JOSHUA LARS WEILL | @AgonicaBoss | E-MAIL On Thursday, the National Basketball Association will conduct its annual drafting of first-year players. Since Clifton McNeeley was selected by the Pittsburgh Ironmen first overall in 1947, every year the League has had college, and later high school then international, players line up to hear (or read about weeks later […]
The Man From Denver
DORAN MILLER-ROSENBERG | TWITTER | E-MAIL When I became sentient, I didn’t understand the NBA. My instincts told me basketball was its most beautiful and efficient when the team was put before its parts. Seems reasonable enough. And yet in my lifetime it was the stars that dominated the Association. The personalities (read: brands) […]
Hello, I Must Be Going
ANTHONY ZUMPANO | TWITTER | E-MAIL A team that develops a green rookie into a bona fide star is rewarding the fans’ patience. But the acquisition of an established superstar delivers instant gratification, at least initially. The press conference is a party, beat reporters gush, fans get excited (and buy season tickets, of course), […]
Robert Horry Saved My Life
JESSICA ROAKE | @jessicaroake | E-MAIL Thirteen years ago, I graduated from college well schooled in feminist documentary, hand-made super-8 films, and the lesser known works of the Italian neo-realists (I mean, everybody’s seen The Bicycle Thief, right?). I was perhaps not super-employable. But, infused with that particular naive, pretentious idiocy of the […]