Zach Harper
Writer and Podcaster at The Athletic
Journalist at Freelance
Co-Host at Cinephobe
Host at The Athletic NBA Show
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2 days ago |
nytimes.com | Zach Harper
The Dallas Mavericks having a 1.8-percent chance to win the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft doesn't even begin to explain how inexplicable it is that they'll likely select Cooper Flagg as their next piece of the puzzle. It doesn't start with the NBA Draft Lottery Monday night or any number combinations they needed the lottery gods to summon.
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2 days ago |
nytimes.com | Zach Harper
The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic's daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. On this day 40 years ago, the New York Knicks won the first NBA Draft Lottery. They ended up taking Patrick Ewing with the first pick. Not counting active players, we've had seven No. 1 picks in the lottery era make the Hall of Fame from 1985 to 2002. The moral of the story is drafting is hard, no matter what Mel Kiper Jr. says about quarterback analysis. Who's in Trouble?
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5 days ago |
nytimes.com | Zach Harper
The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic's daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. I'm old enough to remember when white smoke being released into the air just meant Jason Williams highlights made the "SportsCenter" Top 10 that night. I'm old enough to remember when white smoke being released into the air meant Steve Blake just fought in practice.
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6 days ago |
nytimes.com | Zach Harper
The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic's daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. Rustin Dodd tried to drink coffee like Dan Campbell. To put that in perspective, imagine trying to drink beer like Wade Boggs, eat hot dogs like Joey Chestnut or have a weekend in Vegas like Dennis Rodman. If The Athletic would like to fund a story on me trying to "eat sushi like Zach Harper," I think the results might surprise readers!How Does This HAPPEN?
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1 week ago |
nytimes.com | Zach Harper
The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic's daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox. We've had three major NBA playoff moments on this date. In 1989, Michael Jordan hit the shot over Craig Ehlo to win that year's Bulls-Cavs first-round series. In 1994, the Nuggets became the first No. 8 seed in NBA history to beat a No. 1 seed by taking out the Supersonics.
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