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2025 NBA Draft Articles | Ahmed Jama
June 25, 2025
As we round the corner into the home stretch of draft coverage, set against the backdrop of a particularly dramatic NBA Finals, draftniks are mulling over whether the current crop of prospects they have spent the last calendar year evaluating could hol … Read more
2025 NBA Draft Articles | Joe Hulbert
June 24, 2025
When scouting NBA prospects, we’re often forced to give quick-fire grades or takes that may not capture the nuances of complex and multi-faceted skills. Take driving for example: there are a variety of microskills that make up the larger slashing skill … Read more
2025 NBA Draft Articles | Ryan Kaminski
June 16, 2025
The Orlando Magic achieved their stated goal to find proven offensive talent in Desmond Bane, now what will the Orlando Magic do with 3 picks on draft night? The draft is one of three paths to building a team, and arguably the most important for teams … Read more
NBA Articles | Charlie Cummings
June 12, 2025
Basketball is the constant search for the smallest of edges. It’s the driver of team building at the macro level. A 37% three-point-shooting wing over a 35% three-point-shooting wing is an edge. A center who pulls down an 18% offensive rebounding rate … Read more
NBA Articles | Charlie Cummings
June 8, 2025
Few four-year NBA veterans can claim a more interesting basketball path than Day’Ron Sharpe. The Carolina native has an impressive list of changing circumstances, teammates, and responsibilities at 23 years old. Before we get to where he’s going, let’s … Read more
2025 NBA Draft Articles | Ahmed Jama
June 5, 2025
With the conference finals underway and the lottery concluded, NBA draft season is fully underway. To me what has become more compelling than the weekly mocks and trade scuttlebutt that marks draft season are the narratives crafted around virtually eve … Read more
NBA Articles | Charlie Cummings
May 17, 2025
There are moments where the whole NBA world collectively holds its breath. When Jayson Tatum went down in tremendous pain, grabbing at his leg, things stood still momentarily. Playoff drama, individual narratives, and everything went out the window bri … Read more
2025 NBA Draft Articles, NBA Draft Articles | Matt
May 12, 2025
#1: Ace Bailey Listed at 6’10”, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Freshman, 18.9 on draft day Ace Bailey is a dynamo, a blistering midrange scorer where he shot 46% with only 27% of his makes assisted. Much of the damage was done on midrange pull-ups: he was 4 … Read more
2025 NBA Draft Articles, NBA Draft Articles | Swish Theory
May 6, 2025
See here for mock drafts one and two, and our most recent big board rankings. 1. Utah Jazz – Cooper Flagg, Duke If you can believe it, I came away from my most recent Duke watch even higher on Cooper Flagg. “There is an easy case to be made for Flagg e … Read more
2025 NBA Draft Articles, NBA Draft Articles | Matt
May 4, 2025
I came into the 2025 NBA draft cycle with a fresh framework. My goal was to rate players across ten different categories, all of which relate to dimensions of basketball impact. I graded each player on a scale of non-NBA trait to Greatest of All Time f … Read more