One of the happenings from the first week of the NBA season was the execrable debut of LaMelo Ball (0-5 from the field and no points). The NBA web is in a tizzy about Ball noting that he “looked lost”…
NBA Preview 2020-21: A Quick Review
Well, that was fast! Part of me is not ready for more basketball but, let’s be honest, having no break from watching NBA games is preferable to watching reruns and various other available entertainment fare. The NBA looks mostly similar…
Q&A With Pete Croatto on From Hang Time to Prime Time, David Stern, the Wild 1980s, and More
On December 1, 2020, Pete Croatto released, “From Hang Time to Prime Time: Business, Entertainment, and the Birth of the Modern-Day NBA.” The book is a fascinating behind the scene looks about how the NBA went from a business teetering…
Swapping Toxic Contracts: Russ for Wall
Three years ago, trading John Wall for Russell Westbrook would be a fantastically interesting challenge trade. Now it feels like….well not quite so fantastic but still a challenge trade of a sort. Let’s break it down by bullet points: -Their…
Revisiting Philly’s Roy Hinson/Brad Daugherty Trade
What do you do when you are a GM and are underwhelmed by the options for the top pick? For an object lesson on what not to do, let’s turn back time to the 1986 draft and talk about the…
A Closer Look at the 1990s Knicks
I’ve been reading Paul Knepper’s great new book on the 1990s Knicks. Paul was kind enough to give us a an extensive interview a few months ago and we examined the compelling story lines. Reading his book got me to…