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Post#1 » by bwgood77 » Fri Oct 27, 2017 3:32 am

I've been interested in this new site by Ben Falk, who worked for Portland and Philly, and had read some of his stuff and watched some video breakdowns which were very interesting.

I came across him before on twitter and saw his site and some videos and he seemed really good and then was on the Zach Lowe podcast the other day. I suggest checking out his site. Might end up being the best basketball one out there, at least as far as seeing advanced stuff. https://cleaningtheglass.com

Anyway, I was wondering if there would be anything about the Suns ever, even though most of it probably isn't real team specific, but then just noticed he tweeted a bunch of stuff about the Suns during the Utah game. You can see them here....I don't really want to post all of them because there are a bunch...someone else can if they would like..

https://twitter.com/bencfalk They are all from about 13-14 hours ago from this post.

The site has some interesting things to read, if you are interested in learning more about the inside type of stuff they look at inside coaches offices.

I guess he is taking it to subscription/insider based for some of the content in a few days, but it's worth checking out now at least, and I'm sure whatever he puts out there that isn't subscription/insider based will be good stuff to get more people interested.

I think I am probably going to try the insider portion, and he explains fairly well why he is charging for it here.

Why subscriptions? Why not make it free and rely on advertising? Because, for the most part, an advertising-based business needs to maximize clicks — they get paid based on how many people see the ad, so all they care about is eyeballs. And that drives a certain type of behavior and content: catering to a more general audience, hot takes, lightning rod topics, controversy, argument, click bait.

A subscription-based business, on the other hand, needs to maximize passion. It’s not about the number of people you can get to click on your site and skim your article or video. It’s about the number of people who see it and love it and are willing to pay for more of it.

That’s the kind of site I want to run. I want to be beholden to you, the true fans. I want to write with nuance and depth, to engage with complex topics. I don’t want to chase clicks. I don’t want to feel like I have to churn out content even if it’s below my standards of quality. I want to write about the complexity of decision making in the draft, not yell YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHICH HIGH-LEVEL DRAFT PROSPECT IS GOING TO BE A COMPLETE BUST.

From the beginning, the core values of this site have been: quality over quantity, thoughtfulness over quick reactions, nuance over simplification and a goal that every time you visit this site you come away learning something new. That’s exactly what Insider is all about.


https://cleaningtheglass.com/introducing-insider/

Not that you should get the insider thing...I'm just going to check it out since I think it will be interesting.
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