Deep thoughts, cheap shots & bon mots ...

Seriously, should the Warriors tank to assure they don’t get stuck with home-court disadvantage in the Finals? #RoadWarriors.

The Cavaliers trotted out the old Red Auerbach trick on the Warriors — cold water in the visitors’ shower room. No problem. After trouncing the Cavs, the Warriors doused themselves with some leftover Champagne.

Stanford’s Bryce Love needs a nickname to grab the attention of Heisman voters. I have suggested Long Gone Love, which is still available, even though there was another Long Gone long ago — Baylor’s L.G. Dupre, back in the ’50s. That Long Gone went on to play for the Colts and Cowboys, but injuries slowed him and he averaged 3.7 yards per carry in seven seasons.

How about Bye Bye Love? Suggested by a couple of readers. Love’s touchdown song would be the Everly Brothers’ song of the same name.

Charles Pierce, my old teammate at the late-great National Sports Daily, poses a worthy question: “Can somebody tell me why anyone at USA Gymnastics still has a (expletive) job?” I guess those folks didn’t get the Time’s Up memo.

You think it’s tough on Stephen Curry and LeBron James, choosing teams for the All-Star Game? How would you like to be the women’s hockey coach tasked with selecting the unified-Korea — North and South — team for the Olympics? Haircut Dude is paying close attention.

Historic NBA All-Star voting: Now being annoying can knock you off the All-Star team, or at least out of the starting lineuep. Don’t worry, Draymond Green, you were never meant to be Miss Congeniality. Best to skip the Midseason Middle School Follies and rest up for some real basketball.

Australian Open, matches played in 104 degree heat, flirting with possible 108 degree days? What, the tennis world can’t chip in and buy some awnings? What do they think this is, a 49ers game? Gaels, baby. The Raiders welcome Tom Cable back to the fold, with his domestic abuse baggage, and I guess Mark Davis has been so busy he forgot about his “zero tolerance” for that kind of stuff. Maybe it’s zero on the Celsius scale.

Gene Steratore, the ref who used a folded index card to gauge a crucial first down that cost the Raiders, will work the Super Bowl. No flimsy index card this time. Steratore will use a Visa, the official card of the Super Bowl. He’ll get bonus miles for every first down!

The NFL is requiring racial identification of all applicants for Super Bowl media credentials. Will there be separatebut-equal press boxes?