Sitemap - 2023 - Good Morning It's Basketball
Are the Pistons are the best 2-29 team of all-time?
What the NFL crushing the NBA on T.V. means for basketball fans ... eventually
It's darkest before the dawn (the dawn is 2 months late)
The Suns are careening toward disaster
The Pistons have an entire English alphabet's worth of consecutive Ls
The Pistons found something funnier than 24
Joel Embiid and ethical scoring
Ja Morant's suspension is over. The Grizzlies' season is not.
The Cavaliers' bad news could become an instruction manual
Thus ends a completely normal week in the NBA
A new NBA conspiracy is born: Welcome to Gameballghazi
Zion Williamson and the Pelicans are just normal men
Where did the Pistons go wrong?
Tyrese Haliburton knows the time
The lie of Adam Silver's Alley-Oop Diplomacy
All 16 possible NBA Cup championship games, ranked
An Alex Caruso flaps his wings ...
Finally, maybe, it's the Pelicans' time
This might be the most Clipper loss of all-time
The Bulls' nightmare is just beginning
A player spit out turkey and it wasn't the weirdest thing to happen on an NBA court on Wednesday
"Things are heating up in the NBA Cup!" is a sentence you will probably hear on TV tonight
And the Thunder shall inherit the Earth
Golden State Worriers, am I right?
Putting Rudy Gobert in a headlock is self-sabotage, not self-care
An all-too-brief Friday newsletter
Bask in the Timberwolves' rare light
NBA stars aren't resting early this season. Why?
As consequential and pernicious of an NBA weekend as you will ever find in November
The Spurs *literally* snatched victory from the jaws of defeat
Now was that so Hard(en) after all?
Stephen Curry insists you respect your bedtime
Don't forget to set your clocks back for Dame Time
What time is it? Players' only meeting time HOO
Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets are unbothered
11 fearless predictions for the 2023-24 NBA season
What is the standard for NBA disappointment?
Work beef in the NBA dark ages
We need more Mitchell Robinsons
Cade Cunningham and the quest to make theory reality
Introducing the 2023-24 League Pass Cup
Important non-stars in the NBA's best division
Victor and Chet, take the wheel
Most important non-stars: Part 1, Northwest territory
Great lengths and short patience
On the asymmetry of player movement in the NBA
It's not a fashion statement, it's a deathwish
3 questions about the Damian Lillard trade
It doesn't matter if Chris Paul is named a starter
Who the Chicago Bulls truly are
There should be 2 NBA seasons every year
Hey Rockets! Just waive his ass
The NBA and Disney are going to solve their money crunch with your money
How do you get people to watch NBA basketball? Put the Lakers or Warriors on
All of Team USA's problems have been proven real
Team USA is the least interesting thing about the next stage of the World Cup
Giannis Antetokounmpo's forever threat
Everything's always changing in international basketball
Put some respect on Tim Duncan's name
3 reasons Team USA should win the FIBA World Cup
Top 23 players not on Team USA in the 2023 FIBA World Cup
Canada Basketball should be a powerhouse. Alas ...
I Remain Hyped For The Silly In-Season Tournament
We have reached new, unimaginable levels of James Harden
Breaking: The New York Knicks are a well-run basketball organization
Team USA will never be a clear favorite again
Looking ahead to the Lakers after LeBron
Where the Brooklyn Nets have been, and where they could go
The stakes of the Jaylen Brown supermax
Everyone wants a piece of the NBA, and the NBA wants a piece of everything
The lesson, as always: don't tweet
Joel Embiid and the echoes of that damned Hawks series
The Suns choose money over having a single point guard in the rotation
Someone *has* to be at the bottom of the NBA next season. But who?
An affirmative (but not positive) case for Dillon Brooks in Houston
3 questions about the new NBA Cup
The Blazers and Damian Lillard are acting in self-interest? What a scandal
The Mavericks' lovely picnic around a timebomb centerpiece
Truths about the Blazers' power to decide Damian Lillard's next home
Chet Holmgren is back in our lives
A stable, mostly surprise-free start to NBA free agency
The Bulls are at a buffet where nothing looks good
NBA trades are not competitions
The unthinkable has happened: John Collins has finally been traded
The $256 million question in Minnesota
No Poole Parties in the new NBA labor deal
Is that all Marcus Smart meant to the Celtics?
