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Danny Chau

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Once and again: The Ringer. My Grantland 🧢 is so sun-bleached. Bylines at The Atlantic, the New Yorker, etc.

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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
As someone who left home in L.A. to build a life in Toronto back in 2019, Kawhi's return means a whole lot to me. On the eve of my first Canada Day as a citizen, I wrote about the player who changed the course of my life. www.theringer.com/2026/06/30/n...
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The Long Way Home for Kawhi Leonard
Seven years later, Kawhi is headed back to Toronto, where a franchise built in his image has been waiting for him
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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I wrote about Victor Wembanyama's performance in Game 1, one of the best we've ever seen. www.theringer.com/2026/05/19/n...
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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Happy 100th birthday to an absolute legend.
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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I wrote a long feature on David Attenborough, one of the greatest voices of the century. www.theringer.com/2026/05/04/t...
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The Voice That Revealed a Planet
David Attenborough turned a whisper into one of the most powerful voices in history. At 100, it carries both wonder and warning.
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Craig Gaines @cbengaines.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
“Game after game, moment after moment throughout this season, the Pacers have reanimated themselves in the nick of time, leaving just enough room for a miracle to be cultivated.” @dannychau.bsky.social on a magical G1. www.theringer.com/2025/06/06/n...
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Somehow, the Indiana Pacers Just Keep Outdoing Themselves
Indiana’s magical postseason run continues in the NBA Finals, where Tyrese Haliburton’s game-winning jumper propelled the Pacers to an early series lead over the Thunder
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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
I wrote about the many symmetries that bond the Thunder and Pacers, and the beauty and improbability of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Tyrese Haliburton as franchise saviors. www.theringer.com/2025/06/02/n...
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The Unlikely Symmetry of SGA and Haliburton
Both the Thunder and Pacers made massive bets on unorthodox talents—and both Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Tyrese Haliburton became catalysts for one of the most unexpected NBA Finals matchups of the ce...
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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Wrote a little ode to Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam, two kindred oddities one win away from the NBA Finals. www.theringer.com/2025/05/28/n...
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The Indiana Pacers Will Kill You With Weirdness
The unconventional styles of Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam are a feature, not a bug, of the Pacers’ greatness
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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
I wrote about the Knicks-Pacers rivalry and the meaning it still holds. www.theringer.com/2025/05/19/n...
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Knicks-Pacers Is Back. Can the Reboot Top the Original?
The ’90s rivalry is a core memory for so many, but there’s a chance this year’s Eastern Conference finals clash could be even better. Get ready for another SmackDown.
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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I wrote about Giannis Antetokounmpo's staggering run of statistical dominance, amid the noise. www.theringer.com/2025/04/22/n...
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The Deafening Rumblings Surrounding Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Future
Giannis is literally playing like Prime Shaq, but that might not be enough to save the Milwaukee Bucks—from either this postseason or a summer of endless trade rumors
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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I wrote about Amen Thompson and his preposterous athleticism. www.theringer.com/2025/04/09/n...
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Amen Thompson Has Become a Shape-Shifting Nightmare
The Houston Rockets’ second-year star isn’t just the ultimate agent of chaos—he might be the best athlete in NBA history. Yes, we’re going to get carried away here.
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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The Ringer's 2025 NBA Draft Guide has soft-launched. Here is our Top 14. Analysis from @jkylemann.bsky.social and me. Plus, a new feature — the Comp Cloud — that we think you'll appreciate. Give it look! nbadraft.theringer.com
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The Ringer’s 2025 NBA Draft Guide
The no. 1 overall pick might be a layup this year, but the rest of the lottery is wide open. Join us as we rank the top prospects in this year’s class and prep for the 2025 NBA Draft..
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Michael Pina @michaelvpina.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
After watching the second episode of Celtics City, I bought and read a copy of Bill Russell’s first memoir and wrote this piece on how the absence of anything resembling his voice is felt in today’s NBA, and throughout the country: www.theringer.com/2025/03/11/n...
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The NBA Is Desperately Missing a Voice Like Bill Russell’s
While history repeats itself in this country, modern NBA stars have stayed silent. Maybe it’s unfair to ask so much of athletes, but it wasn’t too much for the greatest champion in NBA history, who do...
