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Warriors are done entertaining the Raps cute little playoff run.

Shots aren't falling

Atlanta will take him.

The officiating is solid.

Do you know the severity of the cut? Do you know what hand? Do you know if it impacts his ability to hold a bat, grip a ball? You should think first, todd

How many good assets have he moved for good returns so far in his career here?

DSL started today. Jays lose 5-0. Nothing of note to report.

Leafs and Kings talking about a potential Marleau deal.

The last was Vernon Wells in '97 @ #5 overall if I'm not mistaken. We'll be picking there in 2020.

Which are our best yellow and purple prospects

Like a reliable condom.

Lance probably grew up to become a serial killer.

We know exactly who he was referring to.

Who's the one that said they weren't going to listen to any Drake while the finals were on?

You're not cool enough to pull off that line. You're not The Wolf.

LOL. I thought you meant Danny Green.

I don't think Green had a "huge" night.

Never in doubt.

6 and a half minutes is an eternity

This is an older one from 2015... It may surprise you, but there was a time when Mayweather wasn't just outclassing people -- he was stopping them in emphatic fashion. He retired Hernandez, stopped Manfredy in two rounds, dropped the ultra-tough Corrales five times and laid such a beating on Arturo Gatti that the latter's corner stopped the fight in the sixth round. While that aggression and power hasn't stood the test of time, his defense has. Mayweather was once known as "Pretty Boy" for his perpetually-unmarked face after sparring sessions and he remains an incredible defensive wizard with his signature shoulder roll defense (also known as the Philly Shell). Mayweather keeps his left hand at around navel-level, keeping his chin tucked and shoulder high. When a punch comes, he excels at keeping his head out of range and either slipping the punch or intercepting it. Shots to the body run into his left forearm and elbow. Even a combination puncher as adept as Oscar de la Hoya struggled to land clean on a cornered Mayweather. While the shoulder roll serves to stop punches that reach him, the name of the game for Mayweather is range. More specifically, just outside of his opponents. Unlike Juan Manuel Marquez, who prefers to stand his ground and counter mid-exchange, Mayweather frustrates his opponents by being just out of reach of their punches. His incredible defensive awareness allows him to pull his head out of range, leaving just his heavily-defended body as a target. Even when he's cornered, opponents find themselves entirely unable to land a telling blow, often eating his signature right hand when they try. Mayweather doesn't just keep his head out of reach, he can still move about the ring extremely well. He struggled in the first frame against Maidana when the Argentinian forced him to the ropes or corners. In the rematch, he focused more on circling. While the hazard of circling on the ropes is that you have a 50 percent chance of running smack into a punch, Mayweather used misdirection extremely well. Here, he fakes to his right before turning Maidana with his left hook, opening up plenty of space. Offensively, Mayweather has both that signature pull-back and lead right hand and an extremely effective left hook. He used that hook to brilliant effect against Corrales and, more recently, dropped Marquez early in the fight. Most famously, he made Ricky Hatton run face-first into a turnbuckle with a gorgeous check hook. He also has a short uppercut, part of his terrific close-range arsenal. Finally, "Money" has an excellent body attack, which I'd call his key to victory in the first fight with Maidana. In his more aggressive days, he could produce some cringe-inducing beatdowns to the belly, including his thrashing of Gatti. He can still land good hooks with both hands on the front foot and on the retreat. But, we all know about how Mayweather wins. How does he lose? More than once, we've seen someone get the better of Mayweather early in the fight. Shane Mosley jacked his jaw in a big way with a right straight behind a body jab, de la Hoya controlled the early rounds with his jab, Judah found success with his blistering hand speed and Maidana did some quality mugging. Each time, though, Mayweather has adjusted midway through and taken over the fight. What he did show against Maidana, though, was concession of position and some predictability. In recent years, Mayweather has been willing to be cornered or taken to the ropes, relying on his shoulder roll and head positioning to keep him free of danger. This cost him against Maidana, who was more than willing to roughhouse and take what hits he could get. While he fixed this tendency in the rematch, he also took his biggest blow since Mosley when Maidana drew out the pull-back right hand and countered with his own. Again, Mayweather has never shown a consistent weakness. Castillo pressured him well in the first fight and couldn't do the same in the second. The same goes for Maidana. Mayweather just adjusts so well that it's hard to pinpoint a particular strategy for beating him other than just burying him in volume and chip damage. The limited success people have found, though, raises an interesting question on how he'll handle Pacquiao's combination speed and ability to close distance.

f***ing Playoff Lowry. 1-for-7 from the floor.

Zaitsev has asked the Leafs for a trade. Leafs fans have asked the Leafs to trade Zaitsev for a couple of years now. The Leafs will look to accommodate both parties.

Even though it shouldn't 'As good as expected' sounds like he's f***ed.

Cue tercet.

They both make me want to vomit... The nicknames, not yet players.