POD: An AMA with former NBA ref Ronnie NunnRay LeBov/Mike Shearer, Basketball Intelligence
NBA’s Western Convention is ready up for wild march to the playoffsJohn Hollinger, The Athletic
NBA All-Star Weekend has outgrown its goal, however that does not imply it could’t be saved
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Now we have to take the dangerous with the nice. Practically all of right now’s dunk contests are far superior to older ones, however folks bear in mind the status of dunk contests excess of the precise occasions. Many of the jams executed by even Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins of their legendary 1988 battle, which I re-watched proper now, would get gamers laughed out of the fitness center right now, a conveyor belt of barely rehashed windmills and 360s. They weren’t all rehashes again then, in fact (though repeat dunks had been quite common in early dunk contests). What was new and thrilling has turn out to be trite and commonplace, form of like leaping over Shaq.
The sheer nature of the dunk contest means there’ll all the time be extra duds than successes… however that doesn’t imply the successes don’t exist. I want folks would cease proclaiming that the dunk contest is useless yearly. There will likely be a superb one, and shortly. Enter each February with low expectations, and you’ll solely be pleasantly stunned.
Playoff playstyles, In-depth X’s and O’s, Zones, Shotmaking, GG Jackson and ExtraVikram Dimba, The NBA Librarian
The (unofficial) NBA All-Enjoyable Staff: The ten most entertaining gamers to observe proper nowMike Vorkunov, The Athletic
On offense, he’s actually amped up his 3-point quantity (a staple of the Leon Rose-era Knicks); DiVincenzo is taking extra 3s per sport than final season however in fewer minutes. He has taken 16 3s in a sport this season — twice!
SAS: Former Gonzaga huge man Zach Collins loving life alongside Victor Wembanyama in Alamo MetropolisStephen Hunt, The Spokesman-Evaluate
SAC: POD: Kings season recap, with Seth PartnowRay LeBov/Nick Agar-Johnson, Kings Weekly
OKC: Chet Holmgren Explains Why The Thunder ‘Have Nothing To Be Completely happy About But’Invoice DiFilippo, Dime
