After the blockbuster Bruce Brown-Dzanan Musa trade, the NBA landscape is poised for upheaval, and the NBA draft is the backhoe that starts tearing up this league. So based on the best available information and our league sources, here’s Roundball Rock’s final - and only - mock draft of 2020. Minnesota: Antony Edwards. With their… Continue reading Roundball Rock’s Final and Only Mock Draft
The Corbin Smith Review of Michael Jordan Commercials, Vol. 1: MJ’s Head as a Hyperreal Planet
In addition to being the greatest basketball player who ever lived (apologies to Kareem), Michael Jordan also was, is, and will always be the greatest commercial pitchman of all time. Underwear, Sport Drinks, Soft Drinks, high-end tequila, sneakers, F-35s, the list goes on. You name it, MJ could hock it. In this series of posts… Continue reading The Corbin Smith Review of Michael Jordan Commercials, Vol. 1: MJ’s Head as a Hyperreal Planet
Roundball Rock E288: Hey What Up Laker Fans. It’s Me, Frank Vogel
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/roundball-rock/id1133321651 It's the Roundball Rock Finals recap podcast, where Sean and Joey get agitated about the word "bespoke," defend Alex Caruso's athleticism, choose our own replacement Finals MVPs, and ask the big question: Is Frank Vogel the worst basketball player to coach an NBA champion? We also answer a reader question about Ryan Rusillo, talk… Continue reading Roundball Rock E288: Hey What Up Laker Fans. It’s Me, Frank Vogel
Only Losers Care About TV Ratings
The NBA Finals are about to come to an end within weeks of a presidential election and aside from Kobe’s ghost leading the Lakers to victory and Big Face Coffee fueling the Heat’s underdog run, the biggest story in the league is a decline in TV ratings. The NBA and its own self-destruction are the… Continue reading Only Losers Care About TV Ratings
JOKIC IS THE JOKER, JUST NOT THAT ONE
Because his name begins with “Jok,” Serbian basketball superstar Nikola Jokic has been christened “The Joker” by American announcers. This nickname fucking sucks. “The Joker” is the main Batman villain (Batman is a man who dresses up like a bat to solve crime in many popular comic books), a clown man who thinks crime is… Continue reading JOKIC IS THE JOKER, JUST NOT THAT ONE
NASHTY DEALINGS
When I am writing a first draft and I am ambivalent about something, I almost always end up reaching for an adverb. “Mostly,” “about,” “or so,” “primarily,” “very,” “extraordinarily,” all those bad boys are just sitting there waiting for me to reach a point in a draft where I am making a point that even… Continue reading NASHTY DEALINGS
PLEASE DO HALF OF THE WORK OF WRITING MY CONTENT VOL 2: JIMMY BUTLER AND STRATEGIC EJECTIONS
Hello! In case you didn’t know, writing is hard. You gotta come up with ideas, then come up with words to serve those ideas and honestly man it sucks. Sometimes, when you’re as famous as I am, you sidestep the first thing by having your readers send in questions you can answer. You do this… Continue reading PLEASE DO HALF OF THE WORK OF WRITING MY CONTENT VOL 2: JIMMY BUTLER AND STRATEGIC EJECTIONS
THE WAYBACK BABY, Part Two (of two)
(This is Part Two of John Wilmes’ deep dive into “The Way Back,” a movie where Ben Affleck drinks in public and tells high school kids about how to dominate on the court. Please read part one here. Onward!) Some things that have occurred to me as the first half of “The Way Back” has… Continue reading THE WAYBACK BABY, Part Two (of two)
THE WAY BACK, Baby. (Part I of II)
When the Clippers started whooping the Nuggets, to a degree that both hurt my feelings and made gravity feel more real than I cared to acknowledge, I decided it was time for a movie. Hoops, though, I thought. This one’s gotta be about hoops. That is why I am now live-blogging “The Way Back,” starring… Continue reading THE WAY BACK, Baby. (Part I of II)
Chris Paul Goes Out Tumbling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMpoqbkPvzo Mark Jones’s voice is peaked the fuck out, befitting the last few posessions of an extraordinarily tight Game Seven. “HOUSTON WITH THE BALL AND UNDER A MINUTE TO GO!” You’re juiced, he’s juiced, we’re all juiced. Then, something miraculous happens. Eric Gordon, back to the basket at half court, protecting his dribble, makes light… Continue reading Chris Paul Goes Out Tumbling
