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BasketballOne Free Throw, 22 Points and the $48.97 Million Bet Washington Is Making on Trae YoungThe Monday box score read: Trae Young, 22 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists in 3...
BasketballThe Transfer Rumor Economy: A Correct Report Can Still Mislead YouOn 11 August 2026, Brighton accepted a £110m bid from Liverpool for Moisés...
BasketballMemphis beats Sacramento on 104 seconds: an 11-0 run painted over 13 minutes of declineThe clock was stopped at 5:41 of the fourth quarter, the scoreboard read...
BasketballThe Empty Dataset and Nine Analytical Dimensions: Where Basketball Data Journalism Most Easily Fools ItselfOn Tuesday morning I opened the aggregated data file from the previous day's...
BasketballCaleb Martin Out vs. Spurs: Dallas Mavericks' Dependency Graph and Three Holes in the Injury Brief"Caleb Martin (thumb) out Saturday vs. Spurs." Eleven words. For most fans,...
BasketballPelle Larsson and the Four Overlapping Versions of Truth Inside a Single Injury ReportI read the Pelle Larsson report three times in one morning, and all three tim...
BasketballOne Ball, Four Mouths: Philadelphia's 2-0 Start and the Three Real Holes in Milwaukee, Golden State and PhoenixIn the second half of Philadelphia's season opener I sat in front of the scre...
BasketballLakers 127-105 Warriors: Doncic, Kessler and the $180 Million Contract Reshaping Los AngelesTen Dunks, One Scoreboard, and a Gap Nobody Measured The tenth dunk arrived...
BasketballBucks waive Kevin Porter Jr. before the opener: guarantee dates and a creation voidIn March 2026 I sat alone in the empty stand of a training ground in Shanghai...
BasketballWhy Bronny James Is All That Remains of the Lakers' 2026 Draft ClassOver 82 preseason minutes, Bronny James made 4 of 16 shots and the Lakers wer...
BasketballMiami's opener: Klay Thompson's 3-for-20 is noise, Bam Adebayo's groin is the signalMonday's practice at Kaseya Center had all fifteen players on the floor. For ...
International FootballKarim López and 8 minutes with the Memphis Grizzlies: Mexican basketball between expectation and NBA realityMEMPHIS, United States – Karim López stepped onto the floor in a National...
BasketballJersey No. 9 and a Premise That Never Existed: How a Basketball Report Gets BuiltOn my desk in Melbourne sits a screenshot. It shows a Turkish headline: LeBro...
BasketballEmpty Analysis and the Missing-Data Trap: Notes from the Basketball Analytics RoomAt ten in the evening on March 12, I sat before a screen in the analytics roo...
BasketballJames Harden, Spain and the Timeline Nobody CheckedIn Fuengirola, a coastal town in the province of Andalusia, Spain, James Hard...
BasketballWembanyama and the Voice of Refusal: When a Young Star Chooses to Stand Outside the NBA Betting VortexAt an autumn press conference, when asked about the many NBA stars backing...
BasketballTristan Vukcevic Out Four Weeks: A Hip Injury Strikes the Exact Foundation of a 7-Footer's GameTristan Vukcevic stands 7 feet tall. Last season, across 49 appearances for t...
BasketballLeBron James and the Philadelphia 76ers' Two-Year GambleAt the Philadelphia 76ers' media day, the microphones were pushed toward LeBr...
BasketballThe Silent Failure of Basketball Analytics: When a Valid Report Contains NothingOn August 13, I sat down to re-read a nine-dimension basketball analysis. The...
BasketballNBA Raises 2027-28 Salary Cap Projection To $176 Million: The 3.3-Percent Crack No Team Wants To ReadIn a memo sent to all 30 teams earlier this week, the NBA front office...
BasketballKawhi Leonard and the Clippers: When the Salary Investigation Escapes the NBA's HandsThree weeks. I lost three weeks re-reading every report about a story I...
BasketballPortland Trail Blazers Sign Exhibit 10 Contract with Hyunjung Lee - G League Development Path for International ForwardPortland Trail Blazers have signed international forward Hyunjung Lee to an...
BasketballChris Paul retires after a 16-game season, frozen out and sent away by the ClippersChris Paul has officially announced his retirement from the NBA. Before...
