The Peach Basket

11/12/2017

Part of what makes the Warriors backcourt tandem of Klay and Curry so satisfying is the way they complement each other even as they pursue the same goal. The desired result is the same, but the...

18/10/2017

The injury Gordon Hayward suffered last night (and I would recommend not watching it) cast a pall over what had started as a festive opening to the season. It felt insane that a basketball game could continue after it, that the physical trauma of the moment wouldn’t remain as central to the event as it did in the mind of anyone who saw it.

Sports is about the joy of the body, and the creative possibilities implicit in that joy. The risk of chasing bodyjoy is to confront the inevitable frailty of the human form. Occasionally – once every...

17/10/2017

Everything in the NBA happens under the umbrella of the Warriors, so it can be easy to forget that we live in a world where Russell Westbrook is reigning MVP. But that is the reason why it is important not to. His MVP coronation may be a weird blip in NBA history, but it represents the kind of willful desire that reason, common sense, and the inescapable future have no bearing over.

http://thepeachbasket.tumblr.com/post/166477630649/russell-westbrook-is-our-reigning-mvp

23/08/2017

One last shout out to the Pint Gawd Isaiah Thomas and everything he gave to Boston these past couple seasons

http://thepeachbasket.tumblr.com/post/159376423729/the-pint-gawd

It’s hard to know what to make of the Celtics. They are perennial plucky oddballs and regular-season overachievers. Outside of their lone All-Star, their best players’ elite skills are all intangibles...

21/08/2017

The moon showing some really good fundamentals with that box out

20/06/2017

The whole narrative that Kevin Durant’s decision has forever ruined competitive balance is a compelling one, I know, I know. Nevertheless, the divine shadows cast ahead of us by history are not subject to our interpretations of them.

http://thepeachbasket.tumblr.com/post/162011370174/on-the-limitations-of-our-binary-system

The Calvinists who violently descended on this continent in the 17th Century—derisively called Puritans—created a culture we are still dealing with now. That culture includes a certain way of thinking...

05/06/2017

Last summer, in the midst of an unprepared nation preoccupied with the cultural phenomenon of female Ghostbusters, Kevin Durant’s 4th of July power grab put a foot on the scale, robbing the NBA of its...

17/04/2017

In last year's playoffs, the Thunder tore down the Spurs infrastructure, then won three of the first four games against the best regular season team of all time. From Game 2 of the Semifinals through Game 4 of the Conference Finals was an absolute wildfire. Steven Adams came into his own as the prototype of the perfect complementary big man, modern NBA edition. Humanoid meteor Russell Westbrook screamed through space at his unique frequency. Andre Roberson went on an actual shooting streak. Dion Waiters played his heart out. Near the center of it all was Durant.

http://thepeachbasket.tumblr.com/post/159644200104/the-end-of-ascendance

31/01/2017

"What I do know is it feels so good to see public figures say what we are all feeling with a directness that our elected officials for the most part have been shamefully unwilling to. I know too that while the majority of my twitter feed continues to necessarily transition from basketball to politics, it feels good when the two intersect, and strengthens my resolve."

http://thepeachbasket.tumblr.com/post/156632522109/its-bullsh*t

Until recently, I had always felt that sports were in some way a reflection of ourselves. Because they are often male-dominated, and because they cater to money, and specifically to those with the...

20/12/2016

Someone asked us how we felt about D'Angelo Russell.

It only took us a month and a half to respond.

http://thepeachbasket.tumblr.com/post/154721917184/hey-peach-basket-how-do-you-feel-about-dangelo

Anonymous said: Hey, Peach Basket. How do you feel about D'Angelo Russell? Answer: Basketball calls for personality. The game is zoomed-in on only 10 people, in a compact space, without the...

09/12/2016

"Klay is like a mathematician whose great life's work is resolving a single, unsolvable equation."

Part of what makes the Warriors backcourt tandem of Klay and Curry so satisfying is the way they complement each other even as they pursue the same goal. The desired result is the same, but the...

18/10/2016

Miles Wray on the disappointment that was Team USA basketball

http://thepeachbasket.tumblr.com/post/151977422209/the-team-that-was-no-fun