NBA
“Thank you, driver”
David Bragdon remembers how Bill Walton treated a Portland Trail-Blazers bus driver. Here is a taste: After the silent stretching, they slowly and methodically walked through plays, never breaking a sweat, Walton always in the middle, making slight gestures and […]
Bill Walton on the Clippers
From Bill Walton’s Los Angeles Clipper days:
Our Draymond Green problem
Even if we see problems within our team, it is notoriously difficult to go against your own group, whatever that group is.
Remembering the Virginia Squires
I am a sucker for all things American Basketball Association. (Listen to my interview with historian Theresa Runstedtler about her book Black Ball: Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation That Saved the Soul of the NBA). I was […]
Will the Nuggets be the last old ABA team to make it to an NBA final?
It sure looks like it. In 1976, four teams from the American Basketball Association joined the National Basketball Association. Learn more about the ABA and the merger here or you can listen to our forthcoming podcast interview with Theresa Runstedtler, […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on LeBron James breaking his NBA scoring record
At his Substack, Kareem sets the record straight on a lot of the rumors. He is happy LeBron broke his scoring record. He corrects his old teammate Magic Johnson. He says he is more focused right now on his activism […]
LeBron may be the king, but he’s not THAT King
LeBron James broke the NBA scoring record last night. Here is the Nike commercial that aired on TNT immediately following LeBron’s breaking of the record: The soundtrack of this ad is obviously a Black church. Did anyone else have a […]