Teams that make the NBA Finals have great players. OK, that’s not exactly news. But teams can get great players in different ways. The 2008 Celtics became great largely by signing Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen in the offseason. Ditto for the 2011 Miami Heat, by snagging LeBron James and Chris Bosh. Ditto for the […]
Teams that make the NBA Finals have great players. OK, that’s not exactly news. But teams can get great players in different ways. The 2008 Celtics became great largely by signing Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen in the offseason. Ditto for the 2011 Miami Heat, by snagging LeBron James and Chris Bosh. Ditto for the […]
Let’s play FiveThirtyEight Family Feud. Twenty seconds on the clock. Name an animal that begins with the letter ‘F’. Fox! Name a famous Super Bowl upset. J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets. Name a famous NBA Finals upset. I mean… umm, uh. Uhhhhhhrrrrrrrmm. That isn’t an easy question. Didn’t Bill Russell’s Celtics once lose in the finals? […]
Let’s play FiveThirtyEight Family Feud. Twenty seconds on the clock. Name an animal that begins with the letter ‘F’. Fox! Name a famous Super Bowl upset. J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets. Name a famous NBA Finals upset. I mean… umm, uh. Uhhhhhhrrrrrrrmm. That isn’t an easy question. Didn’t Bill Russell’s Celtics once lose in the finals? […]
In the NBA, superstars command so much attention — and affect their teams’ fortunes so deeply relative to other sports — that it’s difficult to resist advertising a playoff series as Star A versus Star B, with teammates and coaches taking lesser billing. Sure enough, this year’s finals bout between the Golden State Warriors and […]
