It’s Fun Friday, so we’re talking basketball.

The Utah Jazz were fined $500,000 for “tanking” — not playing their starters late in games as they position themselves for a better NBA draft pick. But is that really ruining the integrity of the league… or just smart business under the current rules?

Today I break down how the NBA draft lottery works, why teams have incentives to lose, and why the Jazz might actually be acting logically. If the system rewards worse records, can you really blame teams for optimizing?

I also share an idea from the Professional Women’s Hockey League that could fix tanking altogether — by rewarding wins after playoff elimination instead of losses.

Just a guy in a truck talking NBA strategy, draft reform, and why sometimes the rules — not the teams — are the real problem.

Driving home in a snowstorm today and trying to wrap my head around something that feels almost too wild to be real.

Donald Trump is suing the U.S. government — his own government — over the Mar-a-Lago classified documents raid and the leak of his tax returns. He’s asking for $10 billion.

That money would come from taxpayer funds. And the Department of Justice he oversees could ultimately decide whether to settle.

Is that normal? Is that a massive conflict of interest? Or is this just more grievance politics playing out in real time?

Today I’m talking about executive power, DOJ independence, partisan blinders, and why this feels like another example of the rich getting richer while regular Americans foot the bill.

Just a guy in a truck trying to make sense of lawsuits, loyalty, and whether accountability still matters

After a long weekend (and a broken toe), I’m back — and today I wanted to dig deeper into climate change.

The administration just rolled back the EPA’s long-standing authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions — a rule that’s guided climate policy for nearly two decades. What’s strange is… no one was really asking for this. Not automakers. Not even oil companies looking for long-term stability.

So who benefits?

We talk about deregulation, fuel economy standards, electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids, and why clean energy isn’t just about “believing” in climate change — it’s about economics, public health, and long-term planning.

Even if you took climate change off the table entirely, why wouldn’t we want cleaner air, lower fuel costs, and more energy independence?

Just a regular guy in a (gas-powered) truck trying to make sense of EPA rollbacks, electric trucks, and why the future probably belongs to clean energy.