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Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

The Post-Up: The excitement coming out of the Eastern Conference is paywalled

Kailyn Smith March 19, 2025
While the Western Conference boasts most of the league’s largest markets and superstars, the talent in the Eastern Conference is often overlooked because of unequal broadcast distribution.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

The Post-Up: The “face of the league” debate is a negative distraction from exciting rookie class

Kailyn Smith March 5, 2025
We can’t keep exclusively fixating on what we’ll do when active NBA legends retire or who’s the greatest and why — we should be paying more attention to “who got next?”
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

The Post-Up: If the NBA Cup is to be permanent, the stakes need to be felt

Kailyn Smith November 14, 2024
On Tuesday night, the Emirates NBA Cup 2024 tipped off and the league appears to be learning from mistakes evident in the inaugural season.
Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum drinks from a gold bottle during the Celtics’ championship parade on Friday. The Celtics won their 18th NBA Championship title in Game 5 against the Dallas Mavericks. PHOTO BY LINDSAY SHACHNOW

Celtics win 18th NBA championship, Bostonians rejoice, reflect

Lauren Albano June 24, 2024
In celebration of the Celtics winning their illustrious 18th NBA Championship title, fans paraded and partied, all while reflecting on a successful season.
Brett Abrams | Senior Graphic Artist

LeBron James: Two decades of dominance on and off the court | Editorial

Editors October 31, 2023
On Oct. 29, 2003, an 18-year-old kid from Akron stepped onto the hardwood floors of an NBA arena for the first time in his young career. The kid, dubbed “The Chosen One” by Sports Illustrated, scored 25 points as he and his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers suffered their first defeat of the 2003-04 season.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

The Backdoor Cut: Breaking down the top teams during the NBA’s final month

Luke Scotchie March 16, 2023
Columnist Luke Scotchie breaks down the top teams in the NBA as the regular season approaches its end.
Connie Dai | DFP Staff

The Mezzala: Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United

Benjamin Lee November 15, 2022
Columnist Benjamin Lee covers Cristiano Ronaldo's shocking interview this past weekend and discusses if his return to Manchester United was the right choice in this week's edition of The Mezzala.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

The Fast Break: Revisiting my NBA award picks

Ethan Biddle March 31, 2022
Columnist Ethan Biddle revisits and re-evaluates his All-Star Break picks for NBA postseason awards.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

The Fast Break: Just how good is the 2021 rookie class?

Ethan Biddle November 9, 2021
Ethan Biddle evaluates how rookies have performed as the NBA season progresses.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

The Fast Break: Eastern Conference preview

Ethan Biddle October 20, 2021
Ethan Biddle previews the Eastern Conference as the NBA officially begins its 2021-22 season.
The 2-3 Zone, featuring NBA memories

The 2-3 Zone, featuring NBA memories

Sean Golonka March 30, 2020

The NBA postponed its season three months — wait, it was actually three weeks — ago, and my life just hasn’t been the same since. My late nights watching West coast games have ended. My hours spent...

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love speaks about mental health in conversation with New York Times sports columnist Juliet Macur Thursday at Tufts University. COURTESY OF KAYANA SZYMCZAK FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

Cavaliers’ Kevin Love shares mental health struggles at Tufts University

Candice Lim December 5, 2018
At Tufts University Thursday, Kevin Love sat down with The New York Times columnist Juliet Macur to reflect on the past eight months since writing about his mental health struggles.
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