Like so many way-above average NBA coaches, Rick Adelman was obsessed by the job. Obviously so his first year or so in Minnesota. Then something was wrong with his wife--she wasn't well. She came first. Rick resigned from being Timberwolves head coach and never coached again. 1/2
Been thinking about this. It's not about hoops, but it is about a hooper.
Give Wemby and his marketing team major credit.
For three or four years now he's been saying yes. Access. Interviews. Riding the subway. Playing chess. Living with monks. Voiced geopolitical takes. Stunt-y or not, doesn't matter.
I think reporters have been starved of actual access from NBA stars for a long time. From LeBron to Jokic, you only got the few crumbs that the player and his sneaker brand and his agency wanted you to have. Then, journalists (and talkshow hosts) would have to make a meal out of crumbs. (Crumbs that often came with strings attached.)
Wemby's kind've bucked that trend. So now that he's got the biggest stage of his career, those same access-starved reporters (who also, fwiw, tend to align with his politics and disposition) have got stories, angles, and the "superhero" they've craved to cover.
Whether Wemby's genuinely that guy or just plays one really well, I don't know. But from a media and marketing standpoint, he and his team ran their long play about as well as we've seen it run in a long time.
Salute.
Watched & have no clue why we are upset ? Good interview. He even said he takes responsibility for how things went. I understand the game day thing right after but come on now.
New rule - We worry about us, VT worries about VT.
I’m focused on Matt Campbell not James Franklin
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Is this what #Pittsburgh will look like tomorrow on the scheduled teen takeover from 430-930 pm?
This is Chicago.
They want to do this tomorrow in our city.
Congrats on passing the most games played 1611!! You continue pushing for greatness/excellence combined with grace and respect for the game is a feel good moment for me!!
"No player is better deserving to break that Iron Man record, that 1,611 games played record, than LeBron"
- Robert Parish on LeBron closing in on his All-Time record for Games Played 🫡🔥
@statsowar It would be hard to do accurately, but there’s probably some value in using some kind of classifier model to sort teams into pokemon style “types”, and getting further upstream on talent eval and how it behaves in those types, if I’m reading this correctly