The NBA in the late 1970s and early ’80s hit a bit of a rough patch. A lack of attendance and all-around viewership plagued the league, which also suffered from far darker problems, including one story we’ll cover in just a bit. As late as 1986, playoff games were being shown on tape delay—an unfathomable …
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Once upon a time, in the not-so-distant past, before the Age of the Super Team, the NBA-wide trend for elite franchises was to try creating the perfect Big Three. Though there were a few exceptions in the 1980s and ’90s, like the Larry Bird-Kevin McHale-Robert Parish Boston Celtics, or the Charles Barkley-Clyde Drexler-Hakeem Olajuwon Houston …
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Imagine a world without the NBA Draft. There’d be no more tanking (much to the chagrin of Sam Hinkie), the idiotic lottery would be out the window and, best of all, young men would be able to choose where they get to take the next step in their careers. The benefits are bountiful to the …
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From high-flying, rim-rattling athletic freaks to all-seeing visionaries, from ball-handling maestros to high-volume three-point assassins, the NBA’s best point guards routinely put on spectacles with dizzying and diverse arrays of talent. The explosive Russell Westbrook, the bulldozing James Harden and the sharp-shooting destructor known as Stephen Curry each earned All-NBA distinction for their 2016-17 contributions. …
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