The Knicks Have Finally Hit the Gas
Was it worth it? A jaded New Yorker might say no one should care: the money is coming…
Has Steve Kerr Had Enough?
Plainspokenness is an endangered attribute in pro sports. Players and coaches have become maddeningly mealy-mouthed, striving to avoid…
The Spurs Are the Most Exciting Team in the N.B.A.
Last June, Victor Wembanyama, a young center for the San Antonio Spurs, went to Zhengzhou, China, to study…
The N.B.A.’s Race to the Bottom
That loss—the Wizards’ twentieth in their past twenty-one games—counted as a success, I guess. As in that April…
LeBron James Is Making His Last Great Adjustment
This past Wednesday, against the Houston Rockets, James played in his one-thousand-six-hundred-and-tenth N.B.A. game. When he played his…
Luke Kornet Has Something to Say
When Kornet started his blog, he imagined a practical guide, for fellow-players who sought succor on the road:…
How the Celtics Are Winning
But that was never going to be the plan if the coach could help it. Mazzulla, after all,…
Time Runs Out on Nico Harrison and the Dallas Mavericks
Nico Harrison, the former general manager of the Dallas Mavericks, made many head-scratching comments after he inexplicably traded…