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David Aldridge
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I write & talk. Occasionally interview Presidents. @TheAthletic columnist. @AUEagles fan. 2016 Naismith HOF. 2016 Sam Lacy Award. Threads/IG: davidaldridgedc
Washington, D.C.
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    David Aldridge
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    Nov 17, 2024
    So this is now, officially, real. It is a labor of love for hoops, edited w/ @johnhollinger. The great @ShotDrJr did the thing, combing through each of the 100 essays from our incredible NBA staff at @TheAthletic. Pre-orders available now; drops 11/26. Humbly, it's a good read.
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    David Aldridge
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    Feb 2, 2025
    I've been covering the NBA for 37 years. Almost nothing that happens – deals, free agent signings, coach hirings/firings – rises to the level of, as the great Ben Bradlee used to call them, "Holy S--t" stories. You just get used to the unexpected. This is a "Holy S--t" trade.
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    David Aldridge
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    Apr 7, 2024
    Caitlin Clark is great. Kamilla Cardoso is great. Iowa is great. South Carolina is great. Bluder and Dawn are great. This title game is great. Paige is great. Aziaha James is great. JuJu is great. ESPN's studio show is great. This tournament is great. Can we all stop hating on
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    David Aldridge
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    May 23, 2022
    Andrew Wiggins just killed a man on national TV.
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    David Aldridge
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    Jun 1, 2025
    In the spring of 2004, ESPN let me go. It was unmooring. It was a shock. I had a wife and baby to take care of. That fall, Jeff Behnke and Jeff Ogan hired me to work at Turner Sports. It was the best time I ever had in my life. Godspeed, @NBAonTNT. You saved me. I love you all.
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    David Aldridge
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    Oct 7, 2022
    TMZ, still the undisputed champion of 'how the (bleep) did they get this?'
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    David Aldridge
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    May 22, 2023
    Pat Riley is one win away from his 19th appearance in an NBA Finals as a player, coach or executive. Nineteen! That will mean Riley has either played in, coached in or been his team's top decision maker in 24.7 percent of ALL THE FINALS in NBA history!
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    David Aldridge
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    Jan 4, 2022
    I worked for Turner Sports, which operated NBA TV & NBA.com in partnership w/the league, for 14 years. You know what David Stern did when I wrote or said something he didn’t like? He called me up and cussed me out. But he didn’t go to my bosses & try to fire me.
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    David Aldridge
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    Feb 19, 2024
    That was dreadful. Again. I am beginning to think this game is irredeemable. I am not sure why even minimal defense effort is beyond this generation of All-Stars. But it may be time to end this game if they can't give more of a damn than that.
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    David Aldridge
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    Aug 6, 2019
    Good Lord, y’all scared of Rich Paul.
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    David Aldridge
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    Apr 27, 2020
    Okay, finding tape of Phil Jackson coaching in Puerto Rico is next level.
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    David Aldridge
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    Jun 20, 2021
    Devin Booker’s always been nice. He’s just playing in June now.
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    David Aldridge
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    Sep 3, 2020
    But I thought...
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    Sports Media Watch
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    Sep 3, 2020
    Thunder-Rockets Game 7 most-watched NBA game since January 31, most-watched first round game on cable since 2018, most-watched first round game on ESPN since 2017. Five of 11 most-watched NBA games since 7/30 restart have come since suspension of play: sportsmediawatch.com/2020/09/nba-ra…
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    David Aldridge
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    Sep 4, 2018
    Some of y’all are gonna start running out of things to wear...
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    The Hill
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    Sep 4, 2018
    Levi Strauss teams up with gun control group: "We cannot stand by silently" hill.cm/AFtyumi