Basketball
The Corner Three: How One Shot Rewired Basketball
The shortest three on the floor sits in a strip about three feet wide. How that geometry reshaped offences, rosters and the way defences think.
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Andre Whitfield
Andre played club basketball through university in Ontario and has charted games with a notebook and a remote ever since. He writes about tactics, eras and the small things that make a game easier to read on a screen.
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Sports Culture
How Toronto Learned to Love Basketball
Basketball was invented by a Canadian, yet Toronto took a century to give it the main screen. Here is how a hockey city changed the channel.
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Basketball
The Pick-and-Roll, Explained for People Who Just Want to Follow the Game
One screen, two players, and most of modern basketball. How the pick-and-roll works, how defences answer it, and how to tell which answer they chose.
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Basketball
How to Read a Basketball Game From a Bar Stool
The sound is off, the room is loud and the ball moves too fast. Here is what to watch instead, possession by possession, from any seat.
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