Category Archives: FreeDarko Week

An Interview with Bethlehem Shoals.

Editor’s Note: The Diss proudly presents an interview (well, an email exchange) with Nathaniel Friedman, aka Bethlehem Shoals.  Shoals was the founder of FreeDarko, the blog we have discussed in great detail this week.  After FD ended, he founded The … Continue reading

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Have Your Cake: Confessions of a Liberated Spurs Fan.

You’re here for FreeDarko week, aren’t you?  When it closed its doors in early 2011 it was like getting neglected, thrown out alone and cold, except that out was a desert, cold was actually fire and brimstone, and neglected meant … Continue reading

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Make New Friends, But Keep The Old

I learned this week (mostly today between 2-6 pm) that spring break camps for kids with autism do not run themselves.  Especially not on three hours of sleep. So I apologize for not getting my article review up. At this … Continue reading

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The (Positionality) Revolution Will (Not) be Televised (Due to Local Blackout)

Before the 2006-07 season FreeDarko unveiled the Positional Revolution, and just six years later it has become NBA dogma. We talk about point forwards and combo guards, and don’t bat an eye when the league’s second best rebounder shoots the … Continue reading

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The Land Before Whine: A Review of a FreeDarko Post by a Non FreeDarko Reader and NBA anti-fan.

Editor’s Note: It’s a FreeDarko week miracle! We received this unsolicited contribution from Allison Blahna and, frankly, anything that makes fun of Karl Malone piques my interest. This is Allison’s first post.  She never read FreeDarko, but claims to read … Continue reading

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FreeDarko Presents: The Undisputed Guide to Pro Basketball History Book Review

I planned on including a citation for the book, but gave up after spending ten minutes puzzling over how to cite Dr. Lawyer IndianChief and Silverbird 5000. There are books about basketball written by players, coaches, journalists, historians, and even … Continue reading

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Games of the Week: FreeDarko Week, 2012.

Until 2007, I saw an NBA player in the same way as commentator (except when he was coaching the Grizzlies) Hubie Brown: the sum of their stats. For Hubie, an NBA player was little more than what they gave the … Continue reading

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