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Claire McNear @clairemcnear.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I talked to Harvey about his long, long path to last night's spectacular win on Jeopardy! (the highest Coryat score of the season so far!): www.theringer.com/2025/03/11/t...
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A ‘Jeopardy!’ Win 24 Years in the Making
Harvey Silikovitz first auditioned for ‘Jeopardy!’ in 2001. On Monday, he finally got a chance to play.
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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
On the Mavericks and a portentious haboob. www.theringer.com/2025/03/05/n...
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The Dallas Mavericks Are Now a Full-Blown Disaster Movie
Kyrie Irving’s devastating injury is the death rattle on one of the most inexplicable downfalls in NBA history. From the Luka Doncic trade to this, the Mavericks have been reduced to rubble.
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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I wrote about Luka's new role at the center of the NBA's longstanding dominant myth: Lakers Exceptionalism. www.theringer.com/2025/02/03/n...
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Luka, LeBron, and a New Level of Lakers Exceptionalism
One of the most shocking trades in NBA history has led to one of the league’s most common outcomes: another generational star has fallen into the Lakers’ laps
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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
I will never claim to "know ball," but if there's anything I feel comfortable doing in this space, it's metabolizing Russell Westbrook's ethos as a point guard across his many eras. This was my latest foray: www.theringer.com/2025/01/21/n...
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Russell Westbrook Is Once Again the Most Thrilling Show in Basketball
Just when we thought we were out, Russ’s uncanny chemistry with Nikola Jokic has pulled us back in
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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
I wrote about Jimmy Butler. www.theringer.com/2025/01/07/n...
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What Is Jimmy Butler After?
Money has been a point of contention at each stop of Butler’s career, but the true root of his discontent—and of his most recent trade request—feels more elemental
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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
New year, new Nets? Wrote about one of the most interesting teams in the NBA, and how, for the first time in a loooong time, they're actually in control of their destiny. www.theringer.com/2025/01/01/n...
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The Brooklyn Nets Are Still Dreaming Big, Despite All the Nightmares
The scars of Kevin Garnett and Kevin Durant will never fully go away, but the Nets are no longer digging themselves out of a failed superstar trade. Is there finally light at the end of the tunnel?
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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Welcome to the Top 100, Payton Pritchard and Jakob Poeltl. nbarankings.theringer.com
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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
I wrote an oral history of The Ringer’s infamous fast food rankings (that also serves as a treatise on editorial decisionmaking and a strangely intimate glimpse into who I was in the twilight of my teen years.) www.theringer.com/2024/12/03/p...
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The Oral History of The Ringer’s Chick-fil-A Waffle Fries Debacle
In honor of our site’s relaunch, we revisit our site’s most infamous decision
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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Finding some semblance of happiness in watching Jared McCain amid the worst Sixers start ever since the last worst Sixers start ever.
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What If the Sixers’ Nightmare Is Just Beginning?
As miserable as Philadelphia’s start has been, the ending could be worse. Even for a franchise familiar with suffering, this season has produced a unique type of torture.
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giri nathan @girinathan.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Over 20 years I saw Rafael Nadal so many different ways - an intruder, a sage, a way through my own pain Farewell Rafa defector.com/rafael-nadal...
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Rafael Nadal Found Process In Pain | Defector
Nadal was the destroyer of context, the man who played every point in vacuum, through comebacks and blowouts with the same equanimous mind and full effort.
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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
In the afterglow of Franz Wagner's best game ever, I wrote about his remarkable season thus far. www.theringer.com/nba/2024/11/...
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Franz Wagner’s Star Turn Is Giving Off ’93-94 Pippen Vibes
The Orlando Magic’s all-world sidekick is proving he’s pretty incredible as a leading man, too. Has it been there all along?
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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Tari Eason, welcome to the Top 100. nbarankings.theringer.com
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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Might use this opportunity to rebrand myself as a dynasty fantasy football guy.
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Danny Chau @dannychau.bsky.social · 05/07/2023
Innit?
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