For as dominant as they are on defense, the combination of Rudy Gobert and Derrick Favors is nearly as ineffective on the other side of the ball. Read more »
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The Young Jazz With An Old Soul
The Epitome Of Positionless Basketball
If someone is going to stop the Warriors' rendezvous with history, they are going to have to figure out an answer to Draymond Green at the 5. Read more »
Top-10 College Basketball Games For November, December
How the top prospects perform against other top prospects will tell us a lot more about their games than the type of statistics they rack up against Directional U. Read more »
The Situational Changes For D'Angelo Russell
D'Angelo Russell is a ball-dominant player who didn't play much defense in college on an NBA team that struggles with spacing the floor and playing defense and has five other guys who want to initiate the offense from the perimeter. Read more »
Drummond, Cousins And Why Coherent Visions Matter
As Andre Drummond rampages his way through the NBA in Stan Van Gundy's system, it's hard not to think of what DeMarcus Cousins could do in a similar situation. Read more »
Charlotte's Three-Pointer Experiment
This year's version of the Hornets are a controlled experiment to see just how far hoisting 3's can take an average NBA team. Read more »
The Holy Grail Of Basketball Players
Anthony Davis could be a center who can shoot 3's, protect the rim, switch pick-and-rolls and have the offense run through him from every part of the floor. He'll have to be all that to dig the Pelicans out of their hole. Read more »
Wings For Days: The Four-Out Revolution Hits Orlando
Even though the Magic play almost exclusively four-out basketball, their defensive rating has skyrocketed from 24th in the league to 10th this season. Read more »
How The Warriors Will Put You On An Island
It all starts with Stephen Curry, but everyone knows their role and what is being asked of them on both sides of the ball. They are greater than the sum of their parts and their parts are pretty good. Read more »
Ten Takeaways From Thunder-Spurs On Opening Night
Oklahoma City's 112-106 victory over the Spurs in a thrilling back and forth game was a great window into the key early-season storylines for both teams as well as how two of the best teams in the league matchup with each other. Read more »
The Stan Van Gundy Blueprint On Night 1
Andre Drummond is a Mack Truck with the engine of a Ferrari that is getting off the lot for the first time. For the first time in his career, he's playing without any other traditional big men clogging up the lane next to him. Read more »
Saying Goodbye To The Old Guys Leaving The NBA
Every young guy that comes into the league means one less roster spot for veterans like Carlos Boozer, Elton Brand, Jason Richardson, Samuel Dalembert and Reggie Evans. Read more »
Sorting Out The Suns
Talent isn't the issue for the Suns. It's whether Jeff Hornacek can find the right combinations of players to field line-ups that spread the floor and play defense. Read more »
Why The Hawks Are Betting On Their System To Produce Wings
The Hawks have a great three-man frontcourt, a great three-man guard rotation and a lot of questions on the wings. They have a great coaching staff and a system that has proven it can integrate a lot of formerly marginal players successfully. Read more »
Turning The Pelicans Into Kentucky South
Improving the Pelicans may need to come from going small in the frontcourt and Terrence Jones is the perfect gettable player to pair with Anthony Davis. Read more »
Sam Hinkie And The 76ers' Numbers Game
Everything the 76ers do is with the long-term in mind. The underlying logic behind Hinkie's plan is the best way to win a championship is to have a Top 5 player and the best way to get those guys is at the top of the draft. Read more »
Warriors Vs. Thunder: The Ultimate Matchup Masterpiece
Three of the top five players in the NBA, all in the prime of their career, all playing in max space. One team playing to be a dynasty (and potentially a KD thief) against a team that should have been one. Read more »
What's Changed, What Hasn't: Southwest Division
Playoff LaMarcus & aging guards for the Spurs, more depth & Golden State for the Rockets, Mike Conley and the wing for the Grizzlies, AD at the 5 & Jrue's health for the Pelicans and pure-4-out basketball and Dirk's D for the Mavs. Read more »
Let's Talk About Dwight Howard, Image & Houston's Title Chances
If the Rockets win a title, it doesn't necessarily mean Dwight Howard has changed as a person or that we need to re-evaluate the rest of his career. It just means that he was in a better situation for his talents and the ball bounced his team's way. Read more »
Nuggets' Short-Term Issues Have Long-Term Solutions
If Denver can develop Emmanuel Mudiay and Jusuf Nurkic, hit a home run in this year's lottery, flip Wilson Chandler for some good young assets and find some usable parts out of the rest of their young talent, they shouldn't be on the downswing for too long. Read more »
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