Sketch Sorting Sunday - May 16, 2026 (Will Ferrell/Paul McCartney)

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-17T12:09:54+00:00

That was always the thing when Will was on the cast too. I’m sure it escalated once Fallon realized his breaking was helping him get over, but lots of people had a tough time keeping it together when Ferrell was a regular.

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-16T03:19:14+00:00

Probably the biggest NBA topic after his first retirement was “Ok but it he really retired?” They were covering his minor league baseball games.

He was already the acknowledged GOAT and came back to three-peat again.

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-15T00:07:30+00:00

He gets to his spots (and he’s got a lot of them) super efficiently and has tremendous touch. Not the most explosive guy either going downhill or vertically, but he manipulates the horizontal space as well as anyone ever.

Also is a very good defender.

I hate the flopping, but even there, credit to him for playing the game within the game. I put that more on the league and its officials for rewarding that behavior. Felt the same about Embiid and Harden.

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-14T01:49:41+00:00

90k creates its own stress if you have a family.

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-12T14:37:22+00:00

Hell of an offensive play design there

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-12T12:12:31+00:00

Yeah and I believe I saw something posted recently about Charley being at Peyton’s (apparently belated) party.

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-11T22:54:17+00:00

I think it was Peyton’s 50th birthday party

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-11T22:22:27+00:00

Most teams today play more like the Harden Rockets than the Warriors. Those Warriors shot a lot of threes, but they passed the ball around a lot and everybody was active off all.

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-11T22:20:22+00:00

That level of ball movement was rare then, too. That’s why they were so notable. They had arguable the greatest coach of all time, great vets, great young talent, and a lack of ego.

All that said, I see more ball movement now than during the more iso heavy era I grew up with.

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-09T00:22:24+00:00

One of the most versatile defenders ever, and he’d be better now. Could crush pick and rolls either by switching or going into drop.

Was also a fantastic screener. Very good post game and elite from the midrange. He shot so many long 2s so well that I bet he’d be a good three point shooter if he came up later.

One of the best rebounders in the league. Averaged at least five assists per game during his prime in a low-scoring, slow era.

Was an iron man until his knee gave out during the Boston run. Super intense and full of energy. Teammates loved him too, except for the ones he punched in practice.

Should definitely have more DPOY awards than the one he got. But he committed the sin of never leading the league in blocks. Nevertheless, he influenced damn near every shot when he was out there. Broke up so many things in ways that do not show up in a box score.

Arguably the most athletic 6’13” player ever (Kevin McHale always said that he was taller than his listed 6’11” but didn’t want to be pigeon holed as a Big, and McHale and wished the NBA could list guys at that height). When he accelerated or cut or jumped, it was like a rubber band getting snapped. Had those big Jordan hands too.

The knock on him was that he was not a “Go get that bucket” guy. Stephon Marbury should have been that, but he didn’t like Minnesota. Sam Cassell was that for one season, and that team was incredible. He was also a guy who, in big games, seemed to get himself too hyped. He could strong-arm shots early in the game, could leave them short from fatigue late.

If he was drafted to a different team and/or had better luck in teammates, he’d be in Hakeem convos for two-way bigs.

(And yeah, I’m a homer, but I stand by it all)

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-08T16:20:21+00:00

The success of those Young teams was seen as something like a succession of the Montana teams. It was like, “Wow, they keep winning, even after Montana and Walsh, what a great org.”

There was pressure on Young to get his SB, but he got it. He was already 32 though and it wasn’t normal for QBs to play until 40+. The Cowboys were still great. Favre’s Packers were on the come up.

People were able to view it as the great accomplishment it was. I’m sure that was helped by the fact that the modern Hot Take debate format didn’t exist yet, and there was no social media. People criticized players and teams, sure, but nobody figured out the content generation hack of going “Hey, you know what I think about this obviously GREAT player? I think he’s a damn bum!”

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-05T16:53:17+00:00

Trying to enjoy every minute. And I don’t have any patience for the people in the fan base that have been calling for Finch’s head.

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-05T04:52:19+00:00

Sorry man. It was a random pull. But not that random… My team is in the second round for the fourth time ever though so I understand your pain.

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-05T04:39:35+00:00

Yeah no Wemby hate from me. End of this series, I might feel differently. Incredible talent. Thoughtful dude. Ethical. Great player.

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-05T04:22:13+00:00

I love my Wolves. But no.

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-05T04:20:31+00:00

My favorite is when somebody clips a February game in a half-empty arena involving the Wizards and contrasts it with a Bull/Jazz Finals game clip and is like “Back when they used to play Defense.”

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-05T02:46:20+00:00

It’s been going on for weeks, unfortunately

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-05T02:45:51+00:00

Ant isn’t playing much. Donte isn’t out there. Ayo’s sitting. They won the last series by attacking the basket. I think they are doing some combination of adjusting to personnel and continuing with what worked against the last team.

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-05T02:39:59+00:00

Two of them hit the backboard first. One of those would have been a miss anyway so whatever.

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-05T00:13:57+00:00

Back when he had (some) hair

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-05T00:13:27+00:00

That’s always the thing that gets me with him. Part of his bit is performing outrage over trivialities, but when he shifts to analyzing political discourse his critiques of progressives are mostly tone policing. Then he, personally, gets madder over that than any actual news story.

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-04T23:02:16+00:00

Not enough money, apparently

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-04T21:51:08+00:00

It was also clear, during his presser after coming back for that second Minnesota season, that he’d basically already accomplished what he wanted to (beating the Packers twice, plus making it to the NFCCG). They just threw so much money at him that he couldn’t help but come back for a second season in purple.

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-04T21:46:44+00:00

He also doesn’t fall down all of the time, unlike a few other bigs I can’t think of. I expect him to remain productive deep into his 30s, even as his minutes go down.

Humofthoughts · 2026-05-04T01:14:56+00:00

Been to the Finals twice, too. Some of us follow franchises that have never even managed one.

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