Good morning. Let's NBA FINALS!
Good morning. Let’s NBA Finals.
That and more in Thursday’s NBA newsletter.
[THIS IS BIG]: The Hot Hand theory is real. Fact is impermanent.
LIKE A SNOWBALL IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY: Paul Flannery and I debated whether LeBron James and the Cavaliers have any remote shot at winning the Finals. I am quite skeptical. Cleveland loves me right now.
OY OY OY: Zito Madu on Matthew Dellavedova being the villain we need. Cleveland loves Zito right now.
AHAHAHA: Ramona Shelburne takes us inside the Golden State laugh factory. We NEED to see that photo of 1970 Alvin Gentry.
SPEAKING OF EMBARRASSING RAP VIDEOS STARRING WARRIORS: Stephen Curry’s Davidson career ended with a bang.
ACCURATE: Rodger Sherman’s four keys to the Finals. No. 3 is burying the lede in my opinion.
VICTORY BY INACTION: Cleveland got here in part thanks to trading for Kevin Love. Golden State got here in part thanks to NOT trading for Kevin Love.
DR. RANGELOVE: Tom Haberstroh with an excellent piece on how the NBA stopped worrying and fell in love with the three-point bomb.
I WANNA BE LIKE STEPH: The animated version of Steph’s warmup dribble routine is lovely.
SAD AND TRUE: National broadcasts of Warriors games almost never mention Oakland or show any Oakland landmarks.
ON IVERSON: Drew Magary nails a lot of what makes Allen Iverson so frustrating as Kent Babb’s new bio of The Answer is published. I also feel the need to make sure you’ve all seen Bomani Jones’ piece from a few years back that gets right to the heart of the A.I. tragedy.
SUNS OUT, GUNS AND GIANT FOAM HAT OUT: Dwight Howard visits the Astros and wears something not even James Harden would put on.
DAD OF THE YEAR: Steph sums up what so amazing about fatherhood in talking about his daughter Riley (who you may or may not have heard of).
THIS IS GOOD: Mike D’Antoni got an interview with the Nuggets. Right now, no one who has worked with Coach K on the Team USA senior men’s national team have NBA head coaching positions. D’Antoni, Monty Williams, Tom Thibodeau and Nate McMillan are all on the outside. Odd!
OH NO: James Harden said he doesn’t know who Lil B is so like the curse is SO on. (God, this is stupid.)
THE UNKNOWN COMMODITY: Jason Concepcion on the odd career of Andrei Kirilenko, who may be retiring.
NEAT: The Bucks will be making an announcement about arena plans on Thursday. They’d been working on a deal with the city and state.
SPEAKING OF ARENAS ... There’s a group of wealthy San Franciscans trying to derail the Warriors’ arena plans in The City.
HILARIOUS IF TRUE: Word is the Heat offered Dwyane Wade $10 million a year. Like he’s Dirk or something.
THIS IS MY SURPRISED FACE: Media study shows African-American athletes are portrayed very differently than white athletes.
Happy Game 1! See you next time.
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