Pick Three: Spring Sports News
4/7/202614 min
The New Yorker staff writer Louisa Thomas, who writes the Sporting Scene column, talks with David Remnick about the biggest basketball stories this season: how LeBron James embraced a new late-career persona as a great supporting player for the Los Angeles Lakers; the coaching genius of the Celtics’ Joe Mazzulla; and the ongoing scandal over teams deliberately tanking games to secure better prospects in the N.B.A. draft.
Further reading:
- “How Much Is a Home Team Worth?,” by Louisa Thomas
- “LeBron James Is Making His Last Great Adjustment,” by Louisa Thomas
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[upbeat music] Luka gets it. It's a triple double. It's a triple double for LeBron.
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There are few better ways in this life to escape some of the terrible burdens of life than to focus, and focus for many, many hours, on talented young men and women running around on a hardwood floor and throwing a large ball through a slightly larger hoop. It's early April, the climax of the college basketball season, and the heart of the regular season for the pros. The New Yorker writer who walks that beat is my friend Louisa Thomas. And the other day, Louisa and I sat down to speak of important things. Louisa, let's start with something close to my heart, LeBron James, who