Basketball Intelligence For 10/16/25
The W kicks off season 29, the Knicks do something they haven't done in 25 years, the Jazz continue to lose the draft's numbers game, and more...
*FEATURE OF THE DAY*
The best and worst athletes in the 2025 draft class
Jared Dubin, Last Night, In Basketball
WNBA OPENING NIGHT
How Valkyries’ Nakase rose from coaching depths to make Asian-American history
Nathan Canilao, East Bay Times
The WNBA's Breakout Year: A 2024 Season of Records, Revenue, and the Caitlin Clark Effect
Scott Agness, Fieldhouse Files With Scott Agness
The No Cap Space WBB WNBA Mega Preview
Andrew Haubner, No Cap Space
Tulin's Treasures: WNBA Opening Weekend Preview
Andy Tulin, Her Hoop Stats
Can the Indiana Fever win the WNBA championship? Caitlin Clark thinks so
Ben Pickman, The Athletic
With the 2025 WNBA season on the horizon comes new hopes
Ben Pickman, The Athletic
Fever Notebook: Sophie Cunningham out, Sky ahead, GM survey reveals leaguewide respect
Scott Agness, Fieldhouse Files With Scott Agness
2025 WNBA Opening Day Roster Breakdowns: Part Two
Richard Cohen, The Her Hoops Stats Newsletter
2025 WNBA predictions: Liberty repeat? Paige Bueckers ROY?
ESPN
Guard Kahleah Copper embraces her new role as the face of the Phoenix Mercury
Joshua Heron, Andscape
What did Paige Bueckers reveal in her WNBA rookie debut?
Sabreena Merchant, The Athletic
Valkyries drop WNBA opener in a party not even Sparks’ Kelsey Plum could spoil
Marcus Thompson III, The Athletic
TEAM NEWS
BOS: Celtics offseason primer: The timeline just got bumped up a year
Mark Deeks, Hoops Hype
BOS: 4 takeaways as Celtics fall to Knicks in embarrassing Game 6 rout
Brian Robb, Mass Live
BOS: Brad Stevens faces drastic offseason choices after Celtics early exit
Brian Robb, Mass Live
BOS: Celtics’ season ends in a New York minute with Game 6 nightmare, and other takeaways
Dam Himmelsbach, The Boston Globe
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