Basketball Intelligence for 10/10/24
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LEAGUE STORIES
NBA Basketball Power Index: Projections, biggest questions for 2024-25
Dean Oliver, ESPN
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Why Is No One Trading For These NBA All-Stars?
Mat Issa, Forbes
NBA’s 6 most desperate teams entering 2024-25 season, ranked
Ricky O’Donnell, SB Nation
NBA preseason 2024-25: One big question for Knicks, Lakers, more
Staff, ESPN
How the NBA preseason is one of the last bastions of freedom in pro ball
Mike Vorkunov, The Athletic
With Cooper Flagg and 2025 NBA Draft class, get ready for the return of the tank
John Hollinger, The Athletic
I can’t promise the depth of the 2024 class goes quite that deep, to the point that teams are plucking Brunsons and Bruce Browns and De’Anthony Meltons in the second round. But the top tier is loaded. It’s not just Flagg; at least four other players — Rutgers teammates Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey, French guard Nolan Traore and Baylor guard V.J. Edgecombe — all would have been hyped as the top prize if they’d been in the 2024 class, and you could possibly say the same if they were in 2022’s.
WNBA
WNBA Finals Storylines
Andy Tulin, Her Hoops Stats
The Six Biggest Questions of the 2024 WNBA Finals
Seerat Sohi, The Ringer
2024 WNBA Finals presented by YouTubeTV: Phee and Stewie Set to Battle for the Title
Jordan Robinson, WNBA.com
Playoffs Preview: New York Liberty vs. Minnesota Lynx
Mitchell Hanson/Candace Pedraza, Winsidr
TEAM STORIES
BKN: What oft-injured Ben Simmons is still hoping to achieve with Nets
Brian Lewis, New York Post
“So f–k what happens next year, and what contract I get, if I get a contract. I want to do my job while I’m here and be professional and help these guys in any way I can. So who knows? I want to play as long as my body will allow me. So if it’s one year, five years, six years, I don’t know what it is. But I just want to keep going until I can’t anymore.”
CHA: 3 most valuable Hornets players of the preseason so far
Orel Dizon, Swarm and Sting