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August 10, 2023
As writers about the sport we love, it can be easy to distill and summarize. Too often these outstanding athletes and entertainers are reduced to dehumanized debate points and objective numbers. Advanced metrics are here for that reason, as is a good p … Read more
2024 NBA Draft Articles | Matt
August 6, 2023
From Steph Curry to Damian Lillard to Ja Morant to CJ McCollum to Pascal Siakam to Paul George, there have been countless examples of mid major draft picks who kept their primary usage when they skipped a level to go pro. Finding commonalities in this … Read more
Amateur Basketball | Josh Abercrombie
August 4, 2023
Over this past weekend I had the privilege of traveling to Louisville, Kentucky to watch Made Hoops’ Midwest High-School Academy showcase. The event was loaded with high level talent from all over the country (not just the Midwest, though with a focus … Read more
August 2, 2023
High school basketball, and more specifically grassroots circuits, is the Amazon rainforest of the basketball world. A wealth of natural hoops knowledge sitting at your fingertips, hidden in the foray of unexplored jungle. Watching college and internat … Read more
July 31, 2023
Maya Moore. Sylvia Fowles. Rebekah Brunson. Seimone Augustus. Lindsay Whalen. Katie Smith. The Minnesota Lynx have had no shortage of great players don the navy, green and gray. Crowning the heir apparent is always the goal for a franchise accustomed t … Read more
NBA Articles | Charlie Cummings
July 20, 2023
Shooting has a way of presenting itself in the strangest ways. No matter how many indicators we identify and traits we look for, it comes out of left field all the same. Picture you are ten years in the past. 2013 Blake Griffin is dominating on the pic … Read more
July 18, 2023
In the Vegas heat, it can be easy to see things that aren’t there. Summer League stat lines pop and crackle, games sizzling in the excitement of new NBA basketball. It can be difficult to sort through what is real and what is not. Swish is here to help … Read more
July 14, 2023
With the first Swish Theory draft cycle in the books, it’s time to recap the cycle in this follow-up to my final piece with The Stepien. Here I’ll be looking at where my personal board diverged from what actually happened, trying to make sense of where … Read more
July 6, 2023
Precedents “Bodies on the floor, carnage…and a bucket” was the play-by-play description for what could have been any given Alyssa Thomas highlight: Sensing an opportunity, she dove on the floor, nearly took out a ref, all to punch the ball ahead to a t … Read more
June 27, 2023
Draft day for the Los Angeles Lakers wasn’t the most exciting. They finally made a trade with the Indiana Pacers, but that was to only move up seven spots in the 2nd round for cash. Other than that, they stayed put, selected their guys, signed some int … Read more