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One of my favorite things about the start of an NBA season is getting that first look at what rookies can do against NBA competition. Preseason performances can give us an idea of what to expect, but regular-season games offer a different test. Rookies have to adjust to the speed of meaningful games, respond to opposing defenses and find ways to contribute when their shots are not falling. After two games, several young players have already given us interesting storylines. Cameron Boozer has helped Memphis start 2-0, including a clutch performance against Golden State. Darius Acuff Jr. has scored 45 points across two games despite Sacramento losing both contests, while Darryn Peterson has experienced a difficult debut before contributing to a close Utah victory. Keaton Wagler and Yaxel Lendeborg have also shown different ways they could become useful NBA players. I am interested in these performances because they offer an early look at the skills that might translate into consistent pr...

Part 3 An Emergency Deep Dive In February 2026, Rusty Buckets announced an upcoming video with a tweet: “Throwing together an emergency deep dive about the NBA and Israel. I've reached by boiling point.” A few days later, he published NBA Players Are NOT Good People: a Deep Dive , an extended political argument connecting the investments and public statements of Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, and LeBron James to the destruction of Palestinian life in Gaza. The humanitarian crisis was real. The suffering was real. The need for public attention was real. None of that is in dispute here. What deserves scrutiny is the relationship between the urgency of the response and the preparation required to produce it. A deep dive into the Israeli–Palestinian conflict is not simply a matter of assembling casualty figures, identifying controversial investments, and placing three famous athletes within a larger moral narrative. It requires an understanding of historical developments, competing polit...