
by John Wilmes
The parallel discussions on Kevin Durant and Philip Roth are a testament to how fixated our culture is on men who are equal parts broken and brilliant. That neither have ever learned how to let anything go can be frightening to perceive.

by John Wilmes
James Harden has dispensed with the stale algorithms with the Nets so quickly and so dramatically that few seem to have had time to notice it yet. He is expanding the game beautifully rather than bending its corners into distended statistical peninsulas.

by Colin McGowan
Blake Griffin has nothing left to lose, which isn't necessarily the same thing as having nothing left.