NBA ArticlesCharlie Cummings | December 9, 2024 

 

Last season, I decided to express my interest in player development in writing at a scale I hadn’t reached before. It was difficult to fully explore how stars become stars, role players become role players, and why some find themselves outside of the l … Read more

   

NBA ArticlesCharlie Cummings | November 15, 2024 

 

What do you know about nothobranchius furzeri? If your answer is “Nothing, Charlie. What the hell are you talking about?” congratulations—you know as much as I did when I wrote this. Nothobranchius furzeri, known as the turquoise killifish (fire name a … Read more

   

NBA ArticlesCharlie Cummings | November 8, 2024 

 

Nearly a year ago, I wrote about Peyton Watson as an emerging rotation piece for the Denver Nuggets. If you’re not inclined to read it first (though I would highly recommend it), here is the short version: Watson showed himself to be a potent defensive … Read more

   

NBA ArticlesCharlie Cummings | November 1, 2024 

 

If you put up a cloud of words used to describe the 2024/25 Warriors through the offseason, preseason, and first five games, the range of terms would be astounding. Washed, new-look, optionality, depth, timelines, things of that ilk. For me, the bigges … Read more

   

NBA ArticlesCharlie Cummings | October 24, 2024 

 

Sometimes you need to leave a talented group to shine brightest. When Peter Gabriel left Genesis in 1975, confusion abounded. A highly successful band’s frontman striking out on his own was a common enough occurrence, but the timing was odd. Ten years … Read more

   

NBA ArticlesCharlie Cummings | September 5, 2024 

 

Folks, put down your magnifying glasses. Stop analyzing the Instagram bios—Laker fans, close that Photoshop window. Steph Curry isn’t going anywhere. After signing a 1-year, $62.6M extension, the maximum allowable amount on top of his existing 2-year/$ … Read more

   

NBA ArticlesCharlie Cummings | August 5, 2024 

 

Despite being only 21 years old, Dominick Barlow has already secured his place in history. Okay, it’s not the history you’ll read in social studies class, or even on Basketball Reference. Barlow has the distinction of being the first player out of the … Read more

   

NBA ArticlesCharlie Cummings | July 19, 2024 

 

Well, this is a rare thing to discuss: a Warriors mid-level exception signing. Golden State finally wound down its heinous tax bill with the departures of Klay Thompson and Chris Paul, opening up the full mid-level exception. With that exception, they … Read more

   

NBA ArticlesCharlie Cummings | July 10, 2024 

 

While watching the 2024 draft, a friend called me out of the blue with a thought: are the Jazz, his favorite team, running two timelines of tanking? And it got the wheels spinning. We all remember the Warriors’ two-timeline plan: one championship core … Read more

   

NBA ArticlesCharlie Cummings | July 1, 2024 

 

Depression is a strange thing. Those who know me are aware I’ve battled depression for as long as I can remember. It has its way of scaling up and down, often at random. The milder times feel like carrying a rock in your pocket. It’s there, you’re awar … Read more