Absolutely cinematic Wolves win last night. One of those games from which you bask in the afterglow. Closed out the series (down three starters to injury) and against seemingly all odds. Huge McDaniels, Gobert, and TJ game, you love to see it come together in the post-season.

Andrew Sharp’s incredibly convincing take-down of one of the NBA league’s most pressing problems: the Oklahoma City Thunder.

…the problem with the Thunder is not that they are too good, but that nothing about what makes them good is interesting. They are boring as villains and unconvincing as heroes.

This is basically the over-optimization problem we see in just about every other industry, and maybe to a degree in other sports leagues, but I’m no expert). It’s not that it isn’t impressive to see a team like the Thunder, it’s that it operates like “a charmless, borg-like juggernaut that doubles as a wonderful foil for would-be playoff heroes”.