Besides the advanced physical profile and athletic ability for someone R.J. Barrett's age, he has shown enough footwork and court vision to project as a volume shot creator for himself and others, though his shot is still a work in progress. Read more »

Hardly anything up to this point in his NBA career has been Jabari Parker's fault. He was a ballyhooed second overall pick because he was awesome in college, and he hasn't panned out because his left knee hasn't held up its end of the bargain. Read more »

The way Chicago's signings of Jabari Parker and Zach LaVine were received by some begs the question of why is it that we have created an intellectual environment that evaluates players in the way we'd want an Amazon review to evaluate a screwdriver? Read more »

We know why Mike D'Antoni is important. We know- in the broad sense- what he's good at. And we know, even if we've taken it for granted, that he's been trying to save us from predictability for over a decade. Read more »

Clint Capela's problem, obviously, is that he's a free agent at this very moment. It's lousy luck, because he's a very good player who's had a remarkable rise. Read more »

No LeBron-led superteam has (yet) been built to stop them. Paul George has committed to a franchise that can't touch them. They eve have Boogie now, in top form or otherwise. Read more »

Free agency has moved beyond money, on-court fit and location to mirror the personality-driven direction the NBA is moving in. Read more »

Every year, we draw a shiny red circle around a handful of lottery selections, anointing them as harbingers of the future even though we know better. Read more »

Here are 10 players, headlined by LeBron, Kawhi, Boogie and PG, and the places they should land to maximize entertainment on and off the court. Read more »

At this stage of free agency (unofficial, but in at least partial swing), people are talking to people about scheduling meetings, hurrying up to wait, weighing the abstract. Read more »

While we know the general contours of any offseason well in advance, the annual Dunc'd On tradition of a Mock Offseason has proven to be an enlightening and clarifying experience as both the preparation and negotiations themselves put the market forces to the text. Read more »

On how all 30 teams fared in the 2018 NBA Draft. Read more »

Deandre Ayton, Luka Doncic, Mohamed Bamba, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Marvin Bagley headline the 2018 NBA Draft class. Read more »

Luka Doncic is a prodigal shot creator and the most accomplished international teenager in history. Read more »

On Jaren Jackson Jr., Kevin Knox, Marvin Bagley, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Zhaire Smith and more. Read more »

Dwight Howard's personal peevishness and immaturity aside, the back half of his career has been a long, agonizing decline for someone who was a bona fide star not so long ago. Read more »

Jerome Robinson has a skill-set similar to Devin Booker's on offense with his excellent shooting and passing. Read more »

On determining functional size, mobility, mental awareness and effort when judging the defensive potential of prospects. Read more »

Robert Williams is currently expected to be drafted around the same range he would have been last year, with some chance that he might drop after skipping the 2018 NBA Combine and starting his workout tour late in the process. Read more »

Troy Brown Jr. looks like the 3&D wing every single team is looking for these days. Read more »