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If You Could Have A Do-Over On One NHL Draft Pick, Who Would It Be?The NHL Draft is tonight, because the NHL is very good at scheduling events for nights no one will be home to watch it. Auston Matthews will go No. 1, Patrik Laine will go No. 2, Jesse Puljujarvi will go No. 3, and after that, the only sure thing is that some teams’ picks will fill them with regret ...

If You Could Have A Do-Over On One NBA Draft Pick, Who Would It Be?We already asked this question for football. This one is like that one, but for basketball....

If You Could Change Any Championship Outcome, Which Would It Be?Got a question for you, inspired by this tweet:...

Report: The Lakers Wanted To Trade Kobe Bryant For LeBron James In 2007

ESPN’s Brian Windhorst brings us a report that offers the chance to imagine a fun alternate history: What if the Lakers had traded Kobe Bryant for LeBron James?...

If You Could Change The Outcome Of One Play, Which Would It Be?

Yesterday, commenter “Norm Charlatan” wrote that if he had the power, he’d travel back in time and make it so Gordon Hayward’s half-court buzzer-beating heave in the 2010 championship game went in instead of rimming out. That’s a damned good hypothetical....

Some Of The Greatest Games in NBA History, Re-Scored Under North Korean Rules

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this post misstated one of North Korea's unique scoring rules. Scores within the last three seconds, not minutes, count for eight points. The corrected version is below....