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So long 2021

The legend of Ja Morant grows

At least the NBA still has Franz Wagner

The patient and impatient new Memphis Grizzlies

2 years of GMIB

You Got Keita Bates-Diopped

The Nuggets lose, but at what cost?

Welcome to the 'Who He Play For' Olympics

Tuesday scores, where Embiid is the Most Dominant and Dejounte is a star

All the devils are here

Placing faith in an Indiana retool

WTF Wednesday in the NBA

The NBA's COVID-19 saga continues

Please stop ejecting superstars over stupid stuff

Zion, MPJ and the rookie max extension

How the Lakers lose with and without LeBron

Pace(r) yourself

Keep Portland absurd

Tuesday scores and links

Tinkering is over in Portland

-73: A review

Tampering is clearly not a crime in the NBA

Heliocentric

Knicks pull the plug

The cost of a Raptors championship

This is cancel culture

State of the NBA tank

Not all heroes wear capes

A new twist on the NBA 'Hold Me Back' fight: the 'Hold HIM Back' fight

Pros and cons of the new WNBA playoff format

Luke Walton: FAQs

An ultra-early NBA MVP longlist

The Lakers' Alex Caruso problem isn't just about Alex Caruso

Believe it or not, the West has 7 title contenders

A statement on the clip of Seth Curry scrambling OG Anunoby’s radar

This Pelicans' nightmare isn't David Griffin's fault, but it is his problem

Nikola Jokic the hothead

Bradley Beal and the case for stringing it out

What now? Make Robert Sarver a pariah and protect Suns staff

Thursday scores and links

The staggering Lakers

Celtics in crisis

Bing bong

3 teams worth worrying about

The Warriors in the shadow of LaMelo Ball

Tuesday dunks and more

The Pelicans are falling into a hole

Robert Sarver, Deandre Ayton and who gets the bags

Game of the year*

Losers all the way down

14 impeccable predictions for the 2021-22 NBA season

Endless Sky

Friday links

Grit 'n Griner

Brooklyn stands up

'He's back'

None of us know what's going to happen with Kyrie Irving

Teamwork makes the scheme work

Candace Parker, Chicago basketball icon

Building an NBA Top 75 All-Time list

The 2021-22 All Dead Cap Team

Eastern Conference tiers

In appreciation of Joel Embiid's equanimity

Western Conference tiers

Sky high

3 worrisome non-vaccine stories from NBA Media Day

Where the NBA and its players' union are failing on COVID-19

Friday scores & links

wtf... indeed

The law of unintended consequences strikes again

Top 28 NBA players under 25

What's the point of an NBA in-season tournament?

Leave the tank in the garage

The Nuggets' no-brainer

Finding the real Raptors

Hall of Fame, WNBA playoff race and more

C-Webb forever

Thursday scores and links

Who does a Ben Simmons trade stand-off hurt?

The planets, the moons and the tinkering of the Nets, Lakers and everyone

Friday scores and links

Jonquel Jones is the WNBA MVP

Revenge of the 2020-21 James Harden Trade Rumors, Thy Name Be Ben Simmons

The 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers are set. The system remains a nightmare

Surely this will fix the Blazers defense

It's Friday

On televised NBA coverage, ESPN and otherwise

Not Acing the test

Explaining all of the non-NCAA paths to the NBA Draft

The NBA will never shorten its season*

Draymond Green, Kevin Durant and another slice of player empowerment

The 10 worst contracts in the NBA

Resetting the WNBA playoff race: HERE COME THE LYNX (AGAIN)

A salary cap pyramid scheme in Memphis

How Jermaine O'Neal and Malice at the Palace changed basketball discourse

Spurs and sensibility

Schroder's cat

The Mavericks' new timeline

The sublimity of Kevin Durant

Go back to those gold soundz

The Wizards' metamorphosis

The Lakers' retool makes sense

Takeaways from the frenetic first few hours of NBA free agency

Here come the Heat

End mock draft and draft grade culture

Buddy, Beal and buying power

Wednesday links and Olympic scores

Another twist in the tale of Zion and Ja

Learn from Luka Doncic: Let Kevin Durant and Damian Lillard be themselves

Friday mailbag: Big trades, CP3 and the morality of booing Ben Simmons

Biggest winners of the 2021 NBA playoffs

Too bad Giannis doesn't have a bag to carry all these trophies in

Why wouldn't Damian Lillard be disenchanted?

Space Jam, Olympics and more

Buck wild

Patently absurd, patently Giannis

Well that's Kawhi't the explanation

6 reasons to be worried about Team USA men's basketball in the Olympics

Holy Buck

Milwaukee trapped in the margins

Thursday notes & links

The Suns are just really freaking good

Jumping off the treadmill of mediocrity

Poisoning the Hawks' progress

Friday scores & links

Chris Paul forever

The new importance of depth

Paul George can do this

On Billups, Kidd, fandom and a reckoning that isn't happening

The Mavericks are not having a normal one

The myth of the empty stats star

The smiting of the shameless OKC Thunder

The politics of USA Basketball

What's next for Ben Simmons, and where?

