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That makes no sense either, because Cuban sold out to the Adlestons.

This may be the dumbest trade in NBA history? Teams are betting on 2 things:

Dallas: everybody stays healthy and win now
LA: everybody is healthy 3 years from now

This makes Dallas a slightly bigger contender, this also makes LA the worst defensive team in the history of the NBA, but Luka (if his body holds up) is their future once Lebron is gone.

I still don’t know what Dallas was thinking.

It was Transfer Dildo Deadline Day in the EPL today.

Palace laughed at a late bid from Spurs for Guéhi and have not had any significant outgoings other than when Chelsea recalled the on-loan Chalobat (who we could really use right now as we are down to 3 CBs on a team that uses a 3 CBs formation). We got Ben Chilwell on loan from Chelsea, which is handy to give Tyrick Mitchell the occasional minute off.

The window closed a couple of hours ago, but news will keep dripping in as last minute deals get announced. Assuming the fax machines are working properly, of course.

Here’s an interactive guide to all the transfer in Europe, which you can isolate to a particular team of interest:

People keep saying this and I just do not agree whatsoever. Maybe I’m too low on Davis, but Kyrie and AD as the two best players does not scream true contender to me. I think second round is the ceiling for the Mavs. Luka gives you a finals ceiling. Trading Luka, in my mind, lowers your chance of contending this year and that chance gets lower with each passing season.

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Don’t the Adelsons want to move the team to Vegas? It’s like everyone forgot about “Major League” and Bud Adams.

Well they wanted to build a casino in Dallas anchored by the Mavs, but sounds like that ain’t happening. So maybe tanking and moving to Las Vegas is the next plan.

Thinking about watching Liverpool host Tottenham in the semi-finals at 2pm. Tottenham has a 1-0 edge based on some kind of aggregate scoring. Does that mean Liverpool must outscore the 'Spurs by 2 to advance to the finals? How big of a deal is winning the Carabao Cup (EFL League Cup)?

For such two-leg matches - very popular in European competitions due to the money to be made distances involved - the winner is the team with the more goals in total over the two games, i.e. the “aggregate” score.

So, yes, Liverpool has to beat Spurs by two clear goals (2-0, 3-1 etc.) in order to overcome their “halftime” deficit of -1 from the first game. Thankfully the “away goals” tie-break system has been long abandoned, so that is a can of worms we don’t have to open.

As to the prestige of this trophy, it’s comfortably the third most desirable of the three domestic trophies. It’s Premier League > FA Cup >>>>>>>>>> Carabao “League” Cup. It is also, therefore, comfortably less desirable than all the European trophies.

However, the ultimate winner does get a spot in one of the European competitions for next season. So, if you’re a team who is otherwise having a shitty season and is not going to qualify for Europe any other way - like, say, Spurs - then the Carabao offers a distraction from your league shittiness and can get you a money-spinning European adventure the following year.

So while Liverpool won’t exactly be tanking this one, they are not going to jeopardize their more important league and European title chases for this competition.

As a Palace fan, I’d gnaw your arm off to win the Carabao.

Liverpool is pretty good. Lead the Spurs 4-0

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I saw them referred to as “Slot’s Machine”. Ugh!

But, yes, I don’t think anyone can touch them when they’re on.

The EPL gets a weekend off as it’s time for the 4th round (proper) of the FA Cup. There’s enough of a slate of matches - sixteen - that it’s nigh-on impossible to lay on any EPL matches this weekend.

It’s all on ESPN+ and kicks off imminently with Man Utd vs. Leicester. It doesn’t matter to us - because it’s all streaming anyway - but I know fans in the UK get miffed when they concentrate on all-Premier League match-ups for televised games when those boys are on the TV every week anyway. They should show some of the teams outside the EPL, but I guess it’s about the money.

Speaking of which, Man City has the early slot tomorrow morning, and has to schlepp over to the east end of London to play League One’s Leyton Orient. Another big mis-match is Sunday morning which sees Liverpool making the trek down to Plymouth who is currently mired at the bottom of the Championship.

There are four match windows Saturday, three on Sunday, a game Monday - Palace at Doncaster - and a game on Tuesday - when Forest travel to League One’s Exeter. Cornwall getting visited by a couple of top teams this weekend with the chance to do some hilarious things.

After this round it will be down to the last 16. Will any of the minnows survive? Hopefully all except Doncaster!

My oh my! At halftime, Leyton Orient leads Citeh 1-0. A great goal too!

A Citeh player gets mobbed/fouled by Orient on the halfway line and loses the ball. Orient’s lumbering CB Donnelly looks up, sees City ‘keeper Ortega off his line and tries to lob him. From just inside the City half!

Ortega scrambles backwards as the ball flies towards his goal. He leaps, but the ball clears his clawing, outstretched hand…and hits the crossbar. It ricochets down outside the goal, hits Ortega on the arse and goes in.

Both sublime and ridiculous. As would be this result if it holds up.

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Brighton :joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy:

I mean…oh that’s a shame and I feel sorry for the poor lad.

The Rockets need to snap out of it. They are mired in a 6 game losing streak.

Halftime of the Liverpool-Plymouth game, and they cut to the studio: “This is the time where we would ordinarily show you highlights, but there were none. Absolutely none. Nobody did anything.”

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53 minutes in, Plymouth 1-0 Liverpool.

This heavily-changed Liverpool side had been ponderous and blunt in the first half to the point that ESPN had no highlights to show during the break. They came out worse in the 2nd half.

Then they nearly put through their own net, then they gave away an obvious penalty under pressure, which was put away with aplomb.

Plymouth is deserving of this lead. Slot is preparing to empty his bench and bring on the regulars.

Liverpool has upped the pace, still shit, and the width of the post away from being down 2-0.

Liverpool is dominating possession and completely clueless. Argyle, when they get a foot on the ball, goes through Liverpool’s lines like hot piss through snow.

Plymouth is gonna win this match.

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Plymouth hanging on through 9 minutes of added time. It took until 2 minutes into the 9 for Liverpool to first test Argyle’s goalie, and he was more than a match for it.

Regardless of the outcome, a number of players have ended their Liverpool careers today.