My (final) big board for the 2018 NBA Draft
1. Luka Doncic PG Slovenia
2. Deandre Ayton C Arizona
3. Jaren Jackson PF Michigan St
4. Mikal Bridges SF Nova
5. Trae Young PG Oklahoma
6. Mo Bamba C Texas
7. Marvin Bagley C Duke
8. Michael Porter SF Missouri
9. Zhaire Smith SF Texas Tech
10. Mitchell Robinson C High School
11. De'Anthony Melton SG USC
12. Wendell Carter C Duke
13. Miles Bridges F Michigan St
14. Collin Sexton PG Alabama
15. Jacob Evans SF Cincinnati
16. Dzanan Musa SF Bosnia
17. Kevin Knox F Kentucky
18. Robert Williams C Texas A&M
19. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G Kentucky
20. Troy Brown SG Oregon
21. Kevin Huerter SG Maryland
22. Keita Bates-Diop SF Ohio St
23. Lonnie Walker SG Miami
24. Jevon Carter PG WVA
25. Donte DiVincenzo PG Nova
26. Gary Trent SG Duke
27. Kevin Hervey F UT-Arlington
28. Kenrich Williams SF TCU
29. Khyri Thomas SG Creighton
30. Omari Spellman PF Nova
31. Landry Shamet PG Wichita St
32. Jalen Brunson PG Nova
33. Grayson Allen SG Duke
30. Josh Okogie SG Geo Tech
35. Mortiz Wagner C Michigan
36. Ray Spalding PF Louisville
37. Shake Milton G SMU
38. Jarred Vanderbilt SF Kentucky
39. Elie Okobo PG France
40. Malik Newman G Kansas
41. Trevon Duval PG Duke
42. Melvin Frazier SF Tulane
43. Bonzie Colson F NDame
44. Devonte Graham PG Kansas
45. Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk SG Kansas
46. DJ Hogg SF Texas A&M
47. Aaron Holiday SG UCLA
48. Rawle Alkins SG Arizona
49. Isaac Bonga SF Germany
50. Anferee Simons SG High School
51. Vince Edwards F Purdue
52. Theo Pinson SG UNC
53. Chandler Hutchison SG Boise
54. Gary Clark PF Cincinnati
55. Jerome Robinson PG BCollege
56. Gary Clark PF Cincinnati
57. Alize Johnson PF Missouri St
58. Tony Carr PG Penn St
59. Justin Jackson F Maryland
60. Bruce Brown SG Miami
Best Television Shows 2018 (April-June)
Saturday, June 16, 2018
January-March is here.
1. The Americans (FX)
2. Barry (HBO)
3. Killing Eve (BBCA)
4. Cobra Kai (YouTube Red)
5. Arrested Development (Netflix)
6. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
7. Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox)
8. AP Bio (NBC)
9. Billions (Showtime)
10. Silicon Valley (HBO)
The Americans, without question, is one of the 20 greatest dramas in US television history. It finished its run with a final half of its last episode so good it, on its own, vaults to the top of the list. Barry and Killing Eve, two shows mixing comedy and drama, both about contract killers, come in next. Cobra Kai was the biggest and most pleasant suprise we'll have all year; my brother Joe passed away 4 years ago, periodically there will be something in sports or culture that would have been targeted just for him - this is that. Arrested Development is on my Mt Rushmore for all time sitcoms; I loved its largely panned 4th season - this, however, was more than a little disappointing, and, as the back half of its season is still ahead, we'll see where it lands at year's end. Kimmy Schmidt has settled into being the Titus show, anything that isn't Titus scoring starts to get shaky. Nine-Nine and the newcomer AP Bio are top line funny network sitcoms. Billions is a soap, but a fun one - and Silicon Valley had its weakest season and looks to be near the end of its effectiveness.
Other than Goliath, which is dropping today, and GLOW, which hits at the very end of June, I've watched everything I'm going to see through the first half of the year. So, if there's a show over these 6 months that doesn't appear on either of my lists, it ain't gonna, absent shows like MLB Now, the best sports analysis show on television, which I'll work in as soon as it makes sense.
1. The Americans (FX)
2. Barry (HBO)
3. Killing Eve (BBCA)
4. Cobra Kai (YouTube Red)
5. Arrested Development (Netflix)
6. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)
7. Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Fox)
8. AP Bio (NBC)
9. Billions (Showtime)
10. Silicon Valley (HBO)
The Americans, without question, is one of the 20 greatest dramas in US television history. It finished its run with a final half of its last episode so good it, on its own, vaults to the top of the list. Barry and Killing Eve, two shows mixing comedy and drama, both about contract killers, come in next. Cobra Kai was the biggest and most pleasant suprise we'll have all year; my brother Joe passed away 4 years ago, periodically there will be something in sports or culture that would have been targeted just for him - this is that. Arrested Development is on my Mt Rushmore for all time sitcoms; I loved its largely panned 4th season - this, however, was more than a little disappointing, and, as the back half of its season is still ahead, we'll see where it lands at year's end. Kimmy Schmidt has settled into being the Titus show, anything that isn't Titus scoring starts to get shaky. Nine-Nine and the newcomer AP Bio are top line funny network sitcoms. Billions is a soap, but a fun one - and Silicon Valley had its weakest season and looks to be near the end of its effectiveness.
