The thin line the Joshes Hart of the league walk
Good morning. Today we're looking at the Josh Hart genotype in the NBA, and the conditions needed to make it useful for a team. Let's basketball.
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There's no such thing as a championship coach
Good morning. Tom Thibodeau has been fired by the Knicks after the most successful season in a quarter-century for the franchise. Whether it was merited or not, the idea that a team with Thibodeau as head coach could never win a title is absurd. Plus: we have some links on
The impossible what-ifs of the Phoenix Suns
Good morning. We begin Finals Week with a ... meditation on what the Suns, who are not in the Finals, could have done differently in 2023 when they traded for Kevin Durant and then Bradley Beal. Let's basketball.
The Pacers are a miracle
Good morning. The Indiana Pacers are back in the NBA Finals for the first time since 2000. Their style, their construction, their path: it's all a miracle. Let's basketball.
The difference between Brunson and Haliburton
Good morning. The Knicks survive by ramping up the defense just enough to give Indiana some problems to close out Renoir Week in the newsletter. Let's basketball.