BasketballChris Paul Publicly Criticizes Clippers After Waiver: When Respect Becomes a Victim of Sports CommerceOpening: A Midseason Shock <br><br>On March 18, 2026, the Los Angeles Clipper...
BasketballBen Simmons Joins Sacramento Kings: The $3.5 Million Gamble and the Spacing ProblemWhen the Sacramento Kings confirmed signing Ben Simmons to a one-year, $3.5...
BasketballThe Kawhi Leonard Case: When Rumors Outrun DataA $30 million fine for the owner, a $700,000 fine for the player, and loss of...
BasketballNBA sanctions Clippers: 5 first-round picks, $30M fine and the price of circumventionOn September 25, 2026, the NBA announced an unprecedented penalty against the...
BasketballSacramento Kings and the Farewell to Domantas Sabonis: A Historic Turning Point for a Fading DynastyWhen the lights at Golden 1 Center went out after another disappointing seaso...
BasketballThe Kawhi Leonard and Aspiration Case: When Rumors Outrun EvidenceI have covered the NBA for nearly two decades, and I can tell you one thing f...
BasketballKawhi Leonard and the Clippers' 'Escape': Is Toronto Buying Back the 2026 Dream?The $700,000 fine the NBA imposed on Kawhi Leonard is not a verdict, but a...
BasketballThe $30M Shock and 5 First-Round Picks: NBA's Historic Hammer Falls on the ClippersOn August 13, 2026, the NBA announced the heaviest penalty in league history:...
BasketballKlay Thompson and the Race to Break Miami Heat's 270 Three-Point RecordWhen Klay Thompson stepped onto the Miami Heat practice court for the first...
BasketballAris Gets a Second Antetokounmpo: A Brand Gamble or a Tactical Move?The 2+1 year contract with Thanasis Antetokounmpo just announced by Aris is n...
BasketballVictor Oladipo's Open Letter to NBA GMs: A Beautiful Story, But Data Doesn't LieWhen basketball becomes a story of numbers, there are letters people write to...
BasketballSixers invite Tacko Fall and Jameer Nelson Jr. to training camp: A cost sheet for roster depthThe transfer summer is a battlefield, and I am merely the one counting bullet...
BasketballThe Transfer Rumor Economy: A Correct Report Can Still Mislead YouOn 11 August 2026, Brighton accepted a £110m bid from Liverpool for Moisés...
BasketballMemphis beats Sacramento on 104 seconds: an 11-0 run painted over 13 minutes of declineThe clock was stopped at 5:41 of the fourth quarter, the scoreboard read...
BasketballThe Empty Dataset and Nine Analytical Dimensions: Where Basketball Data Journalism Most Easily Fools ItselfOn Tuesday morning I opened the aggregated data file from the previous day's...
BasketballCaleb Martin Out vs. Spurs: Dallas Mavericks' Dependency Graph and Three Holes in the Injury Brief"Caleb Martin (thumb) out Saturday vs. Spurs." Eleven words. For most fans,...
BasketballPelle Larsson and the Four Overlapping Versions of Truth Inside a Single Injury ReportI read the Pelle Larsson report three times in one morning, and all three tim...
BasketballOne Ball, Four Mouths: Philadelphia's 2-0 Start and the Three Real Holes in Milwaukee, Golden State and PhoenixIn the second half of Philadelphia's season opener I sat in front of the scre...
BasketballLakers 127-105 Warriors: Doncic, Kessler and the $180 Million Contract Reshaping Los AngelesTen Dunks, One Scoreboard, and a Gap Nobody Measured The tenth dunk arrived...
BasketballBucks waive Kevin Porter Jr. before the opener: guarantee dates and a creation voidIn March 2026 I sat alone in the empty stand of a training ground in Shanghai...
BasketballWhy Bronny James Is All That Remains of the Lakers' 2026 Draft ClassOver 82 preseason minutes, Bronny James made 4 of 16 shots and the Lakers wer...
BasketballMiami's opener: Klay Thompson's 3-for-20 is noise, Bam Adebayo's groin is the signalMonday's practice at Kaseya Center had all fifteen players on the floor. For ...
International FootballKarim López and 8 minutes with the Memphis Grizzlies: Mexican basketball between expectation and NBA realityMEMPHIS, United States – Karim López stepped onto the floor in a National...
