somehow.”
Sam Presti will be on Woj’s podcast tomorrow.
Big Steven Adams mural going up downtown.
Anthony Slater: “As the offseason approaches, Foye is an unrestricted free agent. Payne is likely to get the first crack at the backup point guard role next season, giving the talented but inexperienced 21-year-old ample time to try and mature his game. But if the price is right for both sides after the rest of the Thunder’s offseason checklist is sorted out, Foye may return.”
Russ and KD with praise for the WNBA.
Jason Concepcion of The Ringer: “Instead, Steph and LeBron exist in two different universes out of phase with each other. James, always a magnet for criticism, is weathering a barrage of takes over his crotch’s role in Draymond Green’s suspension. Smash Mouth is involved. Stephen Jackson called James a snitch on cable television, to the marked delight of Rajon Rondo. The King responded on Monday night in Oakland with one of the best playoff performances of his career, a do-everything last stand on the brink of elimination in Game 5 of the NBA Finals: 41 points, 16 rebounds, seven assists, three steals, three blocks. Along with a blindingly good Irving (playing with a fierce urgency that screamed “I want Kevin Love to take all the blame”), LeBron kept the Cavs’ Finals hopes alive.”