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The Mental Challenge of Winning the N.B.A. Finals June 19, 2024
As the Boston Celtics have romped through the N.B.A. regular season and playoffs, Jaylen Brown, one the team’s two young star forwards, has been asked, many times, to expound on the team’s success. He has usually given a variation of the same answer....
The Tao of Joe Mazzulla June 17, 2024
When Joe Mazzulla sits down to talk with reporters, his eyes rapidly shift from left to right. You imagine he is identifying where all the exits are. Like Al Capone, he never sits with his back to the entrance. He regurgitates plays like Alexa on 2x ...
The Reinvention of Kyrie Irving June 05, 2024
When the Dallas Mavericks pulled off a monumental—and somewhat controversial—trade for Kyrie Irving in February 2023, they knew it wouldn’t save their season. “There’s not a place in history that shows that that actually works in the middle of the se...