BasketballJersey No. 9 and a Premise That Never Existed: How a Basketball Report Gets BuiltOn my desk in Melbourne sits a screenshot. It shows a Turkish headline: LeBro...
BasketballEmpty Analysis and the Missing-Data Trap: Notes from the Basketball Analytics RoomAt ten in the evening on March 12, I sat before a screen in the analytics roo...
BasketballJames Harden, Spain and the Timeline Nobody CheckedIn Fuengirola, a coastal town in the province of Andalusia, Spain, James Hard...
BasketballWembanyama and the Voice of Refusal: When a Young Star Chooses to Stand Outside the NBA Betting VortexAt an autumn press conference, when asked about the many NBA stars backing...
BasketballTristan Vukcevic Out Four Weeks: A Hip Injury Strikes the Exact Foundation of a 7-Footer's GameTristan Vukcevic stands 7 feet tall. Last season, across 49 appearances for t...
BasketballLeBron James and the Philadelphia 76ers' Two-Year GambleAt the Philadelphia 76ers' media day, the microphones were pushed toward LeBr...
BasketballThe Silent Failure of Basketball Analytics: When a Valid Report Contains NothingOn August 13, I sat down to re-read a nine-dimension basketball analysis. The...
BasketballNBA Raises 2027-28 Salary Cap Projection To $176 Million: The 3.3-Percent Crack No Team Wants To ReadIn a memo sent to all 30 teams earlier this week, the NBA front office...
BasketballKawhi Leonard and the Clippers: When the Salary Investigation Escapes the NBA's HandsThree weeks. I lost three weeks re-reading every report about a story I...
BasketballPortland Trail Blazers Sign Exhibit 10 Contract with Hyunjung Lee - G League Development Path for International ForwardPortland Trail Blazers have signed international forward Hyunjung Lee to an...
BasketballChris Paul retires after a 16-game season, frozen out and sent away by the ClippersChris Paul has officially announced his retirement from the NBA. Before...
BasketballChris Paul Publicly Criticizes Clippers After Waiver: When Respect Becomes a Victim of Sports CommerceOpening: A Midseason Shock <br><br>On March 18, 2026, the Los Angeles Clipper...
BasketballBen Simmons Joins Sacramento Kings: The $3.5 Million Gamble and the Spacing ProblemWhen the Sacramento Kings confirmed signing Ben Simmons to a one-year, $3.5...
BasketballThe Kawhi Leonard Case: When Rumors Outrun DataA $30 million fine for the owner, a $700,000 fine for the player, and loss of...
BasketballNBA sanctions Clippers: 5 first-round picks, $30M fine and the price of circumventionOn September 25, 2026, the NBA announced an unprecedented penalty against the...
BasketballSacramento Kings and the Farewell to Domantas Sabonis: A Historic Turning Point for a Fading DynastyWhen the lights at Golden 1 Center went out after another disappointing seaso...
BasketballThe Kawhi Leonard and Aspiration Case: When Rumors Outrun EvidenceI have covered the NBA for nearly two decades, and I can tell you one thing f...
BasketballKawhi Leonard and the Clippers' 'Escape': Is Toronto Buying Back the 2026 Dream?The $700,000 fine the NBA imposed on Kawhi Leonard is not a verdict, but a...
BasketballThe $30M Shock and 5 First-Round Picks: NBA's Historic Hammer Falls on the ClippersOn August 13, 2026, the NBA announced the heaviest penalty in league history:...
BasketballKlay Thompson and the Race to Break Miami Heat's 270 Three-Point RecordWhen Klay Thompson stepped onto the Miami Heat practice court for the first...
BasketballAris Gets a Second Antetokounmpo: A Brand Gamble or a Tactical Move?The 2+1 year contract with Thanasis Antetokounmpo just announced by Aris is n...
BasketballVictor Oladipo's Open Letter to NBA GMs: A Beautiful Story, But Data Doesn't LieWhen basketball becomes a story of numbers, there are letters people write to...
BasketballSixers invite Tacko Fall and Jameer Nelson Jr. to training camp: A cost sheet for roster depthThe transfer summer is a battlefield, and I am merely the one counting bullet...
