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November 27, 2024
Tracking every block from behind, forced turnover, and (missed) shot contest for Jalen Suggs 18 games into 2024-25 Season If you’ve tuned into an Orlando Magic game recently, noticed Jalen…
November 21, 2024
Darryn Peterson & Prolific Prep Darryn Peterson makes a claim for the throne. Racking up a statline of 33 points (11-17 FG), 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks and 2…
October 3, 2024
Getting to know Landyn Colyer (SFA’s 6’6″ 4-Star Wing) and his Head Coach, Jaleel Sanders + Scouting Jalen Reece, Jamier Jones, Zay Mosley, Traevon Koch, and Landyn in Fall Ball…
September 6, 2024
Getting back into the public NBA Draft sphere again, I thought it would be a good exercise (and an easier way to generate new content) to review some of my…
August 7, 2024
With this study I wanted to keep it simple and start from the top: what do the best of the very best have in common? Rather than take a statistically-minded…
July 23, 2024
featuring Chris Cenac Jr., Meleek Thomas, Jaylen Petty, Davis Fogle, Acaden Lewis, Kaden Magwood, Kiyan Anthony, Dwayne Aristode, Malachi Moreno, Marcus Jackson, Jacob Wilkins, Brayden Burries, Tounde Yessoufou, Dante Allen,…
June 4, 2024
With May coming to a close we’re rapidly approaching the unofficial halfway point of the grassroots season. The first live period recently concluded and many spring standouts saw their stellar…
May 20, 2024
While springtime in the basketball world is synonymous with the NBA playoffs and March Madness, a select group of basketball junkies equate this time of the year to the beginning…
May 3, 2024
With April coming to a close, so does the high school All-Star game circuit, which ends with a culmination of talent that is the Jordan Brand Classic game. I had…
April 5, 2024
Three #1 Prospects from 3 Different NBA Draft Classes play in the same game for the first time in ESPN history. Scouting Potential Future NBA Players in The 2024 Hoophall…
March 5, 2024
On the 25th February 2017, in a game between the Raptors 905 and the Delaware 87ers at the Bob Carpenter Center, Nate Robinson created the “Natemeg”, one of the craziest,…
January 29, 2024
The Utah Jazz entered the year once again expected to be on the outside looking in. Only three teams had lower over-under predictions, and there was uncertainty around a roster…
December 23, 2023
An In-Person Scouting Report on Top Florida High School Prospects of the 2023 Nike EYBL Scholastic Sunshine Classic with Data Visualizations from Cerebro Sports’ Analytics and Film Breakdowns from Day…
November 20, 2023
There are few figures more fascinating than Robert Horry in the NBA Universe. Born as a combo forward, Horry channeled, shaped his disruptive energy into a controlled power forward endowed…
October 17, 2023
Alex Caruso is elite at screen navigation. Not only has he mastered a precise technique for efficiently getting around screens, he’s also developed ways to avoid getting screened in the…
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…
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…
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…
May 20, 2023
The Los Angeles Lakers taking Anthony Davis off of Nikola Jokic and instead put a smaller yet sturdy forward on him, like LeBron James or Rui Hachimura, allowing AD to…
May 18, 2023
Scoot Henderson is the next _______________! How quickly did your brain fill in that blank and with which star’s name? Derrick Rose and Russell Westbrook, two MVPs, often come up…
May 5, 2023
Fast like fox.Strong like bull.Slippery like snake. Paolo Banchero stepped into the league a walking mismatch. A 6’10” 250lb tank in transition and North-South force of nature has the tight…
May 2, 2023
Few good ideas come from conversations in the back of a Lyft post-midnight. A few weeks ago, while going from bar to apartment to inevitably discuss cryptids and antigravity technology,…
April 25, 2023
Click here to see guidelines, full team write-ups and strategies! Conference Semifinals East Round 2, Series 1: Team Gannon vs. Team Josh A. #1 Seed – Team Gannon The pitch:…
April 24, 2023
Every season during the NBA playoffs, from April to June, we argue. All of us do. Not just who’s the best team, but who is responsible for their team’s flaws,…
April 20, 2023
I want to start this article with a quick thank you to the staff who made this event possible. The event was a great experience and it wouldn’t have been…
April 13, 2023
A Scheme and Strategy Breakdown of the Cavaliers Offense and New York Knicks Defense The upcoming series between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the New York Knicks is projected to be…
April 12, 2023
What’s in a Title? A General Manager in the NBA is a subtly complex title, with an array of duties that are much deeper than they appear at first glance….
January 13, 2023
The biggest storyline of the NBA season entering into the near year is its parity. The clarity at the top is unusually muddled: while the Boston Celtics lead the league…
December 31, 2022
Why This Series? When a great player becomes great, there is often the narrative of inevitability tied into the fabric. While there may be some truth to that – no…
November 23, 2022
The Unheralded Heroes of Basketball When focusing on player development, many look at the programs players have been a part of: high schools, colleges, and even NBA teams get critiqued…