Last Dance, cut for time: Episode 7

Big noise, New York

We want to think that, when a large Boom hits, there exists a studied reason behind that big ol' noise. That, whatever the hell that was, it was well-considered. Someone or something thought long and hard before, listen, we still don't know, maybe a transformer went. Maybe

There: NBA free agency

Myles Turner left Indiana to go to the Milwaukee Bucks, Indiana's fiercest rival. The Bucks are the only team the Pacers fight, the Pacers are the only team the Bucks fight, but Myles Turner left one to join the other. Why? Tax. The Pacers did not compete with

There is NBA free agency!

And NBA free agency has overwhelmingly become the realm of the role player. Sorry, Paul George. I guess that's what you were last summer, hopping up on stage with ABC and Joel Embiid. A role player. Some former All-Stars switched teams as free agents on Monday, but, they

There is no free agency

Free agency begins Monday and nobody will go anywhere because the union and the NBA decided to encourage players via pay raise to re-sign with their own teams. Worse, much worse, each side decided to smooth out the salary cap increase earned via the new streaming rights deal. Boring. Super,