A Unified Theory of Basketball

Jan 22, 2024; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey (0) dribbles

The Aesthetic: Tyrese Maxey and the NBA's best ground game

Barnstorming: Unicorns, griffons, centaurs and a new NBA mythic menagerie

The Aesthetic: Ja Morant is a stylistic chameleon

The Aesthetic: Defining the elements of (basketball) art

The Aesthetic: What Anthony Davis sacrificed for greatness

The Aesthetic: Paul George is so funky

The Aesthetic: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is a movement

The Aesthetic: Watching Kyle Kuzma from afar

The Aesthetic: Russell Westbrook is the NBA’s last rebel

The Aesthetic: Karl-Anthony Towns is built of simpler stuff

Pascal Siakam, deconstructed

Jamal Murray, deconstructed

Jaylen Brown, deconstructed

Derrick White, deconstructed

Deconstructed: Spencer Dinwiddie has a deal for you

Collin Sexton, deconstructed

Metacognition: Extinction and adaptation in NBA player archetypes

Metacognition: Aesthetics, efficiency and the Brooklyn Nets’ Big 3

Metacognition: What does it take for an NBA franchise to be reinvented?

Metacognition: LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and the nature of improvisation

Metacognition: NBA narrative mapping, data-driven approaches

Metacognition: Declining ratings and rethinking the NBA’s game-centric model

Metacognition: What themes will define this NBA season?

Barnstorming: Flight vs. invisibility and practical basketball applications

Barnstorming: The best youthful rivalries in the NBA

Barnstorming: The unofficial 2019-20 hashtag for every NBA team

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A Unified Theory of Basketball: Measuring success

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A Unified Theory of Basketball: Inside the machine