Tag: first-round draft pick
Why MLB owners are bigger fans of the Angels than the Dodgers
The winter wails of “Are the Dodgers ruining baseball?” pretty much established the Dodgers as the team other major league owners love to hate. If there is one thing most owners love more than winning, it is cost control. That is why they covet a salary cap. The team other owners love? It might just…
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s exploits make Clippers trade look worse
It screamed watershed moment, the forever luckless Clippers outfoxing the eternally exalted Lakers for the services of not one, but two superstars. The news stunned the NBA: In a matter of hours, the Clippers had traded for Paul George and signed Kawhi Leonard. Six years later, the deal for George is considered tragically lopsided, the…