The Westbrook Method (Death of a Dynasty III)
Russell Westbrook played basketball with an almost pathological belief in his ability. It made him an MVP, phenomenon, contradiction — and absolutely impossible to ignore.
Marcel Smith + Markus Montague
WSH project curator Larry J. Sanders welcomes multi-hyphenate Marcel Smith and professional basketball player Markus Montague to explore the Essential Colors personality assessment model, Marcel’s evolution as a basketball coach, the changes in travel basketball, this year’s NBA rookie class, Steph Curry’s standing all-time, and Detroit’s continuing renaissance.
Black Superstar Power: The Political Awakening of the Millennial Athlete
Sure, continue to ignore all the intentional system failures harming people of color in the name of pretending we don’t have a legitimate gripe. Let’s also pretend these wealthy, black athletes weren’t dead broke once-upon-a-time, because in this fantasy, they shouldn’t complain about anything! They don’t have it bad at all! Or — even better — let’s continue to pretend that America has this spotless history, that the many terrible things happening right now in the United States — white supremacist rallies, mass shootings by domestic terrorists, the election of an incompetent imbecile to run the country — are just aberrations and not the byproduct of backlash from the eight years prior, anger not only of a black man being President, but of him being damned good at it, too.
2017 NBA MVP Talk with Keenan Terry
WSH project curator Larry J. Sanders and Beat the Buzzer co-host Keenan Terry break down this year's MVP race and other assorted odds & ends from this year's NBA season.
Long Live the Chef
I can safely say I watched more Warriors game than Pistons and Thunder games combined this season, cackling at the screen like a madman, in total disbelief of what I'm watching. I expect every three-pointer to drop, every ridiculous floater to somehow amount to two points. And half the time, they do. Must be a wonderful feeling to know you've got a fifty percent chance of success when you play the way he does. It just doesn’t make much sense.

