NBA ArticlesCharlie Cummings | February 5, 2025 

 

Here we are, halfway through the season. Monitoring this list has included many injuries, healthy DNPs, and strange performances. Yet we push on. For those new to the series you’ll want to read the first iteration of this year’s check-ins, plus the int … Read more

   

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

   

AnalysisRyan 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

   

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 ArticlesCharlie Cummings | November 8, 2024 

 

Nearly a year ago, I wrote about Peyton Watson as an emerging rotation piece for the Denver Nuggets. If you’re not inclined to read it first (though I would highly recommend it), here is the short version: Watson showed himself to be a potent defensive … Read more

   

NBA ArticlesCharlie Cummings | October 24, 2024 

 

Sometimes you need to leave a talented group to shine brightest. When Peter Gabriel left Genesis in 1975, confusion abounded. A highly successful band’s frontman striking out on his own was a common enough occurrence, but the timing was odd. Ten years … Read more

   

NBA ArticlesMatt | October 9, 2024 

 

Star basketball players are often obvious from the get: you have your Victor Wembanyama’s, your Anthony Davis’s, even Nikola Jokic’s, if you’re looking in the right direction. But it’s far from exclusively the case. In contrast, players like Steve Nash … Read more

   

 

I thought it would be a good exercise (and an easier way to generate new content) to review some of my old reports from nearly 3 years ago to see what I got right and what I got wrong, and delve into why. Draft philosophy may have changed, stances and … Read more

   

 

Sequels. Everyone’s seen at least one, everyone’s enjoyed the culmination of their favorite characters diving back into their world to achieve a new task, sometimes even exceeding expectations and driving you further into the mythos of that story. The … Read more

   

NBA ArticlesCharlie Cummings | February 22, 2024 

 

I will say the two unnameable words around the Golden State Warriors. No, it’s not “fire Kerr”, “trade Klay”, “European bigs” or “affordable housing”. It’s two timelines. We know it didn’t work. The youth gave a minimal boost at best to the 2022 champi … Read more