When I first heard about the latest Kyrie Irving controversy, I shrugged and basically ignored it. I’ve long been tired of Kyrie’s off-court baggage going back to his flat-Earth days and was hoping this most recent outburst would be given…
NBA 2022-23: Western Conference Preview
We turn now to part 2 of our NBA preview, the Western Conference. I find the West even more difficult to predict than the East. Yes, the Warriors are good but it’s hard not to remember that they were shaky…
NBA 2022-23: Eastern Conference Preview
With each season of the 2020s, the NBA becomes more and more opaque. The 2021-22 Warriors were a very good team but were nowhere near as dominant as their prior iterations. But Golden State, like most of the good teams,…
Udoka and One-and-Done Coaches
It’s hard to really process the bizarre saga of Celtics coach Ime Udoka and his recent mysterious year-long suspension but let’s do the best we can with what is out there. We don’t have the full details but the generalities…
Bismack Biyombo’s Journey from Yemen to the NBA
In passing, I noticed that Phoenix’s Bismack Biyombo just turned 30 years old. This gave me a little reminder to revisit the legal saga between him and his former European agent Igor Crespo. In 2015, we did a deep dive…
Bill Russell v. Tom Heinsohn and the 1956-57 ROY
With the recent passing of the great Bill Russell, I was thinking about his beginning. Though he was an instant star, Russell did not win Rookie of the Year. Let’s do a moderate dive into how this happened and whether…