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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Good morning. Today we have an argument that the Minnesota Timberwolves shouldn't take special exception to the fact that the Oklahoma City Thunder embarrassed them on live television to eject them from the playoffs. It happens. Let's basketball.
Good morning. As the Indiana Pacers move closer to the NBA Finals, we revisit the moves that got them there. Let's basketball.
Good morning. The NBA really needs to fix the free throw parade at the end of games. The most exciting point in the game shouldn't also be the most boring. Let's basketball.
Good morning. Karl-Anthony Towns had a fourth quarter for the ages to lead the Knicks back against the Pacers and make the series interesting. Plus: All-NBA voters possibly saved the Grizzlies from themselves. Let's basketball.
Good morning. The Timberwolves did to the Thunder what the Thunder usually do to other teams, and the Pacers stunned the Knicks again. The conference finals are weird. Let's basketball.
Good morning. As the Thunder move one win closer to glory, we take a brief look at how they arrived here. Let's basketball.
Good morning. The Pacers unveiled their most improbable comeback yet to steal Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals. And then Tyrese Haliburton went farming. Let's basketball. The Pacers have had enough amazing comebacks in these playoffs to have made the point. There was the time they trailed