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…
Author: Harlan Schreiber
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…
The KD/Kyrie Drama Examined
Have you ever had one of those dreams where your goal is to complete a task and, each time you get close, some weird happenstance prevents the completion? This dream is the Kevin Durant-Kyrie Irving Nets in a nutshell. They…
2021-22 NBA Finals Preview
Celtics/Warriors is a particularly interesting matchup for the NBA Finals on many levels. Let’s breakdown some of the facts that caught my attention…. Ancient History Between Celtics and Warriors It has little relevance to the current squads but the Celtics…
Miami/Boston and ECF Game 7s
1. We’ve Got a Game 7!: While these payoffs have had some fun moments, we haven’t really had any epic series. The two Game 7s we have had (Boston/Milwaukee and Dallas/Phoenix) were blow outs. I’m moderately hopeful that tonight’s Boston/Miami…