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Thinking about J.J. Barea
We don't know whether the NBA will finish this season, or who is going to retire now. Just another little sadness heaped on top of the mass tragedy.
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Rockets owner's 'great opportunity' is pain for the working class
Tilman Fertitta laid off 40,000 hotel, casino and restaurant workers to keep the liquidity so he can buy back debt created so he could buy the Rockets. That doesn't seem very cool.
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All's well that ends Joel
An NBA superstar spent $500,000 to shame his billionaire scoundrel bosses into paying their employees' full salaries.
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Mistrust the Process
The billionaire owners of the Philadelphia 76ers cut employees' pay not two weeks into the NBA shutdown.
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What postponing the Tokyo Olympics means for the NBA
Athletes and national Olympic organizations are rightly pushing for the Tokyo Olympics to be postponed. It would have major implications on multiple NBA levels.
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What hole does sports fill in our lives?
On our thirst for competition, our awe of craft and the deep tapestry of stories basketball provides us.
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Adam Silver wants a diversion? 3-on-3 tournament!
A fun charity event with healthy players and staff meeting public health guidelines on gatherings would be cool.
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Don't yell at the Nets for getting coronavirus tests
Brooklyn tested the whole team and ended up with four positive cases, including Kevin Durant. The mayor of New York City yelled about it.
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A proposed 30-team NBA playoffs
Forget resuming the regular season. This plan gets all teams some meaningful games and preserves advantages for teams that have already performed well.
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Why is the NBA trying to rescue this season?
It looks like the league will be on ice into June, which is the normal ending point for an NBA season. Why not just cancel the remainder of this season and look ahead to 2020-21?
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The NBA's forever season
If the league tries to play all of the games that are being postponed, there might be a meaningful break after this one for a whole year. Is that wise?
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Coronavirus made the NBA's decision for it
This morning we asked what the NBA should do about coronavirus. Well, about that ...