TrueHoop’s Jarod Hector, and David Thorpe discuss the NBA’s silly season, aka free agency: What is leadership? David has a very specific definition and discusses how it applies, or doesn’t, to Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets. This is the time of year where teams solidify their rosters, our new stat,
Thought this was a really interesting article from &scape about player empowerment, and how it's maybe a misnomer since it's only empowering a small number of players, at the detriment to a great many others. And I that it doesn't have to be an either/or choice between hating GMs treating humans like assets and disliking mercurial players laying waste to franchises--you can not like both.
https://andscape.com/features/player-empowerment-in-the-nba-is-good-but-not-for-everyone/
Thought this was a really interesting article from &scape about player empowerment, and how it's maybe a misnomer since it's only empowering a small number of players, at the detriment to a great many others. And I that it doesn't have to be an either/or choice between hating GMs treating humans like assets and disliking mercurial players laying waste to franchises--you can not like both.