When I watch footage of NBA players from before my time, I find that it becomes kinda clinical. I already know the results, and how the players’ careers turned out, and the following players who were influenced by them, and so. The elements of surprise and of context are missing. The times and society and…
Dream Team vs. Current Stars: Something old, something new
What Kobe Bryant said prior to the London Games was actually fairly reasonable: he said the 2012 Olympic basketball team could beat the 1992 team. Not “We’d kill ’em.” We can be sure that he didn’t volunteer it. He was asked, and he answered. That statement was tepidly co-signed by LeBron James. Michael Jordan and…