Real Contenders Go Down Swinging

NBA Articles | Charlie Cummings | May 26, 2024 

 

This is a postseason rife with new themes and narratives. The youth are here to take over, yes. The old gods are dead and buried. There is no James, Curry, or Durant in this year’s final four. Even as their powers diminished, those four appeared in fou … Read more

   

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Devin Carter is Still Underrated

2024 NBA Draft Articles, NBA Draft Articles | Will Morris | May 22, 2024 

 

It took a while, but Devin Carter is finally receiving the draft buzz he deserves. After spending much of the season ranked on the fringes, public perception has warmed up to the idea of Carter as a serious prospect. ESPN currently places him as the #1 … Read more

   

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Starting 5: Early Standouts of the Grassroots Season

Amateur Basketball | Ahmed Jama | 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 of the grassroots basketball season. Over the past few weeks, the three m … Read more

   

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Pascal Siakam Fears No Deer

NBA Articles | Charlie Cummings | May 6, 2024 

 

When Pascal Siakam was moved to the Indiana Pacers in January, there was much surprise for a multitude of reasons. Pascal being dealt was not a shock; the Raptors were flirting with NBA purgatory and in desperate need of a full reset. The package was a … Read more

   

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Jordan Brand Classic 2024: The Standouts

Amateur Basketball | Roshan Potluri | 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 the fantastic opportunity and privilege to scout the top prospects in the 2024 high school … Read more

   

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2024 Draft Shooting Heuristic

2024 NBA Draft Articles, NBA Draft Articles | Ahmed Jama | April 23, 2024 

 

“This team needs shooting.” “They lost because the spacing was terrible.” These may be the most common phrases uttered when describing an NBA team’s shortcomings over the course of a season or in a highly pressurized playoff series. Teams are always se … Read more

   

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How Prospects Outflex Their Opponent

2024 NBA Draft Articles, NBA Draft Articles | Matt | April 20, 2024 

 

I struggled with the title of this piece, the third of three pieces on how I frame prospect analysis. This final installment will discuss a player’s athleticism, well, physical athleticism (not cognitive), but with an eye to dominance. I use the term f … Read more

   

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The Rebooting of the Warriors

NBA Articles | Charlie Cummings | April 18, 2024 

 

In this age of cinema, very few successful franchises have escaped the ignominy of a terrible reboot. Star Wars has the shameful second and third trilogies (Revenge of the Sith exempt here). Jurassic Park has created a lot of slop. Ghostbusters continu … Read more

   

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Defining Scalable Bigs

2024 NBA Draft Articles, NBA Draft Articles | Ben Pfeifer | April 17, 2024 

 

Modern NBA bigs must operate smoothly with and without the ball. Ahead, we’ll define scalability and its specific features before diving into the bigs of the 2024 NBA Draft. When I evaluate a prospect’s offense, I ask myself these two questions first: … Read more

   

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Swish Theory’s 2024 WNBA Draft Board

WNBA Articles, WNBA Draft | Swish Theory | April 14, 2024 

 

1. Caitlin Clark, Iowa The 3-point revolution was always coming to the NBA. It took a while, but by the time Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors ascended, the train had already left the station. Curry merely became the face of the movement, and w … Read more

   

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