Posts by Chris Ryan

  • Paul George

    NBA Playoffs Short-Attention-Span Power Rankings: Paul George (and John and Ringo)

    A survey of the players and teams making moves in last night’s playoff games. 1. Paul George Danny Chau: Sure, it wasn’t a triple-double, but Paul George — with his 27 points on 11-for-21 shooting — was no slouch. After a dismal shooting performance in Game 1, George made a commitment to getting easy points […]

  • Hollywood Prospectus Podcast: Game of Thrones, Mad Men, and TV Fan Service

    Do you know who I am? Do you know who Chris is? These are the questions that America’s sweetheart, Reese Witherspoon (:50), would ask were she in the podcast studio with us instead of locked up in an Atlanta drunk tank. And though we had much to say about the Academy Award winner’s transgressions down […]

  • Blake Griffin #32 of the Los Angeles Clippers looks on against the Memphis Grizzlies at Staples Center in Game Two of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2013 NBA Playoffs on April 22, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. w/ Grantland NBA Playoffs

    NBA Playoffs Short-Attention-Span Power Rankings: Clippers-Grizzlies, Game 2

    A survey of the players and teams making moves in last night’s L.A.-Memphis game. 1. Chris Paul (All GIFs by @HeyBelinda) I guess when you have someone who plays crunch time in bullet time, it’s not really crunch time, is it? When you have someone capable of scoring eight of your final 10 points, you […]

  • Hollywood Prospectus Pod: Mad Men, Game of Thrones, and Daft Punk

    Neither Chris nor I were in the desert for Coachella this weekend, but we still experienced something of a vision quest (1:30). Just the mere mention of the festival — and its underwhelming headliner, Phoenix — sent us down a rabbit hole of opinion, memory, and conjecture about the state of the music industry past […]

  • OJ Mayo

    NBA Short-Attention-Span Power Rankings: The Airing of Grievances

    A survey of the players and teams making moves in last night’s NBA action. Sure, last night saw a few highlights … 1. Stephen Curry (All GIFs by @HeyBelinda) … who scored 35 points, with seven 3s in a Warriors victory over San Antonio. There was also …

  • Dwight Howard

    NBA Short-Attention-Span Power Rankings: Dwight Club

    A survey of the players and teams making moves in last night’s NBA action. 1. #CountonD12 Well, this should be interesting. That’s Dwight’s fifth game this season with at least 25 points and 15 rebounds. He got 26 offensive touches in the paint, and went 9-15 from that same area. This is what the Lakers […]

  • Denver Nuggets

    The Triangle Podcast: Zach Lowe, Kirk Goldsberry, Jonah Keri, Chris Ryan, and Robert Mays

    On this week’s edition of the Triangle Podcast, Mays and I talked with Zach Lowe about the Cavs (woof), the Nuggets (yes), and the Grizzlies (yes!). Kirk Goldsberry stopped by in-studio to talk about Carmelo Anthony’s incredible season (you can read more about that here) and spatial analytics. Mays and I chatted a bit about […]

  • Nobody Told Me About Combat Juggling

    FROM WIKIPEDIA: “The basic rules are quite simple: At a signal everyone starts juggling. The last person juggling a full set of clubs wins.” These dudes make James Harrison look like a cotton-candy salesman. This is the only true sport (besides cockfighting, bare-knuckle boxing, and women’s tennis). After the jump, I made a video mash-up […]

  • Nate Robinson

    NBA Short-Attention-Span Power Rankings: Here’s to You, Mr. Robinson

    A survey of the players and teams making moves in last night’s NBA action. 1. Nate Robinson Here’s Nate Robinson celebrating three of his 35 points against New York by imitating (or mocking) Steve Novak’s belt celebration. Nate puts the belt on several times (or “roughly seven times,” according to Sports Illustrated). What a classic […]

  • Let’s Watch Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Punch Kent Benson in the Face

    I received this video of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar punching Kent Benson in the face the other day in an e-mail, and kind of forgot about it. Then last night Kevin Garnett and Kris Humphries got into a tussle, in what was battle number whatever in the siege between Kris and ALL THE DUDES ON THE CELTICS. […]

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