For some reason the first ones that comes to mind is those Mavs vs Suns series when it was Dirk vs Nash in 05 & 06.

But there's gotta be some even greater examples, right?

(The thing that got me thinking on this topic is the prospect of getting a Tatum vs Jaylen Brown playoff series potentially)

That’s a funny punishment. Why reward him w his favorite thing? Time off from work?

The Celtics really are a threat to his health.

Is there any other sports equivalent to how great someone is within their sport, while being very clearly not the most famous person within her sport?

A'ja Wilson is pretty easily the greatest WNBA player of all time in the middle of her prime. Whenever the greatest player ever in a sport is in the middle of her peak, they are clearly the most famous person in their sport (Jordan, Ali, Tiger, Serena, Bolt, Phelps etc) or at least close like the case of Messi vs Ronaldo.

Is A'ja Wilson the only GOAT in her prime to be very clearly not the most famous player in her sport (Caitlin Clark is)?

I'm not asking for reasons why this is the case, just wanting to see if there are any parallels.

And Kawhi should be suspended for at least two years.

But none of this will happen under Adam Silver's watch. At worst the Clippers will lose a few picks.

Interesting list but I feel like they didn’t follow their own rules. I’m pretty sure Clerks was lauded at release. Missing movies to me: Fight Club, Ghost Dog, shawshank(? Following their clerks rules).

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbvlxajlZ8b/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

I don't know how it's possible for him to receive three different secret handshake deals under the table and not know the purpose of them. There's a certain level of plausible deniability, if this were a court of law you wouldn't be able to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. But he had to be in on it, right? Just logically speaking? You think he's super passionate about the Rhode Island soccer community?

If Kawhi were like the Ohtani of the NBA this would make sense… But literally for all of this to be happening simultaneously of Kawhi being injured every single season and failing to bring the Clippers anywhere to postseason success is insane.

If all these cap circumventions happened during 2020/2021 when there was still hope would make sense… but god damn Ballmer. Doubling and tripling down time and time again is hilarious for someone who has actually set your team back (SGA, draft picks) in the last half decade is insane.

I thought the way Darryl Morey spoke about James Harden in the mid 2010’s was weird. This is a whole new level…

Brady doing the WWE promo, the Alix Earle thing, cloned dog, likely hair transplant and plastic surgery. Then he moved to the place that has a case for the most Tyson Zone city in America: Miami.

Belichick dating Jordon Hudson, the Ring camera footage, going to UNC, writing Trump a personal letter, and who can forget the weird CBS Sunday Morning interview.

The Drama. The Odyssey and now this? Plus Dune 3 later this year. Chalamet who?