2025 NBA Draft Superlatives: Midrange Scorers

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

   

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2025 NBA Mock Draft 3.0

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

   

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2025 NBA Draft Superlatives: Three Point Shooters

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

   

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Round One: Nuggets vs. Clippers

NBA Articles | Lucas 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

   

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Warriors vs. Rockets: Key Matchups and Tactics

NBA Articles | Charlie Cummings | April 17, 2025 

 

4-1, 4-1, 4-3, 4-2. Those are the playoff matchup scores between Steph Curry’s Warriors and the Houston Rockets. Given that the four defeats occurred in five years, it’s no wonder Rockets fans have been inflicted with a thorough case of fast-acting CTE … Read more

   

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Boogie and The Beast

NBA Articles | Ryan Kaminski | March 29, 2025 

 

The Magic’s Franz Wagner and Paolo Banchero are the rising suns of Orlando’s orbit Photo Credit: Orlando Magic You never know which version of this Orlando Magic team you’re going to get. Sporadic 3pt shooting. Roster-depleting injuries. Rotations lack … Read more

   

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2025 NBA Draft Big Board 2.0

2025 NBA Draft Articles, NBA Draft Articles | Swish Theory | March 19, 2025 

 

Welcome to Swish Theory’s official Big Board 2.0 for the 2025 NBA draft. Our list features the opinions of ten different Swish draft analysts. Stay tuned for future updates! For our most recent mock draft, featuring written explanations for each pick, … Read more

   

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Finding a Role: Tari Eason Update

NBA Articles | Lucas 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

   

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2025 NBA Mock Draft 2.0

2025 NBA Draft Articles, NBA Draft Articles | Swish Theory | March 11, 2025 

 

1. Washington Wizards: Cooper Flagg, Duke This one is a no-brainer. Flagg is a special prospect, capable of instantly changing the fortunes of any team that selects him. Washington is the fortunate one here, landing their future primary initiator and d … Read more

   

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Warriors Unlock New Deadly Lineup?

NBA Articles | Charlie Cummings | February 28, 2025 

 

After that whirlwind of a trade deadline, it was hard to predict the future of the Warriors in the short and long term. Typically, acquiring a player of Jimmy Butler’s caliber is unequivocally improving. The depth Golden State had to fork over, and the … Read more

   

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