Each year, NBA teams rest players more and more, particularly in road games, under the concept of load management. The teams have shown great reluctance to play their stars (and even some non-star players) despite the fact that the players…
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The Most Random All-Stars: Dana Barros and Tyrone Hill
The 1995 All-Star game led to two of the oddest picks, in retrospect, in All-Star history, Dana Barros and Tyrone Hill. Barros was a 27-year old 5’11 three-point specialist. Hill was a generic starting power forward. How did two average(ish)…
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…