2025 NBA Draft ArticlesAhmed Jama | June 25, 2025 

 

As we round the corner into the home stretch of draft coverage, set against the backdrop of a particularly dramatic NBA Finals, draftniks are mulling over whether the current crop of prospects they have spent the last calendar year evaluating could hol … Read more

   

NBA ArticlesCharlie 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

   

NBA ArticlesLucas 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

   

NBA ArticlesLucas 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

   

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

   

AnalysisEmiliano | November 20, 2023 

 

There are few figures more fascinating than Robert Horry in the NBA Universe. Born as a combo forward, Horry channeled, shaped his disruptive energy into a controlled power forward endowed with quick processing ability that shined at providing whatever … 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

   

David Sajdak | March 24, 2023 

 

Tyler and David are joined by Swish Theory contributor Neema Djavadzadeh (@findingneema23) to discuss the Houston Rockets. They begin by discussing Jalen Green and his path to stardom before taking a deeper look into the development of Kevin Porter Jr, … Read more

   

Neema Djavadzadeh | November 22, 2022 

 

Meet Usman Garuba. Entering his 2nd year with the Houston Rockets, Spanish Forward Usman Garuba seems to be finding his footing. The former 23rd pick in the 2021 NBA Draft has been anchoring the Rockets best lineups, and impacting the game with his ene … Read more

   

Neema Djavadzadeh | October 31, 2022 

 

Meet Jabari Smith Jr Drafted 3rd overall in the 2022 NBA Draft, Jabari Smith Jr out of Auburn University may be the most “safe” player out of his class. The 6’11” forward made his mark on the SEC as a disruptive defender and a knockdown shooter. On an … Read more