Luka Doncic's unfairness is myriad, but that is perhaps the most unfair thing about him. It's so early for him to be so great, and of course he doesn't seem to notice. Read more »
Basketball Analysis
The Sudden, Premature Breakout Of Luka Doncic
It's The Fleeting Stuff That You Need To Write Down
If, a decade from now, we curiously look back on this week in time, the record doesn't need to state that Luka Doncic was awesome. Carmelo Anthony temporarily channeling his younger self is more notable. Read more »
NBA League Pass Games Of The Week (12/2-12/9)
The Bucks make multiple appearances on this list, including a potential Finals preview against the Clippers. Read more »
The Ongoing Jim Boylen Experience
It's not wholly puzzling why Jim Boylen is like this, because literally millions of men roughly his age and background are like this, but it is something to behold engulf NBA arenas. Read more »
Nostalgia & Healing On The Court: Penny Hardaway & Juwan Howard Cross Generational Divide
Juwan Howard and Penny Hardaway each overcome nostalgia by stepping back into the living, growing, breathing ups and downs of the real world. They can even use the present to rewrite the past. Read more »
NBA League Pass Games of the Week (11/25 - 12/1)
With Thanksgiving this week, the NBA has an abbreviated schedule with our League Pass games headlined by multiple Mavs' games. Read more »
It's Been A Pleasure Getting To Know Pau Gasol
When Pau Gasol joined the Lakers, their fans were naturally thrilled, but in the long run, his move to L.A. did something for everybody who follows the NBA. Read more »
The Hope Of Andrew Wiggins When It Looked Like All Hope Was Lost
Andrew Wiggins is looking more like a modern player and less like an anachronistic throwback to the days of inefficient volume shooters. Read more »
NBA League Pass Games Of The Week (11/18-11/24)
The Celtics, Suns, Rockets and Nuggets make multiple appearances on our list this week. Read more »
Will Kyle Kuzma's Game Catch Up To His Fame?
Maybe Kyle Kuzma will give us little glimpses of the lost pairing we never got to see between LeBron and Carmelo. If that's the role Kuzma's going to play, LeBron can't do much to help him. Read more »
2020 NBA Draft Prospects: Bigs
James Wiseman, Isaiah Stewart II, Matthew Hurt, Obadiah Toppin and Amar Sylla headline the big man prospects. Read more »
The NBA's Load Management Conundrum
One is more morally correct than the other, and it passes the common sense test, but on the load management topic, no one is obviously correct. We're just stating thinly veiled political beliefs as a means of killing time between games. Read more »
NBA League Pass Games Of The Week (11/11-11/17)
The Lakers make a pair of appearances on the non-national schedule this week with divisional games against the Suns and Kings. Read more »
The Bucks' Party Is Taking An Edge
At this early stage of the season, as the Bucks sprint out into who-knows-what, there is the exhilaration of watching them. They are so, so good, if questionably great...and beneath that an ever-growing concern. Read more »
NBA League Pass Games Of The Week (11/4-11/10)
Joel Embiid and the 76ers make multiple appearances on our list this week. Read more »
One Million Streams, 100k Followers, And Building Digital Basketball Spaces
Basketball is slowly becoming both the medium and the message. The neverending videos made it feel as though there was no offseason at all, while simultaneously whetting our appetite for the official tip-off. Read more »
2019-20 Southwest Division Preview
On the Grizzlies' exciting rebuild, Houston's big gamble on Russell Westbrook, Dallas seeing what they have in Doncic and Porzingis, the Pelicans in Year 1 of the Zion era, and the Spurs doing very little but outperforming expectations yet again. Read more »
Thirty Histories: Minnesota Timberwolves
Amid everything else, Latrell Sprewell had one really good year in Minnesota. He was happy and valued, near the top of his game at the right moment. I'd give a lot for one really good year. Maybe you would too, and maybe you can find one. Read more »
2019-20 Pacific Division Season Preview
While the Lakers and Clippers became title contenders with their big additions, the Warriors are attempting to reload on the fly, Sacramento hopes to return to the playoffs, and the Suns look to get out of the cellar. Read more »
Thirty Histories: Los Angeles Clippers
The simple and probably mostly correct answer why he wasn't removed sooner is that it was easier not to deal with Donald Sterling. A professional sports league is a money-making concern, not a moral one, and so anything that seems like it's going to be messy gets pushed way down the list of priorities. Read more »