Kevin Durant invests in a drone company that helps commit war crimes. Caitlin Clark is the new face of pharma giant Eli Lilly. And LeBron James is Gwangi. In 2025, everything is a brand deal. I don’t like it, but I understand it, and I don’t (fully) fault
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(ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON MICHAEL SULLIVAN'S SUBSTACK, SULLY'S WEEKLY) Steve Ballmer has broken the cardinal rule of a just society. He’s hoarded wealth more egregiously than any human should ever have the chance to, and, like other billionaires, he has been lauded instead of disciplined. Rather
We’re almost a month into the WNBA season and I’m having a splendid time. Unfortunately, all 13 teams in the league will quickly become afterthoughts when the Currently Unnamed Portland WNBA Franchise starts playing next year and immediately wins 10 straight championships, but for the time being, this
“It all starts with #33,” said Blazers guard Scoot Henderson after the Portland Trail Blazers beat down the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night. The “it” Henderson speaks of is the Blazers defense, which ranks No. 1 in the NBA over the past 12 games. Portland is putting teams in handcuffs;
I’ve never been more sure than right now, at 11:46 PM on February 2nd, 2025, that I am dead. Luka Doncic being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers may have permanently ended my belief that the world I interact with is “real,” and not merely hallucinations being shot
Nearly a decade into his NBA career, Malik Monk has become himself. Not in, like, a Confucianist way, though I won’t claim to know the religious leanings of the Sacramento Kings guard — I mean simply that Monk has finally turned into the most effective version of himself. And it’
My personal resolution? Work out less and eat worse Well… I was half hoping that after 2024 we’d collectively call it quits. No more years. Two thousand and twenty-four of them was enough. Unfortunately, it does appear that 2025 will happen regardless, so we might as well watch some
Second annual? Did you read that right? Yes! The Broken Press is over one year old so everyone please say happy belated birthday, Broken Press. It would appreciate hearing that — from you especially. You should wish happy birthday to TBP by subscribing! Last year this piece was called the “Guys
“Is this really all there is?” “What else ought there be?” -The Green Knight (2021) Throughout the 2000s and 2010s, the Sacramento Kings defied all convention in the worst ways possible. An NBA rebuild usually takes about six years. If the rebuilding franchise still isn’t competing at a high
TW: Domestic violence I don’t know if Kevin Porter Jr was thinking about his NBA future while he was assaulting his partner. On second thought, he probably wasn’t. Because no matter how heinous his acts were— and they were bad enough for him to plead guilty to a
If you’re searching for a shining example of how quickly the NBA moves, I recommend heading to tornado country. The Oklahoma City Thunder have lived about five full lives since decimating their roster in the summer of 2019. After the death of the old guard came the birth of