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Enjoy the Playoffs!

Curtis M. Harris
Sep 1, 2020
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Hi gang!

First of all, fill out the 2020 Census, if you haven’t yet.

It’s September and I need to finish my dissertation, so I can graduate with my PhD on time. So, that means that there won’t be any new material on this here newsletter until October since I’ll be hunkering down to work on that this month.

Never fear, this is good!

Researching and writing my dissertation is how I get lots of raw material for the newsletter AND I have a special series coming up in October looking at the greatest almost-upsets in the NBA postseason since the league expanded to 16 playoff clubs.

Basically, which #8 and #7 seeds have come painfully and hilariously close to overthrowing blockbuster #1 and #2 seeds. For example, the 1985 Cleveland Cavaliers, who won just 36 games, nearly defeating the 63-win Boston Celtics. It was a stupidly good series that time has now forgotten.

So look forward to that in addition to the typical fare.


Lastly, since the NBA and WNBA went on strike, people all of a sudden wanted to talk about basketball history and all of a sudden I did more interviews in the last week than I did all of last year.

Talking about the racial and labor history of the NBL, BAA, ABA, and NBA draft systems.

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Ben Pfeifer @Ben_Pfeifer_
New @Prep2ProPod is live, a very special and important episode, talking race and labor in the draft with @curtismharris of @ProHoopsHistory. Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0XvyuFzrn… Apple:
podcasts.apple.com‎Prep2Pro NBA Draft Podcast on Apple Podcasts‎Basketball · 2020
4:10 AM ∙ Aug 31, 2020
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Talking about the 1964 All-Star Game strike, the events leading up to it, and its aftermath.

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Tom Westerholm @Tom_NBA
🚨NEW GINO TIME EPISODE ⁦@nicolecyang⁩ and I talked to ⁦@ProHoopsHistory⁩ about the NBA’s labor strife in the 1960s, Tommy Heinsohn’s role and its parallels to today’s moment. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gin…
podcasts.apple.com‎Gino Time: A Boston Celtics Podcast on Apple Podcasts‎Basketball · 2020
1:56 PM ∙ Aug 28, 2020
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A sweeping overview of the NBA’s labor and civil rights activism

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Anthony F. Irwin @AnthonyIrwinLA
New @LockedOnLakers: I spoke to @curtismharris of @ProHoopsHistory to contextualize what tonight meant in the grander scheme of things. If you ever listen to an episode of this show, I hope it’s this one. Curtis was great. megaphone.link/LKN6429839022
2:28 AM ∙ Aug 27, 2020
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Until we meet again in your inbox, enjoy the NBA and WNBA seasons/playoffs as well as this great song from Johnnie Taylor.

Earth, Wind & Fire is overplayed anyways…

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Wanli Tan
Sep 18, 2020

What is your PhD on?

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