“Why did we even play the series after Golden State’s team plane went down in a fiery crash?”

Here’s the difference—you could send Rodman’s defender after MJ, to guard MJ (also) man to man. But that’s not how coaches would use Rodman’s defender today.

Look at the way Popovich coached against the Grizzly’s Tony Allen—instead of sticking that player on 1 guy, instead the guy pulls back into passing lanes around…

MJ was a 33% 3 point shooter. Pippen was a 32% 3 point shooter. Kukoc was a 33% 3 point shooter.

The modern NBA average for 3 point shooting league-wide is 36%. All 3 would be below average outside shooters.

All 3 were historically great shooting the mid-range jumper—particularly MJ. But NBA players in the mid90s,…

The vaunted Process was never novel. NBA teams have forever sucked purposely to get a higher pick for a year or two. The execution–and the extremity of the purposeful, gray-hearted asset maneuvering–was one hundred percent garbage.

The greatest feat Sam Hinkie ever pulled was convincing Philadelphia that losing was winning.

Ugh. As a Jew living in New York, I say...

Chief Executiveofficer

A spokesman for ESPN says they’ve been flooded with calls from white people overjoyed to see a black man rooting for them.

And lost in the technobabble is any regard for humanity.

The 76ers would never get a good free agent, and would struggle to get the draft picks they drafted to stay: because he constructed an AWFUL culture. Remember all those abusive contracts he signed second-round picks to basically refuse to get drafted using…

Hinkie’s Process: Tanking For Picks (almost an anagram!)
Kelly’s Scheme: Play Real Fast

yeah just those excerpts alone are maybe the most viscerally repulsive thing i’ve ever read

Seriously this is what you get when you hire someone who not only listens to TED talks but takes them seriously.

This is about 12 pages too long, as all that really needed to be said was “I watched the movie WARGAMES and applied its lesson to the NBA.”

I normally enjoy reading Angry Asian Man, but I don't feel like he understood who the butt of the joke of that poem is supposed to be. When I first read that poem I was 95% certain it was mocking the practice of white urbanites/hipster/foodie types Columbusing ethnic cuisines to feel culturally superior. I feel like…

He’s right, you know that?

Little known fact: they called Dominique Wilkins “The Human HIghlight Reel” not for his many dunks but because his body chemistry had abnormally high nitrate levels, allowing his body to be transformed into 750 feet of 35mm film in 2009.

Yes. In a truly modern society, individuals should not be working more than ~30 hours per week by choice, and dedicating a fair amount of time to children, family, friends, community, leisure, art, or research.

How nice of him to take us all into his Biergarten of Earthly Delights.

Chris Bosh is an earnest dork and I have always liked the dude. This changes nothing.

Chris Bosh seems like an alright dude. He was good on Parks and Rec. I enjoy those medication commercials he’s in. He seems to be self aware in a charming way—unlike say Gronk or JJ Watt.