basketball
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A Case For Why Lebron James (And Not Stephen Curry) Is Still The NBA's Best Player
Yesterday, Panama shared a recent conversation he had with a person who said the following: 1. Stephen Curry is overrated 2. Stephen Curry is not that good In 2016, these statements constitute basketball blasphemy. Actually, forget the basketball qualifier. Considering Steph’s strong Christian faith, I’m surprised Jesus himself didn’t drop out of the sky and…
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The Whitman College Coach With A Different Dap For Each Player Is The Blackest Thing I've Ever Seen This Week
Whitman College is a small liberal arts institution in Walla Walla, Washington. It was established in 1859, in honor of Dr. Marcus Whitman and Narcissa Whitman — Christian missionaries who were killed in 1847 by a group of Cayuse Indians in a massacre aptly named the Whitman Massacre. (Apparently, the Cayuse believed the Whitmans were poisoning them. Perhaps…
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I Am, Officially, The Oldhead At The Hoop Court. Please Hold Me.
The realization should have come in 2013. I was a regular on the court at LA Fitness in Bakery Square; showing up three times a week to play (and, usually, beat) guys who were half my age. And half my age plus 10 years. I was the shit. They’d call me Joe Johnson. Or Paul Pierce. Or…
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The Haters' Guide To Successfully Hating The Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors are the new NBA champions; a perfect end to a historic season where they won 67 games (the third most in NBA history) and won the affections of both casual and diehard fans with an aesthetically and analytically pleasing style of play. They also feature a ridiculously popular league MVP who might not…
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Everything You Need To Know But Didn't Think To Ask About The 2015 NBA Finals
Tonight, the Golden State Warriors will host the Cleveland Cavaliers for the first game of what should be a very entertaining finals. You have stars (Lebron, Curry, Kyrie, Klay), multiple compelling storylines, feisty Australians with hockey playoff beards, Draymond Green — the patron saint of “Wishanigga Woods”, and a team (Cleveland) very, very happy Oakland, California…
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My Dad, The Man
Much of what I’ve published in the past four years was written while sitting in the Bakery Square Panera Bread. There was a time when I lived three blocks away, so it was a convenient drive to make when writing from home got too monotonous. And, even after moving across town to share a place with my now-wife,…
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Kyrie Irving, Who Is Very Good At Playing Basketball, Drops Double Nickel On Damian Lillard
Kyrie Irving is very good at playing basketball. Here are the results from the last seven professional basketball games Kyrie Irving — who is very good at playing basketball — played, and how the point guards matched up against him fared. (Each game, btw, was a Cavs victory) 1/16/15 vs the LA Clippers and Chris…
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The Cavs (Finally!) Traded Dion Waiters. I Am Ecstatic. Here's Why.
1. At the moment, Dion Waiters is not a very good NBA basketball player. This is a fact most who follow the NBA agree on. He is average to below average in pretty much every advanced metric you can name — advanced metrics were basically invented just to prove that players like Dion Waiters were…
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NBPA Head Michele Roberts Is Not Fucking Around With Your Bitch Ass
When I first wrote about Michele Roberts, the D.C. lawyer named head of the National Basketball Players Association, I did not know much about her. But, you didn’t have to know much about her to assume that, as a Black woman elected head of a union comprised of several hundred millionaire alpha males, she’s a fucking bad-ass.…
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Lebron James Wants You To Hurry Up With His Damn Croissants
Because, he is a God, apparently.