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Kevin Draper
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Reporter at the New York Times

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That’s one of the Warriors’ secrets, and really every team should illegal screen as much as they do. It’s almost never called, and worth picking up an offensive foul or two a game to get away with 30 moving screens. Read more

I’m also unclear why I would’ve had to get off the couch to blog this. Read more

I couldn’t use this Getty shot of Whiteside stuffing the shit out of Green for the lead image because it isn’t horizontal, but it’s great:

Because it ... probably was? You should read articles before commenting on them! Read more

This is a bad comment, and you should feel bad for writing it. Read more

It is by no means definitive, but most studies (here’s one!) have shown that heavier players tend to age earlier and more dramatically than lighter players. Read more

The trade was about as official as a trade can be without actually being official. Because it is infeasible to examine an opposing team’s players before a deal is consummated, the NBA has a window built in after trades for physical’s to take place. 99.9% of the time these are formalities: this is the 0.1% of the time Read more

Yes, and our old friend/conspiracy theorist Kyle Wagner thinks that might’ve just happened here! Read more

Never. They’ll be looking for your replacement the entire time. Read more

Whenever I’m there it’s always something very shitty. Read more

Yes, every day. The thing I like most about my job is the sheer variety of what I get to do. Short blogs, long blogs, aggregating, original reporting, flowery prose, editing, writing, designing etc. Read more