That said, they just beat the juggernaut defending champs, including two in a row facing elimination and game 7 on the road. So, obviously, their age and lack of center stage experience doesn’t mean shit. So advantage Spurs.

That said, the Knicks are good too. Who really knows how this will play out. So pick ‘em.

Could be fun. I’ll tune in for game 3 if they split in SA.

Thank you all for the luv… EB, I don’t I am either.

Obviously I can’t speak for anyone else, but my diagnosis and coming to terms with it has been deeply personal. I’ve only told a handful of trusted people, and I’m always evaluating when and how to tell a few others. None of my coworkers know, but not exactly for the reasons you think:
1. there’s nothing i really need in terms of workplace accommodations that I don’t already enjoy. As much as I rag on #lolKnicksSupv for his trolling, he and I have a really strong work relationship and he doesn’t sweat me at all about my comings and goings as long as work gets done.
2. I need nothing to change with anyone I work with. Coaches will always be coaches (read: hard-headed), and the relationships I have with them and the other trolls are just fine as it is.

last year I was diagnosed with high-functioning autism

On a blog whose entire existence is predicated on hyperfixating on advanced statistics and salary cap numbers, I suspect you’re not alone in going through life with undiagnosed autism

My Dad went there, so there’s that.

In 2nd or 3rd grade Sewing came to my school and walked down the hall to give everyone high fives. I think he gave a talk to the older students but that was pretty cool.

My father was a diehard Yankee fan and we’d watch every game. So growing up I became obsessed with baseball and the stats obsessed baseball culture, eventually parlaying that into fantasy baseball just as the advanced stats revolution was taking place.

In high school I suffered from severe depression and was sent to a therapeutic boarding school where one of the only things we’d do everyday was go to the local 24 hour fitness or rec center and play ball. From there I started following basketball more closely and my Yankees fandom cascaded down to the rest of New York sports. KB was featured on ESPN’s true hoop network and my love of New York sports and advanced stats found it’s home circa 2008. Baseball felt solved and sussing out how to assign value in basketball seemed more interesting. I lurked for a long, long time and today, as you all know, post obnoxiously often.

The Knicks and the NBA are the only team/sport I follow now. I’d probably have left sports entirely if it weren’t for this blog.

By game 3, assuming no complications, he will be fully cleared to play with a protective device of some sort, even if he isn’t truly medically ready. That would give him almost 2 weeks post surgery, which would be enough time for at least partial healing to take place. I don’t think the risk of further damage/complications would be great enough not to give him a shot, ready or not.