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Titus’s NBA Draft International All-Stars
When Grantland’s editors asked me to write scouting reports for the prospects in this year’s NBA draft, I assumed they only wanted me to cover the players who I’d observed while covering college...
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The Fever Dream of Early NBA Draft Blogs
It was late 2002 or early 2003. I was young enough that I hadn’t legally drunk a beer yet. There I was: sitting in the glow of a hulking desktop monitor, well past midnight in my college dorm room,...
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Started From Yaoundé, Now He’s Here
I’d like to tell you about Joel Embiid. After all, he’s the reason we’re here, running through traffic on a May morning in Cameroon, begging drivers to not run us over and, if possible, to also give us...
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Creole Hoops
Sebastian Petion slumped on the court, wearing a red warm-up top over his team’s school-bus yellow uniform, legs stretched in front of him, exhausted before the championship game even tipped off. The...
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One Draft Lottery Scenario the NBA Probably Isn’t Looking to Adopt
There’s the proposed new weighting system, which Zach Lowe reported yesterday. There’s the 30-year wheel solution, which he reported last December. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of basketball...
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L’Affaire Pacquiao: Dissecting the Cross-Cultural Beef Between Daniel Orton...
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The 2015 YouTube NBA Draft: Picking Our Favorite Prospects Based on Nothing...
Welcome to the Fifth-Annual YouTube Draft. As in years past, we will be selecting the best players in the upcoming NBA draft based solely on how much we enjoy their YouTube presence. This process has...
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Follow the Bouncing Ball
“Everyone. You’ve seen everything.” Dimitris Itoudis is frustrated. By “everything,” he means that all the evidence of what’s wrong with his team was out there on the court earlier that night. It’s a...
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The End of the Hoop Dream: A Journey to the Extreme Fringe of International...
Jon Solomon has the same birthday as Michael Jordan. “Do you want me to prove it?” he asks. He’ll pull out his passport if needed — anything to show that he’s not lying. Solomon will do whatever it...
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Titus’s NBA Draft International All-Stars
When Grantland’s editors asked me to write scouting reports for the prospects in this year’s NBA draft, I assumed they only wanted me to cover the players who I’d observed while covering college...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Fever Dream of Early NBA Draft Blogs
It was late 2002 or early 2003. I was young enough that I hadn’t legally drunk a beer yet. There I was: sitting in the glow of a hulking desktop monitor, well past midnight in my college dorm room,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Started From Yaoundé, Now He’s Here
I’d like to tell you about Joel Embiid. After all, he’s the reason we’re here, running through traffic on a May morning in Cameroon, begging drivers to not run us over and, if possible, to also give us...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Creole Hoops
Sebastian Petion slumped on the court, wearing a red warm-up top over his team’s school-bus yellow uniform, legs stretched in front of him, exhausted before the championship game even tipped off. The...
View ArticleOne Draft Lottery Scenario the NBA Probably Isn’t Looking to Adopt
There’s the proposed new weighting system, which Zach Lowe reported yesterday. There’s the 30-year wheel solution, which he reported last December. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of basketball...
View ArticleClik here to view.
L’Affaire Pacquiao: Dissecting the Cross-Cultural Beef Between Daniel Orton...
Start with the obvious: Was Daniel Orton, formerly of the Orlando Magic, Oklahoma City Thunder, and Philadelphia 76ers, kicked out of the Philippine Basketball Association for insulting Manny Pacquiao?...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The 2015 YouTube NBA Draft: Picking Our Favorite Prospects Based on Nothing...
Welcome to the Fifth-Annual YouTube Draft. As in years past, we will be selecting the best players in the upcoming NBA draft based solely on how much we enjoy their YouTube presence. This process has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Follow the Bouncing Ball
“Everyone. You’ve seen everything.” Dimitris Itoudis is frustrated. By “everything,” he means that all the evidence of what’s wrong with his team was out there on the court earlier that night. It’s a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The End of the Hoop Dream: A Journey to the Extreme Fringe of International...
Jon Solomon has the same birthday as Michael Jordan. “Do you want me to prove it?” he asks. He’ll pull out his passport if needed — anything to show that he’s not lying. Solomon will do whatever it...
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