If the Mavericks want to get the most out of Chandler Parsons they should be targeting another 3-and-D player at SF and a better version of JaVale McGee at center. Read more »
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Mavericks' Future Revolves Around Maximizing Chandler Parsons
Cal's Talent, Cal's Issues
With a lack of three-point shooting and their coach's desire to play a low-possession game and you have the formula for a team that plays down to their competition, one that can beat anyone and lose to almost anyone. Read more »
The Kings' Best Playoff Shot In Years
The Kings have all the pieces to make a playoff run: an All-NBA big man, a stretch 4, a ball-dominant wing, a PG who can control tempo and run the offense and two wings who can be serviceable as 3-and-D players. Read more »
When You're Only As Good As The End Of Your Bench
When Alvin Gentry has gone to the end of his bench this season, he has been forced to play NBA retreads while the Warriors have received meaningful minutes from Ian Clark. Read more »
Going Back To McDonough's Original Plan In The Suns' Lost Season
This is the perfect time for the Suns to play Alex Len, Devin Booker and T.J. Warren as much as possible in roles that emphasize their strengths in order to figure out exactly what they have. Read more »
An Argument For College Basketball
There's no draft and there's no point in tanking to get better - if an NCAA program ever decided to start punting away games, they can go on a tailspin that can take years (or even decades) to get out of. Read more »
The NBA's Dinosaurs
Wide-bodied and slow-footed big men who can score at a high level with their back to the basket but can't shoot 3's and can't move their feet on defense have suddenly become far less effective than they would have been in a previous era. Read more »
The NBA's Counter-Revolution Has Begun
In order to match up with a team that can play with five shooters spread out around the perimeter, a two-post team needs six different things on their roster as the Spurs possess. Read more »
Purdue/Vanderbilt Big Men Prospects
A.J. Hammons has a chance to be a special player at the next level and he could go down as one of the biggest draft steals in a long time if his stock doesn't shoot up over the next few months. Read more »
The Grizzlies' Draft Void
Memphis hasn't been able to walk the tightrope when it comes to contending and reloading at the same time like San Antonio. Maybe that changes with minutes for Jarell Martin and Jordan Adams. Read more »
Ten Takeaways From Cavs-Thunder
The Cavs beat the Thunder 104-100 on Thursday in a game that was full of fascinating subplots. Read more »
Towns, Porzingis And Basketball's Next Evolution
Karl-Anthony Towns and Kristaps Porzingis are both seven-foot-plus, who can play inside and out on both sides of the ball, both are long and athletic enough to play above the rim and guard on the perimeter and they are both capable of shooting 3's, putting the ball on the floor and making plays for others. Read more »
The Wizards' Failed Attempt To Go Small
Unlike the Warriors, the Wizards have the disadvantages without the advantages of going small. They have their versions of Curry, Klay and Barnes but without anyone who can be like Draymond Green, it isn't going to work. Read more »
How The Hawks' Draft Decisions Are Undermining Their Run
The Spurs never forget the importance of the draft and never let competing for championships distract them from the task of building for the future. The same can't be said for the Hawks and that's where the real concern about the long-term success of the franchise comes in. Read more »
The Process Boxed In By Drafting Traditional Big Men
One of the most forward thinking GM's in the league might have been caught in an older paradigm of player value by drafting multiple bigs. You can fit a wing player into any system but a big man has to be built around, which is extra hard in the current era. Read more »
Rockets' Season Of Hell Still Has Plenty Reasons For Hope
The Rockets aren't good as people thought they would be coming into the season and they also aren't as bad as they have played in the first month. Here's 10 reasons why they should still be relevant in the playoffs. Read more »
Draymond Green's Extraordinary Set Of Tools Has But One Peer
LeBron James can do everything Draymond Green can do but better. If the Cavs are going to beat the Warriors, it will because they have unleashed LeBron as a point center and put four guys who can guard multiple positions and stretch the floor around him. Read more »
Ten Takeaways From North Carolina-Maryland
On Melo Trimble, Marcus Paige, Justin Jackson, Robert Carter III as small-ball 5, Diamond Stone needing more time, Theo Pinson and more. Read more »
Shrewd Drafting Your Way Off The Mediocrity Treadmill
If you go back and look at the history of the draft, you can find good players available at almost any point. The key is being able to identify them and that's where the Nuggets front office has really stood out over the past few seasons. Read more »
The Knicks' Franchise Player With Endless Compatibility
Kristaps Porzingis may never have Pau's post game or Dirk's face-up game, but he has the chance to be more mobile than Pau and more of a two-way player than Dirk. Read more »
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