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Omar Zahran

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Omar Zahran

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4d ago

Analytics, the Eye Test, & Optimization in Basketball

Analytics and advanced stats were meant to make understanding the game more intelligent, but increasingly it has fallen into the same…

Analytics, the Eye Test, & Optimization in Basketball

Omar Zahran

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Jul 8

The Growing Disconnect Between NBA Team Owners & Their Cities

The impasse between Blazers owner Tom Dundon and the city of Portland highlights a growing ownership trend: the stock portfolio…

The Growing Disconnect Between NBA Team Owners & Their Cities

Omar Zahran

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Jul 8

Dominique Malonga, Star Ascendent

Seattle’s second year center has continued to refine her game and could be a blueprint for what the position might look like moving forward…

Dominique Malonga, Star Ascendent

Omar Zahran

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Jul 5

Out of Bounds: Alyssa Thomas & America’s Marginalization of Black Women

The fallout from a basketball moment has turned into a mirror of where the country sits in 2026

Out of Bounds: Alyssa Thomas & America’s Marginalization of Black Women

Omar Zahran

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Jul 2

The Olivia Miles Conundrum

A spectacular rookie season has given the Minnesota Lynx exactly what every franchise wants, and forces them to answer a question sooner…

The Olivia Miles Conundrum

Omar Zahran

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Jun 28

The Return of the Smartphone Keyboard

And what it says about us

The Return of the Smartphone Keyboard

Omar Zahran

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Jun 26

The Refreshing Optimism of the NBA Draft

In a sports culture dominated by legacy litigation and algorithmically engineered negativity, the Draft remains a beautiful, defiant…

The Refreshing Optimism of the NBA Draft

Omar Zahran

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Jun 24

The Dynasty Validation Fallacy in the NBA

In defense of the one-time champion and why we are fixated on an antiquated dynasty framework

The Dynasty Validation Fallacy in the NBA

Omar Zahran

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Jun 19

Basketball Fandom & the Billionaire Disconnect

James Dolan’s embrace of Trump in the midst of a feel-good championship run is the latest example of the massive disconnect and conflict…

Basketball Fandom & the Billionaire Disconnect

Omar Zahran

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Jun 16

Victor Wembanyama, Handshakes, & Basketball Theater

Why the outrage over a missed post-game handshake ignores the fascinating, villainous theater the NBA thrives on

Victor Wembanyama, Handshakes, & Basketball Theater

Omar Zahran

Omar Zahran

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Writing about basketball and the cultures that shape it. Arab-American. Knicks fan. Based in the Seattle area.

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