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Good insight, thank you

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Always like hearing stuff from Tom — the mixture of source-based reporting and analytics is always a nice one to see, and all too rare (at least in the NBA world).

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I have learned much from this.

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I knew that Kevin Arnovitz had a podcast about Top Chef, but I don't think I really understood what the premise of it was until I read this piece. Brining a sports journalist's eye and background to a highly competitive reality show is kinda a genius idea...

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Great insight, especially on the cat and mouse game that is aggregation and driving subscriptions.

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What amazes me is how important objective reporting is for NBA teams and their executives. A team researching and then raising this issue to the league office makes it seem like they have an "angle." Checks and balances for the win. Thank you for posting this!

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Very weird that the NBA originally denied that there was any specific direction on foul calling.

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Very insightful and informative, thank you!

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