Sitemap - 2021 - Good Morning It's Basketball
At least the NBA still has Franz Wagner
The patient and impatient new Memphis Grizzlies
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
Placing faith in an Indiana retool
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
Tampering is clearly not a crime in the NBA
The cost of a Raptors championship
A new twist on the NBA 'Hold Me Back' fight: the 'Hold HIM Back' fight
Pros and cons of the new WNBA playoff format
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
Bradley Beal and the case for stringing it out
What now? Make Robert Sarver a pariah and protect Suns staff
The Warriors in the shadow of LaMelo Ball
The Pelicans are falling into a hole
Robert Sarver, Deandre Ayton and who gets the bags
14 impeccable predictions for the 2021-22 NBA season
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
In appreciation of Joel Embiid's equanimity
3 worrisome non-vaccine stories from NBA Media Day
Where the NBA and its players' union are failing on COVID-19
The law of unintended consequences strikes again
What's the point of an NBA in-season tournament?
Hall of Fame, WNBA playoff race and more
Who does a Ben Simmons trade stand-off hurt?
The planets, the moons and the tinkering of the Nets, Lakers and everyone
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
On televised NBA coverage, ESPN and otherwise
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
The Lakers' retool makes sense
Takeaways from the frenetic first few hours of NBA free agency
End mock draft and draft grade culture
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?
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
Milwaukee trapped in the margins
The Suns are just really freaking good
Jumping off the treadmill of mediocrity
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
Opportunity and burden for Kevin Durant
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
The West remains a mystery box
Is this about the Bucks or Heat?
A masterpiece basketball weekend
GMIB mini: A birth of one star and repose of another
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
The 2 most interesting NBA playoff races
Positions and the All-NBA ballot
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
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
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
The play-in tournament is not the Mavericks' enemy
Tuesday scores, notes and links
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)
The NBA buy-out market is broken. Does it matter?
The NBA play-in is already making the season better
A new definition of patience for the Celtics
Damian Lillard, a legend in formation
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 Chris Paul trade is officially a huge success
Houston's fresh start is rotten
What Giannis and the Bucks are still capable of doing
2021 NBA All-Star Snub Power Rankings
Timberwolves go 0-100 real quick
NBA finally acknowledges that there will be an All-Star Game
It's always Dame Time somewhere
Blake Griffin and Andre Drummond on ice
Patience, effort and the Utah Jazz
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
The Heat are in a hole. Can Jimmy Butler dig them out?
Candace Parker's Chicago move is a real WNBA earthquake
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
What we can learn from Kyrie Irving
Are the San Antonio Spurs good?
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
It's time for Kelly Loeffler to be expelled from the WNBA
The NBA playoff race is indeed going to be crowded