by gordie | Dec 23, 2024 | Journalism, NBA, Philadelphia 76ers, Writing
One night in October 2022, I was seated by myself at a table in the large banquet room of a local hotel when I felt someone’s hands around my neck. That was obviously unsettling in the extreme, not only because I had been approached from behind but because of the...
by gordie | Aug 13, 2024 | NBA
The public face of most NBA players (non-Tyrese Maxey Division) is one of studied nonchalance. Nothing can surprise them, concern them, bring them true joy. Theirs is an impenetrable facade, or so they would have you believe. Then Steph Curry explodes, and all bets...
by gordie | Aug 9, 2024 | Journalism, NBA
Some 450 people jammed into Congregation Ohev Shalom in Wallingford for Andy Jasner’s memorial service on Monday. Of course it was unspeakably sad, because Andy – son of Phil, the late, legendary Sixers beat writer and an accomplished sports journalist himself – died...
by gordie | Aug 2, 2024 | NBA, Philadelphia 76ers
There’s a photo I adore that dates back to at least the 1980s. It shows the late Phil Jasner, then the Sixers’ beat writer for the Philadelphia Daily News, seated on a folding chair in the locker room at St. Joe’s, where the team practiced at the time. Phil, cradling...
by gordie | Jun 26, 2024 | NBA
Chris Finch is where he always seemed destined to be, coaching an NBA team. And if his route was somewhat circuitous – he went from Division III player to European player to European coach to G-League coach to NBA assistant before becoming a head man – consider how...
by gordie | Jun 5, 2024 | NBA
Luka Doncic, a one-of-a-kind player, can be found in every gym in America. If you have ever played pickup ball, you know Luka, or at least his ilk. He’s the guy who’s a little out of shape, a little plodding, a little sloppy … but gets where he needs to go and does...
