Deep thoughts, cheap shots & bon mots ...

The coin flip between the Raiders and 49ers to decide which 6-10 team drafts ninth will tell us something about the Raiders. To whom will Mark Davis assign that embarrassing task? Reggie McKenzie? Jon Gruden? Here’s who should get the assignment: Davis.

What happened to that grinch Kyle Shanahan who alienated players with his churlish personality? Nowhere to be found this season. Even when the 49ers were 0-9, Shanahan was (as far as I know) aces with his players, and was a solid, stand-up guy with the media.

Also worth noting: Remember how the 49ers, dating to the days of Jim Harbaugh, had troublesome delays getting plays to the quarterback? This season, even with three new quarterbacks, I don’t remember one delay penalty or burned timeout due to a clog in the coach-to-QB pipeline.

The Raiders are getting a sweet $6 million deal on the land for their new Nevada headquarters. Then they’ll spend $75 mil to build their HQ and practice facility. For a team too poor to stay in Oakland, the Raiders sure are spending a lot of dough.

Things sportscasters say: “He’s got his legs back under him.” Best place for ’em.

Makes no sense to cry about the Raiders having to comply with the Rooney Rule. The team that dragged the rest of the NFL into the 20th century, in terms of minority hiring, should be supportive of that rule and proud to comply with it.

The Raiders’ mysterious tumble/stumble defies logical explanation. So let’s call in ’80s baseball player Luis Polonia, who was traded by a dysfunctional Yankees’ team and gave this analysis: “The Yankees are only interested in one thing, and I have no idea what that is.”

Worst ballgame fan experience in America? I nominate Rams games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Nonstop, ear-crushing music, just horrendous unless you’re a 19-year-old rap devotee. Worst cartoon-voice PA announcer anywhere. In America’s most dignified sports venue, a horrific and pointless assault on the senses.

I hate to start trouble, but: If Kevin Durant is one of the two All-Star Game captains, he has to use his first pick on Stephen Curry, right? But what if KD goes with, say, Russell Westbrook? Man, this could get ugly.