Paul Swydan

Paul Swydan

Outside Boston
Paul Swydan is the owner and operator of The Silver Unicorn Bookstore in Acton, Mass, and the curator of the Boston.com Book Club. In a prior life, he was a sports writer and editor.
Mar
03
Celtics Player Power Rankings, Three-Fourths Edition

Celtics Player Power Rankings, Three-Fourths Edition

Somehow, there is only one quarter left in the Celtics' regular season! Three-fourths of 82 games is 61.5,
7 min read
Feb
22
Nelly in the #1 video.

The Solution to Tanking and the Solution to the Season Being Too Long Is the Same Solution

The NBA is neck deep in ... well, controversy isn't the right word, but something akin to controversy. Tanking
7 min read
Feb
18
The Teams I'll Be Watching

The Teams I'll Be Watching

As John Schumann from NBA.com pointed out earlier this week (always read John by the way), the NBA season
7 min read
Feb
14
Anne Heche and Harrison Ford in "Six Days, Seven Nights"

The NBA Got Halfway There

The NBA tweaked the All-Star format again. I'll admit, I'm morbidly curious to watch. Perhaps you
4 min read
Feb
03
Vucci Mane's First Good Team

Vucci Mane's First Good Team

Nikola Vučević is in his 15th NBA season, and this afternoon, he was reportedly traded to the Boston Celtics. My
6 min read
Jan
31
Kanye West standing on a basketball court in the "Homecoming" music video.

If You Love Someone, Let Them Go (Home)

The Golden State Warriors have reached the end of the line. Since Jimmy Butler went down, they're 2-4.
6 min read
Jan
20
A List of Players Who Received Fewer All-Star Votes than Neemias Queta

A List of Players Who Received Fewer All-Star Votes than Neemias Queta

The All-Star voting is endlessly fascinating to me. You have three distinct voting blocs with three very different perspectives in
3 min read
Jan
13
Dan Akroyd and Eddie Murphy playing everyone for suckers as Louis Winthorp III and Billy Ray Valentine on Wall Street in "Trading Places."

The Bigs the Celtics Should Target on the Trade Market

Over the past week or two, the Boston Celtics have been linked to a bunch of centers/bigs in trade
9 min read
Dec
27
Mark Wahlberg as Bob Lee Swagger in "Shooter."

You Know Sam Hauser Is One of the Best Three-Point Shooters in NBA History, Right? And Other Notes

The other day, I wrote about the options that the fantastic start to the season has afforded the Celtics. In
9 min read
Dec
23
Dennis Hopper's truly magnificent turn as a deranged former cop in "Speed"

What Would You Do?

At the beginning of the season, it was assumed that the Celtics would not be competing for a championship this
7 min read