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Mike Vorkunov, curator October 17, 2017
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If you're afraid to go fast, stay the hell home. Don't come here and grumble about going too fast. Dip rags in kerosene (and wrap them) around your ankles so the ants won't jump up and bite your candy ass.
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The end of the one-and-done rule seems near. Who will miss it? NBA commissioner ADAM SILVER thinks a change is coming. YAHOO's DAN WETZEL says that's for the best. The rule, which says players must be at least 19 and a year removed from high school before entering the NBA DRAFT, hits basketball at every level. College basketball may be in its current state of crisis because of the money chasing top recruits who'll only stay in a school for a year. If those players go straight to the NBA, maybe some of the money goes away too. College basketball still won't be clean. Could the rule change make it less dirty? Would the change be good for the NBA? Drafting high school players allows teams to get them earlier and have a larger impact on their development. There's more risk, though, when the draft picks are younger and further away from their maturation point. Less data to make informed decisions and to project players' futures. LEBRON JAMES' and KOBE BRYANT's careers aren't the rule. There's also KWAME BROWN and NDUDI EBI. The league is in a better place now to handle young players than it was 20 years ago during the first one-and-done wave. Larger rosters leave room for developing young picks to sit on the bench, if need be. The G-LEAGUE gives teams a quasi minor league system. Players will embrace getting paid like pros earlier. College fans who miss out on transcendent talent will be the losers. Should that be an NBA concern? Will college basketball be worse without LONZO BALL or KEVIN DURANT dropping in for a season? Or could continuity make it better?... COLIN KAEPERNICK filed a grievance against the NFL for collusion. Harder to prove than proclaim. Did he get blackballed for kneeling or was he not good enough to get a contract? Maybe he was too good? Is it collusion if every team decides individually they don't want to sign him but for the same reason? Is this the end of Kaepernick's career?... From dopers to sign-stealers to football-deflaters, sports is littered with famous cheaters. But where do you draw the line? Where does ultra-competitiveness and ingenuity end and cheating begin? SportsSET: "It's Only Cheating If You Get Caught"... JJ REDDICK will commute from BROOKLYN to PHILLY to play for the 76ERS. DNP-TRAFFIC... Not the way to endear yourself to CALI fans... What if the eventual machine takeover we fear will only be in ping-pong?... RICK PITINO's defense: Being a hypebeast isn't a crime.

Mike Vorkunov, curator

October 17, 2017