The curse of landing a young superstar

Major developments in the NBA, ranked by shock value

Kevin Durant's answer

Opportunity and burden for Kevin Durant

Ejected twice

Friday scores & links

What's in the Nuggets' mirror

Jokic, Embiid and 20 years without an MVP center

Worry about what Neil Olshey believes about the Blazers

The NBA coaching carousel gets a late start

Of course this affects LeBron's legacy

The Celtics' atom bomb that might not matter

Dame Time is a flat circle

The West remains a mystery box

The vindication of Trae Young

If the Clippers lose

Basketball fans, good and bad

Luka Doncic is inevitable

Is this about the Bucks or Heat?

A masterpiece basketball weekend

GMIB mini: A birth of one star and repose of another

The NBA Playoffs are here

The Lakers' recipe, stretched to its limits, saved by a master chef

On the Clippers, accusations of cowardice and pushing on open doors

Revisiting GMIB's preseason predictions, some good and some historically bad

5 questions going into the NBA play-in tourament

Blazers-Suns ending produces Maximum Chaos

Thursday scores & links

The 2 most interesting NBA playoff races

Positions and the All-NBA ballot

The NBA embraces chaos

Friday scores & links

The Spurs left the play-in door open. Can the Pelicans or Kings trip their way through?

The Pacers' disaster season is no longer under the radar

Marvel, the NBA and making pro basketball a little less serious

Everyone is mad about the West play-in now. That's how you know it's working

Checking back in on the getting-less-messy NBA playoff races

Staring at the Suns

Wednesday scores and links

Hail to the amazing Oklahoma City Thunder tank job

Is this all the Blazers will be?

Availability is not an ability

Monty Williams and Tom Thibodeau: 2 worthy Coaches of the Year

Wednesday scores and links

What Stephen Curry could have been and always was

Let top seeds pick their opponents

The Wings are loaded with potential, LaMarcus Aldridge says farewell and more

Sometimes magic happens

The play-in tournament is not the Mavericks' enemy

Tuesday scores, notes and links

Salvation in the Twin Cities

The WNBA now has the best jerseys in basketball

The Suns have several versions of 'it'

Checking in on the Eastern Conference

Checking in on the Western Conference

The Bucks' moments of truth are here

Welcome to Miami (from the 1990s)

Wednesday scores and links

So much for a storybook

The NBA buy-out market is broken. Does it matter?

Bulls parade on

Fishing expedition

How deep will the Raptors go?

Rest in peace, Elgin Baylor

Panic! at the NBA heartland

The NBA play-in is already making the season better

A new definition of patience for the Celtics

Damian Lillard, a legend in formation

Tuesday highlights and links

A wrinkle in tankdom

Can the Warriors do this again next year?

On the Pelicans' quest for knowledge and also a play-in spot

The NBA is back! (Wait, where are all the games?)

Unraveling the reality of Blake Griffin

Preposterous displays of athletic excellence

The NBA All-Star Draft remains the best thing about the NBA All-Star Game

The Jazz lose it

The Chris Paul trade is officially a huge success

Houston's fresh start is rotten

What Giannis and the Bucks are still capable of doing

Endgame

What's wrong with the Lakers?

2021 NBA All-Star Snub Power Rankings

A paean for Devin Booker

Timberwolves go 0-100 real quick

NBA finally acknowledges that there will be an All-Star Game

It's always Dame Time somewhere

Fallout

Blake Griffin and Andre Drummond on ice

Patience, effort and the Utah Jazz

Friday highlights and notes

The Mavericks tried to break the mold only to strengthen it

GMIB's official unofficial NBA All-Star ballot

The Bulls can't get it together

A brief statement concerning this newsletter's feelings about Sacramento Kings

Who wants the NBA All-Star Game?

De'Aaron Fox + Tyrese Haliburton is the next great NBA backcourt

Future champs or not, the Brooklyn Nets are incredibly fun

Out of line in Georgia

Weekend highlights and links

The Heat are in a hole. Can Jimmy Butler dig them out?

Candace Parker's Chicago move is a real WNBA earthquake

Beal with it

Is an NBA All-Star Game actually worth it?

There is no problem with Ben Simmons

The case for an inclusive list of NBA contenders

Sexton on fire

What we can learn from Kyrie Irving

Are the San Antonio Spurs good?

Monday highlights and links

Can Anthony Davis win MVP with LeBron as his co-star?

The many real and potential regrets of the Houston Rockets

The Rockets might need to send James Harden home, for the sake of his teammates

Make the Sacramento Kings make sense

The NBA is playing through it

The virus invades the NBA

Thursday notes and highlights

It's time for Kelly Loeffler to be expelled from the WNBA

The NBA playoff race is indeed going to be crowded

Stephen Curry's legacy can only grow

Actually, Trae Young's dead stop play is basketball