Social Media
We have a pretty robust Twitter feed going. Had some fun back and forth with Balding and Bearded here about Russian literature and basketball.
Balding and Bearded@BnB_basketball
Basketball is the opposite of the Anna Karenina principle:
"All bad teams are alike; each great team is great in its own way."
Maybe that is why Tolstoy wrote about Russian family dynasties instead of NBA dynasties.
4:02 PM · Oct 5, 2018
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Hero Ball
Speaking of social media, I’ve added a YouTube page and put up my first video.
It’s about the misaligned incentives of “hero ball” as told through Kyrie Irving’s shot selection at the end of Sunday’s Nets/Clippers game.
That’s all for today. Working up my thoughts on basketball and other conflicting incentives for a long post tomorrow, tentatively titled, “The Ballad of Kelly Oubre Jr.”
Have a great day out there in the sim…