Zach writes about baseball, basketball, and other assorted topics.
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Kram Session: The Mercurial Mavs and the Reasons NBA Scoring Is Down
Can the NBA’s streakiest team find stability before the playoffs? Plus, quantifying Anthony Edwards’s astronomical usage, explaining the league’s offensive downturn, and more.
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Are the Lakers Fated for the Play-In?
Last night’s loss to Sacramento had major implications for the Western Conference standings. Did it doom the Lakers? Check out The Ringer’s Odds Machine for updated playoff projections.
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Kram Session: Eight Takeaways From Our NBA Playoff Projections
Our odds model signals the story lines and races to follow the rest of the NBA season. Plus, we highlight the reemergence of iso ball, another long losing streak, and four players to watch down the stretch.
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The G League Isn’t Just for NBA Long Shots Anymore
A record 18 of last summer’s 30 first-round picks have played in the NBA G League this season, following the developmental path of breakout players like Jalen Johnson and Peyton Watson. Why are more top prospects taking this route? And what does it mean for the future of the G League?
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The Action Isn’t the Best Part of Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’
The fight scenes in the latest live-action adaptation of ‘Avatar’ can’t rival the original’s, but the new show shines in its focus on character
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It’s Been 30 Years Since the NBA’s Last Quadruple-Double. Will We See Another Soon?
There are several reasons for the league’s quadruple-double drought—and one giant reason it may soon come to an end
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Kram Session: The NBA’s Points-Created Leaders and Previewing All-Star Weekend
Who is responsible for the most points leaguewide this season? That, plus analyses of Steph Curry’s outrageous shooting, the lack of star power in the dunk contest, and more in this special NBA All-Star Weekend edition.
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2024 NBA Trade Deadline Winners and Losers
From the New York Knicks doing the impossible to the Los Angeles Lakers doing absolutely nothing, we run down the biggest moves and non-moves from a surprisingly furious deadline
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Will the Thunder Make a Trade? We Looked for Hints in 11 Years of Deadline History.
OKC is tied for first in the West and loaded with future picks—will the team use them? Let’s go season by season to see what we can learn about the deadline philosophy of general manager Sam Presti.
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‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Isn’t Faithful to a Fault—and It Deserves a Second Season
In its first season, the Disney+ series stuck closer to the books than the misbegotten movie did, but it picked smart spots to deviate from the text