The NBA’s new 65-game minimum to be eligible for awards has met mixed reviews. Adam Silver passed the rule to try to encourage meaningful participation in the regular season. During the All-Star break, Silver posited that the rule had been…
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Quick Thoughts
1. All-Star Game A Mistake?: It looks like we will have an NBA All-Star game this year even though the pandemic has made things more complicated. Even in the best of the times, the All-Star game was of dubious utility…
Q&A with Wilt Author Robert Cherry
Since 2005, when we interviewed Robert Cherry, the author of “Wilt: Larger Than Life,” he has published two books. “Cherry Delight” is a memoir of his family and while, as he points out, neither of his parents ever led the…
Magic’s First Game: A Snap Shot of the NBA Circa 1979
In order to make the best of life without NBA games, NBA TV and other networks have been showing a ton of older games. Most of them are well-remembered (i.e., Isiah Thomas’ scoring rampage on a sprained ankle in 1988,…