Jeremy Sochan breaks the convention and structure of the game. He plays a hyperactive, improvisational style that feels like watching a basketball randomizer. Read more »
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Jeremy Sochan's Game Is A Minor Protest Against The NBA's Orthodoxy
James Harden's Purgatory
James Harden is having a year that only seems underwhelming when compared to his past self. But what we are seeing is not exactly a lessening of ability as much as it is a shift in priorities. Read more »
The Harden-Embiid Rom-Com
Here's James Harden: the work-hard, play-hard perma-bachelor who traffics in such excess that he's never made room for the seemingly perfect partners. There's Joel Embiid, the hardened romantic who's learned to rely on only himself after a long-term relationship went sour. Read more »
The NBA MVP And The Eternal Rearranging Of Lists
With intelligence and perspective, we've dulled our pleasure centers and curbed our ability to produce meaning for ourselves. Read more »
Where Do Dame And The Blazers Go From Here?
Damian Lillard has been the rare superstar in today's era that stays. The question is whether continuing the partnership serves either's own interest. Read more »
Bradley Beal And The Pandora's Box Of Widespread Sports Gambling
In just a few years, the sports-betting industrial complex has wedded itself to professional American sports in a Too Big To Fail kind of way. What's happening with Bradley Beal is tiny beans compared to what could be next. Read more »
NBA Draft Report: Scoot Henderson Of G League Ignite
Scoot Henderson is worthy of being the first player selected in many NBA drafts, just not this one. He is physically gifted and driven by his competitiveness to want to be great. Read more »
Milwaukee's Inevitability During The NBA's Age Of Entropy
The Bucks are now the NBA's version of Floyd Mayweather or Pete Sampras, excising any surplus artistry in favor of ruthless proficiency. They're annihilating the rest of the league by resisting its prevailing trends. Read more »
The Kings Are Basketball's Best Story
Mike Brown has microwaved a Michelin-starred meal, instantly getting total buy-in from his core as they run a system that perfectly streamlines all their skills. Read more »
NBA Draft Report: Brandon Miller Of Alabama
Brandon Miller is a complete offensive prospect, and he happens to play one of the most valuable positions in basketball. Miller has a guard's skill set inside a forward’s body. Read more »
How Ja Morant's Absence Could Help Grizzlies In Playoffs
Ja Morant's recent absence provided a glimpse of what the offense could be. This stretch is far from proof of concept, but it could be something for Memphis to build on. Read more »
NBA Draft Report: Victor Wembanyama Of Metropolitans 92
Victor Wembanyama isn't just a high-ceiling player, but he has the highest floor of any prospect we've seen in the last decade. Read more »
Ja Morant And The Ghosts of The Mid-2000's
During the liminal phase between Jordan and LeBron, Allen Iverson and basically all of the Blazers became subjects of daily, nauseating moral analysis that ultimately led to a repressive and racist dress code. Read more »
The Lottery Pick Gleam Still On Kris Dunn
We are not making it all up in our heads, thinking well of Kris Dunn because we want to: he has real talents to bring, and a body that for the time being will allow him to use them. Read more »
The 2023 Title Contenders Are Already Here
To believe that any of 2023's neo-contenders can become bonafide champs over the next few months is to believe that a once-in-a-quarter-century occurrence is about to transpire. The reality is there are only four real contenders. Read more »
Six Biggest X-Factors After The All-Star Break
Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Karl-Anthony Towns, Kawhi Leonard, Anthony Davis and Brandon Ingram will play outsized roles in how their respective teams close the season. Read more »
A Requiem For The Brooklyn Nets
Duality underpins practically everything about the brief existence of the KD, Harden and Kyrie Nets. They were a massive disappointment, yes, but also so transcendent for brief moments. The reasons for their failure may have been inherent to the whole project. Read more »
The Bulls And What Lies Beneath Purgatory
Lonzo Ball was the rare player who made it all work for the Bulls. He provided both ballast and seasoning to a dish that, without him, really just looks like some ingredients. Read more »
Lakers Were Among Deadline Winners With Their Backup Trade
Not only did the Lakers end their experiment with Russell Westbrook, they also improved the team's depth and flexibility, held onto one of their coveted future first-round picks and laid the foundation for a more sensible path forward. Read more »
The Nuggets Verging On True Heavyweight Status
Denver's loss in Philadelphia was meaningful not because of how it impacts a tired MVP conversation, but how it showed a crack in the overall project for the Nuggets ahead of the trade deadline. Read more »
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