I’m not going to double check if this is true, but I try not to bring my own hoops baggage into the newsletter when I can help it. Today, I can’t. I am a ball sicko, which means that in addition to watching college basketball even when it’s at a little bit of a pop culture nadir, I watch lots of NBA ball too, which includes the team based where I live, the New Orleans Pelicans. In the recent past, many of the Pelicans’ troubles revolve around their lack of
Two things,
1. Self ALWAYS wins the close games. He seems to be dropping more of those than he usually does this year.
2. We’ve lost 3 games this season where we were up double digits in the second half. I can’t remember a bill self team ever doing that.