NBA ArticlesLucas Kaplan | April 24, 2025 

 

Man, this is an awesome series. On each side, we have incredible, idiosyncratic talents that demand equally idiosyncratic game plans. This goes down the line. Yes, Nikola Jokić is the best offensive big man to ever live, but Kris Dunn is constantly pul … Read more

   

NBA ArticlesLucas Kaplan | March 14, 2025 

 

For a young player with some confounding tendencies, it’s quite comforting to pop open the hood and see that everything checks out for Tari Eason. For the third straight season to begin his career, the Houston Rockets are much better when Eason is on t … Read more

   

NBA ArticlesLucas Kaplan | November 25, 2024 

 

Our own Charlie Cummings started Swish Theory’s Finding a Role series at the start of last season, the title being self-explanatory: While much of our collective player-analysis brainpower goes into identifying the future stars of the NBA, the meat-and … Read more

   

WNBA ArticlesLucas Kaplan | August 15, 2024 

 

Sabrina Ionescu has fully arrived in 2024 as one of the WNBA’s very best players. That might sound like the same thing many were saying in 2022 and 2023, though. She made the All-WNBA Second Team in each of those seasons, and in the pre-Caitlin Clark/A … Read more

   

WNBA ArticlesLucas Kaplan | July 11, 2024 

 

Small lineups exist at every high level of basketball, but not because they are small. The hoops world has accepted this, that what’s termed as ‘small-ball’ is slightly misleading, if not a misnomer. It’s really ‘skill-ball,’ a designation that I canno … Read more

   

 

Paul the Apostle really cooked when he became the first published writer to refer to the body as a “temple”. While Paul was urging followers of Christ to “honor God with their bodies,” and though the metaphor has became over-saturated to the point that … Read more

   

NCAA BasketballLucas Kaplan | March 29, 2024 

 

There’s a lot to love about DJ Burns, whose NC State Wolfpack are just two wins away from capturing an improbable Final Four appearance, but already captured the hearts of basketball fans and post-up enthusiasts everywhere. There’s the way he calls for … Read more

   

NBA ArticlesLucas Kaplan | February 27, 2024 

 

“Can you be porous defensively and win a championship? No, I don’t think you can be. [But] can you be adequate and be able to ramp it up when you need to, for a stretch in a game? It’s important.” That’s how ex-NBA’er Tim Legler described his baseline … Read more

   

NBA ArticlesLucas Kaplan | February 21, 2024 

 

Every ‘project’ is a handshake-deal with the NBA Draft Gods. There will be growing pains; it may look ugly for a few games or weeks, probably months, hopefully not seasons. The fanbase’s eyes will wander, marveling at other rookies who immediately ‘pro … Read more

   

NBA ArticlesLucas Kaplan | December 20, 2023 

 

Quality basketball analysis isn’t about being ‘right,’ judging the means by the end result, but we here at Swish Theory are frequently, let’s say, ahead of the curve. Whether it’s our breakdowns of less heralded draft prospects or a list of bold predic … Read more