@TheAthleticNBA editor. Author of "SPACED OUT: How the NBA's 3-Point Revolution changed everything you thought you knew about basketball.”
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Hi friends! We've now got a DAILY, running NBA live blog, featuring your @TheAthleticNBA favorites covering the latest news, fun stuff and much more from around the league.
Here's the link to follow along. nytimes.com/athletic/live-bl…
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Spent a year working on the CLA story, so it’s an honor to be recognized by the PBWA!
🧵 Writing contest winners: Magazine-Length Features
1st @jwquick, nytimes.com/athletic/7128413…
2nd @JaredWeissNBA, nytimes.com/athletic/6665943…
3rd @loganmmurdock, theringer.com/2026/01/13/nba…
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I’m joining @TheAthleticNBA as a managing editor.
I’m so excited to team up with @glennyoder, @tybatiste and a world-class lineup of sports journalists. We want fans to get the best reporting, analysis and storytelling in the game. I’m ready to get to work.
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The Wizards, irrelevant for most of the last 50 years (!!!), took their roster down to the studs – and are betting that their biggest addition, number one pick AJ Dybantsa, will finally provide a foundation for consistent winning. Free, in @TheAthletic:
nytimes.com/athletic/7649979…
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As a skeptic, I thought Heat Culture might just be clever marketing. Giannis Antetokounmpo assured me that is not the case.
"It’s real, and I love every f—ing second of it...It’s almost like being alive again."
Giannis, on his new home, at @TheAthletic: nytimes.com/athletic/7650866…
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Tom Dundon’s Trail Blazers have become exhausting. nytimes.com/athletic/7653499…
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“I was just never going to change who I was, even when the world was asking me to change who I was, to be a character in their story.”
A candid Karl-Anthony Towns goes deep with @TheAthletic on turmoil, tragedy and triumph
Free to read:
nytimes.com/athletic/7618092…
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Among the more notable early moments from NBA media day: Nikola Jokic makes it crystal clear that he'll be re-signing in Denver next summer - "If they want me."
Much more on that and league-wide observations, at @TheAthletic
nytimes.com/athletic/live-bl…
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.@TheAthletic has a NBA media day live blog going today. It's a great way to get all your media day notes and quotes in one place. Like @jwquick on the latest in the Blazers arena saga and @joevardon asking Jaylen Brown about who the leader is in Philly: nytimes.com/athletic/live-bl…
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Here’s context on the weight clause in the Pistons’ offer to Jalen Duren, with @sam_amick.
Details on when Detroit initially wanted Duren to lose weight, monthly weigh-ins and more:
nytimes.com/athletic/7624361…
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Read Mirin, always
"The approach I try to take is being vulnerable and letting people know you’re not alone." My newest story for @TheAthleticNBA is on DeMar DeRozan: nytimes.com/athletic/7595799… A story about aging, mental health and the power of storytelling.
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Wildly impressive work from @davidubben, @slmandel, @skhanjr and our graphics team.
Months of reporting went into nailing the most accurate roster-budget number for every Power 4 team — a tall task in today’s college football.
The product is incredible:
nytimes.com/athletic/interac…
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Personal update: After getting the opportunity to cover the Milwaukee Bucks for the last decade, I am moving to Miami for a new role covering the Miami Heat at @TheAthletic.
Leaving Milwaukee is going to be incredibly difficult, but I am excited for the new opportunity.
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Paul Scheer (@paulscheer) had his phone buzzing earlier this week, people letting him know he'd again been cast in the perfect role -- Embarrassed Clippers Fan. @LawMurray and I reached out to the other people punished here - the fans nytimes.com/athletic/7563841…
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New story:
When Victor Wembanyama returned to his home country last month as a player with the national team and faced the broader French media, the questions began to stray from basketball. That produced a subtle but important moment that foreshadowed the direction of Wembanyama’s career and place in global sports.
My piece in @TheAthletic on Wemby’s declaration that becoming a superstar won’t quiet his voice.
Read below 👇
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Of all places, Joakim Noah begrudgingly revisited Cleveland back in January. This was not vacation. It wasn’t even so much about the city. Or the Cavs, or LeBron.
He needed to face his past, his old purpose, to grow. Noah wants to be comfortable again:
nytimes.com/athletic/7526835…
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Jeanie Buss and her attorney, Adam Streisand, have filed a petition to block her siblings’ attempted sale of the family’s Lakers shares.
A court hearing is scheduled for November 5, according to a filing that was publicly processed today.
Much more here, with @MelodyGutierrez, at @TheAthletic
nytimes.com/athletic/7536019…
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What we know about the Lakers sale, from the elephant in the room to the baseball people headed out of it (FREE) with @sam_amick and @MikeVorkunov nytimes.com/athletic/7509071…
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New story on Wemby and the Spurs taking Paris.
How this offseason is shaping up even better than the last one for a team who just fell short of a surprising championship run.
Read on @TheAthleticNBA below 👇
(Photo via Carter Bryant/Spurs)
