She Is Seeing Red

what. a. season. since this was truly the most unprecedented NBA season yet, i’ve chosen my 5 favorite events from this season that made it memorable for me. 5. The Dunk Heard ‘Round The World. Anthony Edwards may be the coolest rookie the league has ever seen. his post-game interviews are an incredible mixture of candidness, honesty, and absolute hilarity. however, his terrorizing baptism of Yuta Watanabe shook the foundation of the court floor- and NBA Twitter alike. the clip went viral in minutes, inciting another ground shaking dunk- the one on old-man-yells-at-cloud NBA writers. instead of praising the athletic feat, a few writers opted to instead comment on his poor shooting night, in hopes to dull the shine on an otherwise spectacular play. then the Montagues and Capulets of basketball discourse drew their swords. analytics versus eye test, part 94291. i won’t get into the finite details of that feud, but it’s unfortunate that such a fun play resorted to that tired debate. baske...

val·u·a·ble /ˈvaly(o͞o)əb(ə)l/ MVP. no other award across all professional sports is more coveted than the one of Most Valuable Player. what does it mean to be the most valuable player in the league? what does it mean to be valuable? does it mean being the best player? does it mean being the most consistent? does it mean being the face of the best team? or does it mean being the overachieving underdog that no one saw coming? to be honest, i don’t think we know what it means. the criteria for MVP changes every season. most fans consider it merely a narrative-based award given to the player whose season storyline eclipses the others. other folks think it’s a purely quantifiable award that can *only* be supported by statistics and win shares. they wholly reject the narrative aspect and focus solely one what can be seen - and calculated. then there are those who feel that the award should go to the player who has etched his name in the history books. these folks overlook seeding & cali...