Archive - BASKETBALL FEELINGS

Why women don't have the luxury of "sticking to sports", Michael Porter Jr.'s dangerous ignorance, and the recent weaponized misogyny at W games.

Aug 28 •

Exits: Our best blueprint

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's championship homecoming, our addiction to telegraphing success, and whether achievement has to be loud to count.

Aug 23 •

Exits: How do you remember?

Pacers beat writer Tony East recalls the quiet, personal moments alongside Indiana's roster this season, before Tyrese Haliburton fell to the floor.

Aug 16 •

Exits: Something darker

Writer Robert Silverman on the Knicks, the authoritarian need of humiliation, outgrowing childhood fears, and Karl-Anthony Towns.

Aug 9 •

Robert Silverman

Exits: What can kindness count for?

In deep appreciation of and for Mike Conley.

Aug 4 •

July 2025

Summer League Forever VI

Eleven days in the desert; as always, an attempt to get it all down.

Jul 27 •

Exits: The one who holds the sky

Writer Alex Lewis on Nikola Jokic as Atlas, the trick (and fortitude) of time, and Denver on the mend.

Jul 18 •

Exits: No reverse or retrospect

Golden State has only ever ridden for the horizon, what happens when the sun sets on these Warriors?

Jul 11 •

Exits: Keep the faith

Writer Maggie Doherty on Jayson Tatum's most dually admirable and loathed qualities, and the assured narrative shift coming for the Celtics.

Jul 5 •

June 2025

Masai Ujiri's 13 season, unscripted legacy in Toronto and the aftershocks to come in his unceremonious dismissal.

Jun 28 •

Exits: Leaving home, finding home

Professor and writer Courtney M. Cox on stage managing LeBron James' 'The Decision' special, Jarrett Allen, and why there's no easy way for an athlete…

Jun 27 •

Courtney M. Cox

Exits: Getting the best out of a body

Forever wars, the bizarre fallacy of wealth and altruism, Steve Ballmer's $2 billion character investment and Kawhi Leonard, in stark relief.

Jun 22 •

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