NBA blogs

Opinion · 3 min read

The load management argument never ends, and both sides are right

Opinion: the person who paid for a ticket and the coach protecting a season are arguing about different things, and neither is being unreasonable.

Opinion · 3 min read

Judge players by their role, not by their counting stats

Opinion: totals tell you what a player was asked to do as much as how well they did it, and most arguments about who is better are really arguments about job descriptions.

Culture · 3 min read

NBA culture is built by its cities, and the league mostly borrows it

Opinion: the league's marketing can amplify a moment, but the texture that makes a fan base distinctive comes from somewhere the league office does not control.

Fandom · 3 min read

The fan who argues is usually the fan who cares the most

Opinion: complaining about a roster move, a rotation or a coach is treated as negativity, but it is usually the clearest evidence that someone is paying close attention.

Analytics culture · 3 min read

The eye test still earns its place, even in an analytics-driven league

Opinion: data settled a great many arguments the eye test used to lose. It has not settled everything, and pretending otherwise is its own kind of bias.

Opinion · 3 min read

Super teams are not the problem in the NBA, predictable boredom is

Opinion: stacking talent is an old and legal strategy. What actually sours a fan is not the stacking, it is a season that feels decided before it starts.