Basketball Intelligence For 10/13/26

Today’s Best NBA Reporting And Analysis

LEAGUEWIDE

7 NBA preseason standouts who look ready to make a leap
Ricky O’Donnell, SBNation

One Question for Each Eastern Conference Team
Ryan Ski

Eastern Conference predictions
John Hollinger, The Athletic

Predicting the 2026-27 Eastern Conference Standings
Dustin Brewer, Hoops

Despite not winning in ‘26, the Spurs and Thunder are dead-even with each other now, historically far ahead of everyone else... and only one can escape the West
Neil Paine

Which NBA deals will get done: biggest extension decisions to watch
Bobby Marks, ESPN

Rob Dillingham: Three Teams, Two Years, and More Questions Than Answers
Rafael Barlowe, NBA Big Board

The Lowe Post Is Back—and It’s a Newsletter Now
Zach Lowe, The Lowe Post

THE DRAFT

What 10 Guards Need to Do to Increase Their Draft Stock
Latif Love, No Ceilings

Big 12 prospects for the 2027 NBA Draft
Tyler Metcalf, No Ceilings

Zoom Diallo NBA Scouting Report
Ersin Demir, NBA Draft Newsletter

PRO HOOPS HISTORY

Remembering the ABA
Chris Ballard, Sports Illustrated

Notes:

1. The ABA’s final game: https://www.basketballintelligence.net/p/special-edition-anniversary-final-aba-game

2. A great book re the first 5 years of the NBA-ABA “war”

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