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.
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.
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…