Early Season Scouting Notes

2025 NBA Draft Articles, NBA Draft Articles | AJ Carter | December 17, 2024 

 

With college basketball well underway we now have enough of a sample size to have real takeaways from the early portion of the season. There’s still a lot of basketball left to evaluate, but I’m going to lay out some thoughts I have on various players … Read more

   

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Closeout Creation: The Fulcrum Of NBA Offenses

2025 NBA Draft Articles, NBA Draft Articles | Roshan Potluri | December 16, 2024 

 

Picture this: a defender scrambling to recover, a shooter with just enough daylight, and the crowd rising in anticipation. That fleeting moment—a closeout—opens up a range of unique possibilities to generate points on that possession. You can partially … Read more

   

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Finding a Role Check-Ins: Quarter Pole

NBA Articles | Charlie Cummings | December 9, 2024 

 

Last season, I decided to express my interest in player development in writing at a scale I hadn’t reached before. It was difficult to fully explore how stars become stars, role players become role players, and why some find themselves outside of the l … Read more

   

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Ty Jerome: Late Bloomer

NBA Articles | Taylor Wyman | December 6, 2024 

 

Prior to this season, Ty Jerome bounced around the league for five years as a fringe rotation player. Then finally at age 27, something clicked. This year he’s been one of the best bench players in the league for Cleveland. (Fourth among bench players … Read more

   

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Don’t Drive By Jalen Suggs

Analysis | Ryan Kaminski | 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 Suggs make a chasedown block, and started to wonder, “wow, it f … Read more

   

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Finding a Role: 2024-25 Introduction

NBA Articles | Lucas 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

   

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Finding A Role – Season Kickoff

NBA Articles | Ryan Kaminski | November 22, 2024 

 

This season the folks at Swish Theory are targeting a handful of players they think will bring more winning impact than expected in their respective roles. These players might not be superstars, but they won’t be benchwarmers, either. In the spirit of … Read more

   

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Darryn Peterson Makes His Claim for the Throne

Amateur Basketball | Ryan Kaminski | 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 steals, Peterson showed out on both ends in a marquee matchup upset of Prolific Prep … Read more

   

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NBA Freeze Frame: Volume 2

NBA Articles | Stewart Zahn | November 20, 2024 

 

October 29th, Dallas at Minnesota A tight game in the third quarter, this Western Conference Finals rematch is hotly contested. Luka, who was demoralizingly great against the Wolves in the playoffs last season, is currently working off the ball to get … Read more

   

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Bilal Coulibaly: A Star is Born

NBA Articles | Charlie Cummings | November 15, 2024 

 

What do you know about nothobranchius furzeri? If your answer is “Nothing, Charlie. What the hell are you talking about?” congratulations—you know as much as I did when I wrote this. Nothobranchius furzeri, known as the turquoise killifish (fire name a … Read more

   

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