We’ve reorganized the basketball page to make it easier to read. Previously, the players were organized into three groups; centers, forwards and guards. As the lists grew, it became a chore to scroll through. Now we’ve split it into seven; centers, center-forwards, power forwards, small forwards, guard-forwards, shooting guards and point guards. The shorter lists should …
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Notes: Individual vs. team defense
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Hoops update: D. Wade, Dirk (and LeBron)
The 2018-19 NBA season was marked by the retirement of two sure-fire Hall of Famers, and the decision of one of the greatest of them all to join a middling team in L.A.
Notes: Russ vs. Wilt as the line of demarcation
It was, for my grandfather’s generation, the defining basketball argument. Bill Russell or Wilt Chamberlain? Talent or intensity? The guy with the numbers or the guy with the rings? Though they both retired before I was born, I felt the reverberations of their rivalry even in my time. After all, Russell was the first coach …
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Apples & Oranges 