League-Wide Stories
Robert Sarver Will Soon Be Gone, but It’s Not Justice
Howard Beck, Sports Illustrated
“It’s to the NBA’s credit that it pursued a full investigation and that it released the findings to the public, in contrast to some other sports leagues. But this whole episode only underscored once more that the league, for all its progressive messaging, is just as flawed, morally conflicted and beholden to ultrawealthy, self-interested power brokers as any other multibillion-dollar enterprise.”
How team building in the NBA has changed
Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle
NBA training camp: Preseason schedules and team-by-team looks at all the new faces
Jasmyn Wimbish, CBS Sports
Bruce Brown, Gary Payton II and the beautiful back-cut
Ian Levy, The Step Back
Lowering NBA Draft age minimum doesn’t help anyone. Especially not the players
Sam Vecenie, The Athletic
“But the biggest issue with Silver’s position [that 18-year-olds should be eligible to be drafted] is that despite its pro-labor roots, it is actually worse for prospective NBA players than the current alternative, not better. What works for a typical workforce will not work for this one.”