archiveImmanuel Quickley

Nobody follows the NBA as closely as an NBA general manager. They have to. Tracking leaguewide value shifts, precedent-setting deals, and how one transaction quietly alters leverage for dozens of others is fundamental to the job. When a blockbuster trade lands, its effects ripple far beyond the teams involved. That’s...

An NBA player’s career can twist quickly. Value is rarely permanent in this league. The players who define an era can find themselves fighting market gravity just a few years later, their résumés intact but their leverage gone. Ask Anthony Davis, who finds himself in this situation with the Dallas...