Giants On and Off the Court

Basketball has become a numbers game—it’s moneyball, as we say, a lot of somewhat slender-looking guys throwing three pointers. The last legend is Steph Curry, four-time champion, who apparently trains for perfect shooting. Is he a man or a machine? He’s a success, obviously very clever, but the excitement is gone. Basketball is more of a nerd’s game now. It’s been rationalized. Probably every part of training is algorithmic—less playing the game, more gaming the game.