How many pretenders? Will my candidate advance to the VCF? Will injuries play a role?

The decline of human race, and western civilization in particular, is going at full speed. 😀

No problems in Italy, Max?

No electricity issues here Cyber, thank you 🙂
I’m glad you and your family are okay and you enjoyed your travel into the time machine 😉

He couldn’t carry the team so he quit.

To tie this into the earlier conversation about memorable 7 game series vs forgettable easy wins, I remember when Scottie Pippen refused to take the court because Phil Jackson drew up a play for Toni Kukoc instead. Despite that, Pippen, too, is still considered an all-time great. (Robin is a superhero too, you know. He’s not just Chris O’Donnell in neo-gothic drag.)

They will get Durant, he kind of is what they need..

Agreed, he’d fit perfectly there. Why didn’t they get him this year, though? Phoenix had to be selling, right?

Yes he’s one of the best defenders ever, but he’s not one of the greatest players ever.

“Greatest players ever” is suitably vague, I think. If you’re one of the best defenders ever, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to go with “one of the greatest players ever.”

Calm down.

One of the best interior defenders ever, who passes like Magic Johnson and has won 4 rings. He’s clearly an all-time great. This 4th quarter performance was just a reminder.

If I want to be super tense for two straight hours I can read the newspaper.

that’s so last millennium old timer, all the cool kids know you have to have that meidas touch these days to know what’s what…