In the midst of the NBA playoffs, it is hard to pay attention to current events. The Spurs are currently bashing the Grizzlies (UPDATE: lead down to 8, somehow), who look like a YMCA rec squad. The Grizzlies' big problem is a dearth of outside shooting. When Tony Allen is being "guarded" by Ginobili, Manu literally stands 15 feet away from him and double teams whoever has the ball. Tayshaun Prince's range extends roughly to the foul line extended, so Leonard or whoever else is guarding him double teams, and Zach can't shoot either.
The only problems for the Spurs are 1) that Tiago Splitter is absolutely horrid offensively, 2) when Duncan is on the bench, the Spurs can't box out Gasol and Zach, and 3) Bayless and and Poindexter totally change San Antonio's defense because they require actual defenders, thus opening up Zach's bullrush post game.
For your amusement, I present fun GIFs, and some links for those of you who care about non-NBA related news.
FUN GIFs
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| Ginobs finds the Red Mamba for 3 |
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| The impetus for Vitor's TRT use |
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| Hibbert tells Carmelo "never won anything" Anthony to GTFO. |
The battle for the Syrian city of Qusayr heats up as the slaves of Iran (Bashar, Hezbollah) fight against al-Qaeda-esque Islamists and a hodgepodge assortment of other militant groups.
Discouraging news about how USAID and other US government funds are potentially dispersed. I want to see more details about this.
The situation in the Sinai becomes tenser. Egypt is not looking like a good vacation spot right about now.
I think I may need to go get a tax LLM
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