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2018 NBA Offseason Review: Southwest Division
Thirty Futures: Jimmy Butler
We didn't realize how starved we were for an old-fashioned superstar tantrum until Jimmy Butler breezed into practice late, torched his teammates, and walked out with metaphorical (and perhaps literal) double birds held high. Read more »
Thirty Futures: Kris Dunn
Perhaps Kris Dunn will break out this year. Perhaps he'll remain a merely useful player. That either thing is possible speaks to how much he's grown since those not-at-all long ago Minnesota days when he was disastrously fawn-like. Read more »
Thirty Futures: Paul Millsap
Paul Millsap has remained at the NBA's margins, never getting so big that he's more than just barely properly appreciated, and even then exclusively by those gnostics who know what makes him special. Read more »
Thirty Futures: Jrue Holiday
Jrue Holiday faded into the background for a spell and now is once again splendidly prominent, demonstrating a simple pleasure that requires nothing so remarkable as marching time and a gap in our attention: suddenly, our old friend is back. Read more »
2018 NBA Offseason Review: Central Division
The biggest moves of the offseason in the Central Division could be the additions of Mike Budenholzer and Dwane Casey. Read more »
Thirty Futures: Chris Paul
There is something acutely tragic about the greatest control freak of his generation sitting courtside, immobilized while his championship-caliber team gets bounced from the playoffs. Read more »
Thirty Futures: Donovan Mitchell
There's an outside chance Donovan Mitchell really will best Ben Simmons, in the long run, but he's going to have to actually make it happen. Nobody's going to grant him greatness on a technicality. Read more »
Thirty Futures: Frank Kaminsky
Frank Kaminsky types are esoteric and small and, in relation to their best colleagues, not all that good at the thing they're supposedly good at. Read more »
Thirty Futures: Wayne Ellington
Wayne Ellington is about as workaday as NBA players get, but there is, beneath his anonymity, a sort of hero's journey to track. Read more »
Thirty Futures: Danilo Gallinari
His playing days aren't over yet, but we can safely designate Danilo Gallinari as an all-time Chimeric Euro. Read more »
2018 NBA Offseason Review: Pacific Division
On the offseason moves by the Warriors, Lakers, Kings, Suns and Clippers. Read more »
Thirty Futures: Aaron Gordon
Aaron Gordon is entering his fifth season with the Magic, and like with Victor Oladipo before him, we're not sure what he is, despite having spent quite a bit of time with him. Read more »
Thirty Futures: Kawhi Leonard
A player we previously understood as a robotic extension of Gregg Popovich's will has become complicated. Read more »
Thirty Futures: Ben McLemore
To believe in Ben McLemore at this point is to have blind faith that there's some mysterious power within him he hasn't yet revealed. Read more »
Thirty Futures: Mike Conley
Mike Conley has been known as Greg Oden's Buckeye running mate, a mild disappointment, an underrated star, and finally himself: steady and serene, with magnificent hair. Except he wasn't around last season. Read more »
Thirty Futures: Joakim Noah
At his peak, Joakim Noah was an inordinately accessible star, both fun to watch and not impossible to relate to. Read more »
2018 NBA Offseason Review: Atlantic Division
Breaking down the offseason moves from the Raptors, Celtics, 76ers, Knicks and Nets. Read more »
Prospect Report: Jontay Porter Of Missouri
Jontay Porter is six-foot-11 stretch big who really impressed with his skill and intelligence at such a young age. Read more »
Thirty Futures: Kenneth Faried
Kenneth Faried would be very much at home in the NBA circa 1994, or- just barely- 2011, the year he was drafted. Read more »
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