2026 NBA Draft ArticlesMatt | April 29, 2026 

     

    Details: Freshman for University of Washington (Big Ten) Listed at 6’11” and 220 pounds 20 years old as of May 1, 2026 NCAA (2025-26): Averaged 18.5 points, 11.8 rebounds (4.2 offensive), 1.6 assists to 2.0 turnovers, 1.1 steals and 1.2 blocks per gam … Read more

       

    AnalysisMatt | November 13, 2025 

     

    For this series, I will be interviewing a variety of thoughtful draft analysts, both from the Swish Theory team and otherwise. Each guest will make a claim regarding the 2026 NBA draft, which I will then challenge in a written back-and-forth exchange. … Read more

       

    2026 NBA Draft ArticlesMatt | October 28, 2025 

     

    For this series, I will be interviewing a variety of thoughtful draft analysts, both from the Swish Theory team and not. Each guest will make a claim, which I will then challenge in a written back-and-forth exchange. First, I’m talking to Logan Adams w … Read more

       

    2026 NBA Draft ArticlesMatt | October 21, 2025 

     

    The Blind Profile Before watching any tape, I like to get a good grasp of where a player’s strengths and weaknesses are statistically. This helps me ground their performance, where anything unexpected compared to their stats then jumps off the screen. … Read more

       

    2026 NBA Draft ArticlesMatt | September 4, 2025 

     

    Adrian Wooley is an awesome basketball player. That is the most basic descriptor I have used for a prospect, too generic to provide any real, useful insight. But man, it’s true. It is always nice when aesthetics align with on-court positive contributio … Read more

       

    2026 NBA Draft ArticlesMatt | August 20, 2025 

     

    Bangot Dak does not yet have a superpower, but he is well on his way to developing that. Dak’s unique intersection is his combination of on-ball experimentation with hustle, buoyed by good awareness and technical development. At recently turned 20, and … Read more

       

    2026 NBA Draft ArticlesMatt | August 8, 2025 

     

    Last summer, I wrote two articles on scouting: Spotting the Stars and Cason Wallace’s Star Potential. The former was the result of a study of prospect tape for the NBA’s greatest players since the 1990s. The latter, stemming from my watching of prospec … Read more

       

    2025 NBA Draft ArticlesMatt | July 8, 2025 

     

    When you evaluate a basketball player, what do you see? Do you take in the highlights, note the schematic or technical execution or simply look for the skillsets you value? There are infinite ways to watch and evaluate, something I believe is underappr … Read more

       

     

    #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

       

     

    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