The official story for this incident offers no real, convincing explanation. Yet another damage control narrative for the NBA masked as journalism.

This dunk isn’t popular because it’s creative; it’s popular because it gives extra lift and avoids the embarrassment of missing a dunk in front of everyone. Back in the 80s and 90s, dunkers didn’t use these gimmicks. They took on far more risk doing everything themselves, which made their best dunks genuinely more impressive.

The real problem is not workload, it is modern training, modern movement, and the league’s loosened rules that push players into unsafe mechanics.

A cranky detour from basketball to push back on the Ohtani GOAT talk and give proper credit to the real postseason heroes.

The slippery court, the Luka whining, and the Cuban–Nico shadow operation.