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On his first substack post today:
"Even if I don’t take it as seriously as malfeasance in our politics or financial institutions, sports corruption still has an impact on coverage, and I dislike how much of the game behind the game is shielded from readers. For example, Creative Arts Agency (CAA) happens to represent key media personalities at ESPN NBA, which was by design, and accomplished with the subtlety and tact of the Red Wedding. When you combine that nugget with knowledge of CAA’s influence over the New York Knicks (GM Leon Rose is a former CAA superagent, coach Tom Thibodeau is a CAA client), ESPN’s reports of Zion Williamson (CAA client) having an interest in joining the Knicks gets put in a different light. The way it’s presented to the consumer is the mere reporting on a rising star in New Orleans wanting to play in New York. You’re not supposed to know that ESPN wants this to happen because ESPN is CAA and CAA is ESPN, which means that CAA is the Knicks, meaning that the Knicks are ESPN. You’re not supposed to know that this factors heavily into why New Orleans is shit out of luck, gumbo and jazz music be damned. In many ways, the agencies run the NBA. The media that they use to execute their messaging is making the principals seem peripheral. So often, the story of a trade or free agency signing is told absent mention of its true author.
Again, all by design. You are not meant to know when a reporter and player he’s reporting on work for the same agency, even when and especially if it’s completely obvious that the two are on the same team, working together. I’ve already argued that the sneaker brand is the main employer for a few players at the top of the heap. I could make the same argument with superstar reporters and their agencies. And if that’s the case, then perhaps the public is not getting the right frame when information is presented. "
Full article: https://houseofstrauss.substack.com/p/the-fleshy-part-of-the-thigh
u/NitroXYZ posted this in a comment but I thought it was so insane it needed its own post.
The stat in the title is regular season, but adding in the 2019 playoffs for continuity, he averaged 37.9 PPG in this same time period over 101 games, which is also insane.
Let’s be honest. This past NBA season missed one thing: Klay Thompson.
So The Athletic called up a dozen of Thompson’s teammates, former teammates and coaches and asked for their best stories.
Matt Barnes, guard: We had just won the Western Conference Finals. Everyone was enjoying everything, talking and eating and having a drink. And here’s Klay with two 9-year-olds at his locker, teaching them how to make paper airplanes and flying them across the locker room.
Jarrett Jack, guard: Only Klay, man. Only Klay.
Steve Kerr, coach: When I got the job, first thing I did was I called every player. Klay wasn’t responding to me. So I called Bob (Myers) and said, “Bob, I’m really worried that Klay, maybe he’s angry about the coaching change. He won’t call me back.” Bob just started laughing. He just said, “Welcome to Klay’s world.”
Marreese Speights, forward: We’d go to a city and he’d just hop off the bus and go to a CVS or Walgreens with a thousand people outside.
Barnes: That’s the randomness of Klay.
Lachlan Penfold, head of physical performance: All he wanted to do was shoot hoops and play with his dog.
Speights: He’d talk about his dog all the time. Or the Bahamas.
Jerry DeGregorio, assistant coach: It’s impossible to know him and not love him.
Festus Ezeli, center: Because Klay is very, very … pure.
Barnes: Klay is just Klay. He’s like a national treasure. https://theathletic.com/2779712/2021/08/23/the-randomness-of-klay-thompson-its-impossible-to-know-him-and-not-love-him/
