Quick timeline of the takes surrounding Lakers-Rockets, with a prediction on tomorrow’s.
April 17th: “The Lakers have NO chance. They’ll be lucky not to be swept.”
April 20th: “If LeBron pulls this off I’ll call him the GOAT.”
April 22nd: “The Rockets are frauds!”
April 25th: “The Rockets are the dumbest team I’ve ever seen! Anyone would beat them!”
April 30th: “The Lakers are cooked & LeBron is exhausted. Rockets in 7.”
May 1st: “LeBron is going to blow a 3-0 lead & his GOAT case is over!”
May 2nd: “Yeah, the Lakers won, but it’s actually not that impressive, the Rockets were pretenders.”
Some of many deferred contracts that aren’t Dodgers:
Rafael Devers: $75 mil until 2043
Chris Sale: $50 mil until 2036
Francisco Lindor: $50 mil until 2041
Nolan Arenado: $50 mil until 2041
Max Scherzer: $105 mil til 2028
Why do people think deferrals just spawned into existence