Draymond Green vs. an unstable market
The remarkable pivot of the Miami Heat
Welcome to the Nuggets' golden age, unless ...
Jamal Murray is the perfect second star for Nikola Jokic
Basketball is not a probability machine
Did the Heat just get lucky (again)? An investigation
The impossible standard of Jokic
How I'm thinking about Nuggets vs. Heat
Bob Myers' immense pressure and a Warriors crossroads
From a 3-0 series to 3.0 seconds
Don't count your [Celtics] before they [collapse]
Sure, an 0-3 comeback in the NBA is inevitable. So is the heat death of the universe
The Nuggets' proof of concept for patience in the NBA
But they lost to the Hawks in the play-in!
The validation of Jamal Murray
So you won the rights to Victor Wembanyama. Now what?
The NBA coaching carousel reaches terminal speed
We should have 9 All-NBA teams, not 3
The Sixers' playoff ghosts get their plane tickets for Cancun
How many bears did you poke, dude?
James Harden put on his big boy pants
You wanted the Kings? You got the Kings
The Hawks are still trying to inbound from the corner
The Clippers' superteam goes missing again
Why don't they make the entire playoffs out of Kings vs. Warriors?
We need to shut down the 76ers until we figure out what's going on
Is this a summer of change for the Wizards?
There is only one Russell Westbrook
Where the tension lies in the NBA playoffs
A play-in adjustment idea that leads to a playoff adjustment idea
Another gut punch for the Timberwolves
The problem with the 65-game award threshold
The Timberwolves sure know how to punch their ticket to the postseason
Will the Clippers call in shenanigans? Will the Warriors play along? THIS IS APRIL
Goodbye, Mavericks. That was weird
Yes, low-seed West teams should aim for No. 6
This is the day Joel Embiid finally became president
Comfort in uncomfortable times: On the new NBA labor agreement
'Straight to DVD: The 2022-23 Dallas Mavericks Story'
Here's the situation in the Western Conference
Draymond is still Draymond and Steph is still STEPH
Is it time to bury the Mavericks?
The Mavericks doth protest too much
A very bad night for the Clippers
How many Steph Curry points does it take to get the Warriors a road win? We may never know
Looking ahead to the NBA coaching carousel
A very interesting weekend in the NBA MVP race
How to write about sports on Substack
A dream scenario West playoff bracket
The NBA play-in is working shockingly well
The Russell Westbrook Experience rip cord
A suddenly familiar oof for the Lakers
176 reasons to believe in the Beam
The benefits of NBA parity are now
The Trae Young Hawks: one good stretch in an era of mediocrity
Your Honest NBA All-Star Weekend Viewing Guide
New York basketball is fun again
Really, the Celtics and Bucks both won
The most encouraging Timberwolves possession of the year
The Warriors almost un-did the James Wiseman trade
Which NBA deadline deals actually matter?
Good morning! Yep, the Suns traded a bunch for Kevin Durant
The Mavericks are going to be a problem and have problems
... but it might work for the Mavericks
NBA All-Star reserve selection remains weird as hell
OK fine, let's talk about the Wizards
The Jaren Jackson Jr. fake conspiracy, explained
The All-Star voting disconnects: Embiid's lament, Situation Kyrie and the Brow is beaten
A shot so dumb your teammate gets ejected over it
LeBron is beating Father Time. Unfortunately, wins over Father Time don't count in the standings
Picking 2022-23 NBA Western Conference All-Stars
3 thoughts on the Grizzlies vs. Shannon Sharpe
Picking 2022-23 Eastern Conference NBA All-Stars
The Kings are No. 3 in the West. Yes, those Kings
Resurrecting the Clippers' past
On the vexing timing of the Rudy Gobert trade
The West playoff picture is breathtakingly tight
Putting the 'Trail' back in 'Trailblazers'
Nikola Jokic is (almost) perfect
I regret to inform you that the Lakers are back from the dead
Fantasy vs. reality in All-Star starter voting
Ja Morant walking the dog doesn't require a rule change
Checking in on preseason predictions