Other than Goliath, which is dropping today, and GLOW, which hits at the very end of June, I've watched everything I'm going to see through the first half of the year. So, if there's a show over these 6 months that doesn't appear on either of my lists, it ain't gonna, absent shows like MLB Now, the best sports analysis show on television, which I'll work in as soon as it makes sense.
Athlete of the Month, June 2018
Friday, June 15, 2018
May is here.
Kevin Durant. Runners-up: Alex Ovechkin, Steph Curry, Justify
Halfway home in the race for the 2018 Athlete of the Year:
January: Nick Foles
February: Yuzuru Hanyu
March: Azura Stevens
April: Arike Ogunbowale
May: LeBron James
June: Kevin Durant
Kevin Durant. Runners-up: Alex Ovechkin, Steph Curry, Justify
Halfway home in the race for the 2018 Athlete of the Year:
January: Nick Foles
February: Yuzuru Hanyu
March: Azura Stevens
April: Arike Ogunbowale
May: LeBron James
June: Kevin Durant
Are These My Favorite 100 Movies?
Sunday, June 10, 2018
I don't have a running list of my favorite movies; there's no good reason for that, given my propensity to obsessively keep running lists for decades. Sort of off the top of my head, I decided to create a "here are my 100 favorite movies". I stopped at 80 to allow for my recollection to be refreshed of movies that I'm just currently overlooking. Like 10 years ago in this space I discussed an Entertainment Weekly piece about the top 100 movies over the past 25 years, this is done without reflection of that.
This is not in order of preference and there is zero claim that these are the best movies ever made.
Midnight Run
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Absence of Malice
Annie Hall
Wrestling With Shadows
Saturday Night Fever
All the Presidents Men
Adaptation
Better off Dead
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
American Movie
The Princess Bride
A Fish Called Wanda
Rocky
Raising Arizona
Blood Simple
Fargo
Goodfellas
Short Cuts
Swingers
Jackie Brown
Three Kings
Being John Malkovich
Election
Rushmore
You Can Count on Me
Memento
High Fidelity
Bowling for Columbine
Anchorman
Boogie Nights
Pulp Fiction
Clerks
Creed
Reservoir Dogs
Do the Right Thing
The Social Network
Before Sunrise
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Bull Durham
Broadcast News
ET
The Color of Money
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Die Hard
Godfather
Godfather II
The Fisher King
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Graduate
The Grifters
Adventureland
500 Days of Summer
When Harry Met Sally
The Wolf of Wall St
Groundhog Day
Heathers
The Usual Suspects
Tootsie
This is Spinal Tap
The Thin Blue Line
House of Games
Glengarry Glen Ross
Stop Making Sense
Silence of the Lambs
The Last Picture Show
Leaving Los Vegas
Roger & Me
Bob Roberts
Risky Business
Lost in America
Short Cuts
The Player
Norma Rae
The Accidental Tourist
Manhattan
This is not in order of preference and there is zero claim that these are the best movies ever made.
Midnight Run
Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Absence of Malice
Annie Hall
Wrestling With Shadows
Saturday Night Fever
All the Presidents Men
Adaptation
Better off Dead
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
American Movie
The Princess Bride
A Fish Called Wanda
Rocky
Raising Arizona
Blood Simple
Fargo
Goodfellas
Short Cuts
Swingers
Jackie Brown
Three Kings
Being John Malkovich
Election
Rushmore
You Can Count on Me
Memento
High Fidelity
Bowling for Columbine
Anchorman
Boogie Nights
Pulp Fiction
Clerks
Creed
Reservoir Dogs
Do the Right Thing
The Social Network
Before Sunrise
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Bull Durham
Broadcast News
ET
The Color of Money
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Die Hard
Godfather
Godfather II
The Fisher King
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Graduate
The Grifters
Adventureland
500 Days of Summer
When Harry Met Sally
The Wolf of Wall St
Groundhog Day
Heathers
The Usual Suspects
Tootsie
This is Spinal Tap
The Thin Blue Line
House of Games
Glengarry Glen Ross
Stop Making Sense
Silence of the Lambs
The Last Picture Show
Leaving Los Vegas
Roger & Me
Bob Roberts
Risky Business
Lost in America
Short Cuts
The Player
Norma Rae
The Accidental Tourist
Manhattan
3 Titles. 4 Years
Saturday, June 9, 2018
If you've been rooting for this team since Joe Barry Carroll; it's a hard to fathom turn of events.
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