just a branch in the vine

Far be it from me to question the reasoning behind last night, as I'm aware my questions don't have much substance at times, but I will add: It is in the CBA how teams handle media regulations. They chose to handle it the way they did. Thus, the league felt appropriate to hand it down the way it did. I can roll with the punches with Torts. What happens, happens. I adjust my duties accordingly. It's not going to kill me if I don't get words from him in a story. But transparency is key here and there wasn't much last night. That's where the frustration comes from many of my colleagues, who I will proudly defend in this situation. I understand some get that, and some don't, and that's fine. We have a job to do, no matter how mundane it is to most. I will not be the old-young man yelling at clouds, but it happened, and it's not the first time. It is what it is. We report it, we move on, and we look forward to the Western Conference Final.

There have been two days in NBA history, spanning 80 years, where at least nine games were played with an average margin of victory being at least 24 points. Only two such days. In 80 years. One was yesterday. The other was Sunday.

This might be a really good time for some well known SBC leaders and former leaders to admit they were wrong about Donald Trump. But don’t hold your breath.