Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images How the combination of Dereck Lively and Daniel Gafford makes the Dallas center position elite With the 2024 NBA regular season quickly closing in upon us, basketball fans and statistical addicts, alike, are anxiously assessing their team’s strengths and weaknesses, dexterously calibrating their own personal homeostasis … [Read more...] about “Two Good Ol’ Cowboys”
A.J. Lawson signs two-way contract with the Mavericks
Photo by Glenn James/NBAE via Getty Images A.J. Lawson is back, baby! Not so fast! Days after perennial NBA Summer League player A.J. Lawson was waived, he’s back! The Dallas Mavericks announced earlier this week, on October 10, that the team re-signed Lawson to one of its available two-way contracts. My colleague Josh Bowe speculated that Lawson could return to the … [Read more...] about A.J. Lawson signs two-way contract with the Mavericks
MMBets: Handicapping the race to “Capture the Flagg”
Jaylynn Nash-Imagn Images Be prepared for some good, old-fashioned tanking by this group With the NBA’s new Draft Lottery structure that was rolled out in 2019, the incentive to “tank” has been discouraged. With the old rules, the team with the worst record had a 25% chance to pick first and couldn’t drop any further than 4th. Under the current rules, each of the “top” … [Read more...] about MMBets: Handicapping the race to “Capture the Flagg”
Kirk Your Enthusiasm: Jason Concepcion of Six Trophies
A podcast that goes all sorts of places Friday, I got the chance to chat with my long-time internet friend Jason Concepcion. You likely know him from his Emmy award-winning show on the Ringer called NBA Desktop. He currently cohosts a basketball show called Six Trophies with Shea Serrano, which you should absolutely check out on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. … [Read more...] about Kirk Your Enthusiasm: Jason Concepcion of Six Trophies
Leaning on the Dallas Mavericks to lift my spirits
Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Can basketball help alleviate Depression? Over the last few months, I have battled against what I can only assume is depression. This is miles from a self-diagnosis and more of a “feel it in your bones” resignation. I certainly have more questions than answers. Where does the pain of cumulative regret end and chemical imbalances begin? How … [Read more...] about Leaning on the Dallas Mavericks to lift my spirits