NBA ArticlesCharlie 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

   

NBA ArticlesRyan 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

   

NBA ArticlesCorey | November 28, 2023 

 

Losing will always make fans look for someone to blame. Someone to fire. Even if losing was part of the long-term plan, fans tend to lose sight of that when they struggle to think of more than five wins in nine months. Such is the current situation tha … Read more

   

NBA ArticlesCharlie Cummings | November 25, 2023 

 

In the Sasser family, basketball isn’t just a means to an end. Basketball is a way of life. Marcus Sasser, the reigning Jerry West Award winner and a consensus All-American, is another in a long line of family ties to the game. His father, Marcus Sr., … Read more

   

NBA Draft ArticlesCorey | June 22, 2023 

 

At long last, the 2023 NBA draft is here. Despite coming in with the best odds in the draft, the Detroit Pistons slid all the way to the fifth pick. Despite this misfortune, there are still a number of intriguing prospects for the team to consider, as … Read more

   

NBA Draft ArticlesSwish Theory | May 15, 2023 

 

On May 16, 2023 around 8:30 PM EST, we will find out where Victor Wembanyama, the best prospect in a generation, will spend at least the first few seasons of his career if not all of it. At Swish Theory we don’t like to be limited by the actual, as stu … Read more

   

NBA ArticlesCorey | April 17, 2023 

 

As the season comes to an end, plenty of people look to hand out grades. However, that rarely truly conveys how the season was for a given player. Expectations are different from team to team and player to player. Context often gets lost when handing o … Read more

   

NBA ArticlesCorey | March 31, 2023 

 

Everyone has their own pet archetypes of players they target for their platonic ideal of a basketball team, especially as you move beyond the superstars and into role players, with some preferring one flaw to another. One of the more polarizing player … Read more

   

NBA ArticlesCorey | February 15, 2023 

 

James Wiseman was a smart gamble for the Detroit Pistons.  It needed to be said because media and fans alike have done plenty of joking and stressing about the move made at the deadline. And yes, I know the team drafted a center in the lottery las … Read more