The Summer of the Quitter: The NBA’s Spiral Towards Senselessness

So August is drawing to its inevitable close, and for the rest of the world this means gearing up for busy work schedules and last second vacations. For the NBA this means getting acclimated with new team mates and participating in celebrity games that could hardly be considered basketball.

However, this August in particular has also been time for reflection for fans of professional basketball. A reflection upon a free agency period that has been in the making since a secret meeting in a locker room in Beijing when three young men planned the end of pride and loyalty in professional sports.