If you are a fan of either the New York Knicks or the Brooklyn Nets, you should know one thing: the two teams don’t like each other. As has been the case ever since Mikhail Prokhorov purchased the New Jersey Nets back in 2010, the hatred between the crosstown rivals extends right up to the […]
Gladwell on the Nets and NBA Economics
Today, Malcolm Gladwell published a must-read piece for Grantland on the Nets and NBA economics. A few bullet points Gladwell highlights: Bruce Ratner never cared about basketball. We all knew that already, but it’s a good reminder that Ratner’s only goal was to take over Atlantic Yards, and he needed a stadium to do that. […]
