As promised, SBNation.com’s NBA season preview came out on Tuesday. We built it around a Netflix-for-the-NBA theme. Here’s what we’ve got:
Coming to your TVs this NBA season
We have that and more in Wednesday’s NBA newsletter.
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- Steven Godfrey has been reporting on Rockets owner and major college sports booster Tilman Fertitta for years. He puts that all together to explain Fertitta’s mindset and drive to take the Rockets to the top. BONUS: Fertitta really wants Jimmy Butler, and isn’t shy about saying so.
- Seerat Sohi with a great reported piece on how bigs like Anthony Davis have had to change their bodies to keep up with the league.
- Bill Hanstock with a creative take on the eternal supremacy of the Warriors and the death of the rest of the NBA.
- Kristian Winfield tries to match up 2019 free agents with teams Tinder-style and talks to James Harden’s stylist about ... everything.
- Jessica Camerato on how Kyrie Irving’s mind and personality affect the eccentric Celtics.
- And finally, Matt Ellentuck on the cult of skills trainers.
Wait, I did something, too. Ah yes: here’s me on LeBron, still seeking immortality, looking beyond basketball.
Enjoy the whole thing at your leisure. We’re proud of it and hope you like it!
Schedule Check
On National TV:
Pacers vs. Bulls, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN
Lakers vs. Warriors, 10:30 p.m. ET, ESPN
Selections from League Pass:
Wizards vs. Pistons, 7 p.m. ET
Spurs vs. Trae Young, 7:30 p.m. ET
Suns vs. Blazers, 10 p.m. ET
Links Galore
Steve Kerr got ejected in a preseason game and had a very healthy response to it, to the point where I now wonder if Kerr intended to get ejected all along.
Three-time NBA champion James Jones might end up as the permanent general manager of the Suns.
Paolo Uggetti talks up Josh Hart as a central member of the Lakers young core, and I could not agree more.
Go Lakers.
This move by James Harden! (That’s not a travel, right? My brain and heart say it’s not a travel. It’s so hard to tell on some of these.)
Shams Charania on Jahlil Okafor’s fight against anxiety and depression as his NBA career struggled to get off the ground.
Marcus Thompson gets the vibe Kevin Durant is out next summer.
And finally: Chris Bosh’s young son has no idea what a baller is, much to Chris Bosh’s chagrin. (I miss Chris Bosh.)
Be excellent to each other.
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