Free Darko and The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac

Categorized as: Fantasy Basketball
Posted on: November 12th, 2008

I was breezing my way through Slate Magazine this morning and, to my surprise, not only did I see a short article about Free Darko and their new book: The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball Almanac, but said article got top billing on the front page of Slate. My first reaction: What the? My second reaction: Wow.

Now, in all honesty, I’ve never been a huge FreeDarko fan. Slate calls FreeDarko “the Web’s leading destination for the obsessive, overliterate, free-thinking NBA fan.” I couldn’t agree more with that statement and for whatever reason, it’s just not a demographic I fall into (must be the ISTP personality type).

However, much like Lifetime television or the Jonas Brothers, I might not get it, but I can see why the formula works. And personally, it’s impossible not to be damn impressed with what they’ve done: Going from a blogspot.com site to NBA experts and published authors in about the same amount of time it took me to write Chris Bosh’s player recap in our draft guide. It’s great to see the so called new economy at work, where the internet provides a platform to success for anyone willing to put in the time and effort. I actually might even buy the damn book because I respect and support the road they took to get there. Plus the illustrations look cool.

Just don’t make me read it.

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