Katie Heindl
@wtevs
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"What’s notable about Heindl is her sense of feeling as method, as well as feeling as social force" @lareviewofbooks NBA TV, The Association Writer, everywhere
Toronto
Joined March 2009
i know people usually do this in a coy way but i can’t since it’s counterintuitive to the subject and something i’ve wanted since i was a kid: i’m writing a book!
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wrote about the premeditated speed at which the NCAA sold out its trans athletes, and how history proves this quality of fear-mongering cruelty won’t stop here https://t.co/GFXhQjYTCA
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this week’s BASKETBALL FEELINGS is about softness: how it’s not passive and how contemporary powers are working to crush it harder than ever. also, the elements of softness in basketball — gaps and glimpses in the game that, admittedly, i love most https://t.co/VZc1vq2HBr
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i was reading @wtevs’s article about the jimmy butler situation in miami this is such and a fun and insightful way to express the idea that katie is expressing here really great writing
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15 Takes: What We Love and Hate about NBA Trade Season @TheSteinLine
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roycewebb.com
NBA Substack on the joy and pain of The Transaction Game
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"How do you plan a regular season, in a world that’s natural conditions are now anything but?" Beautiful writing as always from @wtevs
https://t.co/Ha7z2ciq0d
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wrote about the wildfires, how proud i am of my friends in l.a., and the nba’s current and ongoing lack of response to the climate crisis https://t.co/l3o3yx2j1P
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giving people grace! when agents refer to you as “nice”! knowing the answer to questions and having to ask anyway! learning curves! an extended outro on nba fashion! the BASKETBALL FEELINGS podcast ep 54 with @DanWoikeSports
https://t.co/z7tliv9vJl
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this week’s BASKETBALL FEELINGS is about the orlando magic’s cruel season, and the compartmentalization we require of professional athletes https://t.co/PlT4jECdgt
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"Development takes time and to just rely on the draft, you're just staring down another season of uncertainty...We know what the known quantity is, it looks a lot like last night..." @wtevs on the outlook of a healthy #Raptors roster with @ailishforfar & @jesserubinoff.
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A deeper layer of sports storytelling will make a comeback in 2025, says @wtevs 🔮 Her newsletter takeover discusses a bold prediction, leaving old NBA narratives behind, and more. 🔗 https://t.co/8ndQPqTeg7
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Making predictions in today's newsletter: • @wtevs • @rembert • @Travonne • @Phil_Lewis_ • @JoePompliano • @ToniCowanBrown
https://t.co/A1TMAQuiHv
newsletter.offball.news
Plus, The Boldest 2025 Predictions
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not only did i offer a sports prediction for 2025, but BASKETBALL FEELINGS took over the @OffBall_News today! wrote about leaving old nba narratives behind, and how the future stars of the league are already under our noses
New Netflix surprises? A return to athlete-focused storytelling? Tiger’s next chapter? Today’s newsletter goes deep with writers, creators, and experts for their 2025 predictions across sports and culture. 🔗 https://t.co/PpWNXjrBlu
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Are you curious what it's like to play chess with @wemby? I chatted with one of his Washington Square Park opponents for the last 2024 edition of @impersonal_foul: https://t.co/ukF9Y6a1V1
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Alternate headline: Anthony Edwards loves profanely donating to charity @wtevs
https://t.co/abd47MiHpU
sbnation.com
NBA fine money starts out as a punishment, but through the league and players union’s charitable efforts, eventually it moves on to do a lot of good.
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this week's BASKETBALL FEELINGS is about mike brown's firing, sacrifice as a concept in basketball (and life), the nba's two constructs of time (coach vs athlete), and briefly, nosferatu https://t.co/jGHetgKsxa
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this week’s BASKETBALL FEELINGS is about the “eye test”, its limits and how it’s become code for being stupid. plus: why leading with data or trusting your eyes still just comes down to your gut https://t.co/BVYRlwkLsQ
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devotion, the act! the knicks cosplaying new york! are sports still a legit platform for political protest! hangover cures! talk radio! have we made basketball too much about what we can’t see! the BASKETBALL FEELINGS podcast ep 53 with @alex_shephard! https://t.co/2jIRm3TBQ7
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this week’s BASKETBALL FEELINGS is about naming. the finality, fragility, possibilities and hope in a name — how hard it is to pick a unanimous “good” one, and everything that goes into them, in life and in basketball https://t.co/ky6GMUq8DD
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wrote about reality catching up with the lakers aka when self-aggrandizing goes wrong
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call them egotistical, call them showboats, call them cocky, call them whatever you want — the memphis grizzlies are for real wrote about them for @LockedOnNetwork
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