Through one round, Hyperball seems to have been supplemented by a potent dose of Bruiserball. Critical games are giving us shockingly low numbers, with some box scores looking like stuff we haven't seen in twenty years. Read more »
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What The First Round Told Us
The Dark Night Of The Wolves/Nuggets Soul
The third playoff meeting of the Wolves and Nuggets, a tug-of-spiritual-war, has now degraded into a matter of biological attrition. Read more »
NBA Draft Report: Keaton Wagler Of Illinois
Keaton Wagler is a big guard with a nice stroke, some serious off-the-dribble wiggle, and a good feel for the game. That type of player rarely lasts long on draft night. Read more »
The Rockets Discover The Pitfalls Of 'Defense First'
Weighing how much to stick to the principles that got you here versus making the ad-hoc adjustments needed to survive is one of the trickiest things about the playoffs. Read more »
The NBA's Youth Shift, Playoff Mode
It’s too soon to say, for sure, but the transitional Era of Parity of the past half-decade may be giving way to the Hyper-Young Times that round out the rest of the 2020s. Read more »
The Wild Ride Of LaMelo Ball's Hornets
LaMelo Ball is a chaos agent, constantly maneuvering on the edge between our world and a more diabolical one, drawing from the powers of a bizarro alternative universe to bedevil the status quo. Read more »
Ten-Year NBA Net Rating Rankings (Infographics For All 30 Teams)
The Thunder once again led the NBA in Net Rating with the Celtics not far behind, while the Spurs, Pistons and Hornets made significant year-over-year jumps. Read more »
The 2025-26 NBA Awards, Narrative Edition
Every award candidate has great stats, but the story of the NBA season is also extremely important when making decisions on these awards. Read more »
Chicago Remains Eager To Embrace The Bulls
The Bulls very briefly showed so much promise and excitement during the 2021-22 season that they spent the past four years trying to recapture. Read more »
NBA Draft Report: Bennett Stirtz Of Iowa
Bennett Stirtz seems to have a lot in common with players like Austin Reaves and Jalen Brunson, as elite touch and feel can occasionally be underrated as skills. Read more »
NBA Draft Report: Thomas Haugh Of Florida
Thomas Haugh is active, athletic, and switchable defensively, and he's continuing to better himself offensively. He's a consistent three-pointer away from having a long NBA career. Read more »
The Nuggets Have Become The Old-Head Contenders
There's an under-discussed metanarrative unfolding quickly in the league on whether older teams like the Nuggets can keep up with younger squads like the Thunder and Spurs. Read more »
The 2025-26 Hollywood-Inspired NBA Awards
Handing out Lead Actor, Most Valuable Narrative, Original Script, Franchise Reboot, Special Effects and more. Read more »
Among NBA Title Contenders, The Youngest Look Strongest
The Thunder, Spurs and Pistons are all different in various ways, but they are also unified by one big important similarity: they're all very young, and very physical. Read more »
NBA Draft Report: Darius Acuff Jr. Of Arkansas
When you really dive into Darius Acuff's film, numbers, and intangibles, it's hard not to fall in love with the idea of him as a high-usage on-ball option at the next level. Read more »
2026 March Madness: Under The Radar NBA Draft Prospects
On Allen Graves and Elijah Mahi of Santa Clara, Cruz Davis of Hofstra and MJ Collins of Utah State. Read more »
NBA Draft Report: Joshua Jefferson Of Iowa State
Joshua Jefferson just has so many things he can do to harm defenses, and he's also a reliable defender. His do-it-all game is turning heads. Read more »
Bam Adebayo's Very Strange Historic Feat
Perhaps any number of the stars who are better at scoring than Bam Adebayo will start eyeing patsy opponents as their own golden opportunity to have a record scoring night. Read more »
The Thunder Continue To Evolve
It's frightening to see one of the best ever sludgeball teams morph into a high-volume, deep-shooting squad when they need to; to see the Thunder turn to lightning. Read more »
NBA Draft Report: Mikel Brown Jr. Of Louisville
If an offense-needy team has a chance to give Mikel Brown Jr. a sizable role, there isn't much preventing him from being a legitimate star. Read more »
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