Archive - BASKETBALL FEELINGS

The value of women, interpreted by men.

Jun 30, 2022 •

Entire universes, within the waiting

The intimacies, vulnerabilities, and hierarchies of waiting, in and out of the NBA.

Nov 17, 2024 •

The NBA playoff's rules, conditions, and contradictions of pressure.

Apr 20 •

Strange weather

The parallels, deference, and indifference we show to weather and basketball.

Mar 9 •

Who gets permission to take the title of "face of the league", and why it's contingent on where they're from.

Feb 23 •

A week in the Netherlands and its standard of care, and the conflicting excesses of NBA playoff basketball.

Apr 27 •

Exits: Look where it wasn't

Comedian and writer Josh Gondelman on the disappearing act of Jimmy Butler from Miami, and the Heat from collective memory of this NBA season.

May 11 •

No easy buckets but these

If Team USA is the unequivocal best in global basketball, why is everyone so depressed about it?

Aug 3, 2024 •

A coward needs a scapegoat

The NCAA sold out its trans athletes to Trump, but these exercises in cruelty won't stop.

Feb 9 •

What to do about the new WNBA fans who seem only interested in having another avenue to be awful to women?

Sep 15, 2024 •

Anthony Edwards' first crack at solo leadership, and the mixed truth and myth of the Dark Ages.

Dec 1, 2024 •

Exits: Destiny ends somewhere

The Lakers and LeBron James, or, when two brands of exceptionalism collide.

May 10, 2024 •

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