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Sometimes Russell Westbrook Gets To Be Who He Is In His Imagination

Russell Westbrook does everything so rapidly and all at once that it's hard to make sense of it, so it is fitting that his decline should happen unevenly.

Lakers Dread Versus Lakers Reality In 2021

by John Wilmes

The Lakers will either be the most spontaneous, sensationally improvised championship team of all time- or, more likely, a monster that is not actually under anyone's bed.

Nobody's Supposed To Be Here

by Katie Heindl

Championship teams come apart. Kevin Love and the Cavs both went on grasping at the pieces that were better off burning up in a return to the atmospheric realities of a league that, healthy or not, never stops.

It's Always Better To Try

by Colin McGowan

The Knicks are exploring the outer limits of what a not-great team can do when they play really hard every night. That counts for a lot, especially in a sleepy pandemic season.

December 2004 Basketball Wiretap