THE BASKETBALL INTELLIGENCE NETWORK
The NBA is Back!
On today’s episode, Jarrett, Rush, Tone are diving deep into NBA Award predictions, breaking down our Top 5 shooters after Steph Curry, and previewing NBA Opening Night and the biggest games to kick off the season.
Opening Night and Beyond
Former NBA analytics consultant Bob Bellotti comes back on the show to join Ray and Nick for their preview of Opening Night for the Sacramento Kings. They discuss the outlook for the season ahead, including some of the early rotation questions that the team needs to answer, before wrapping up by previewing the week of games ahead for the Kings.
*FEATURE OF THE DAY*
Mapping the NBA: Western Conference
Chris Gunther, Charting Hoops
LEAGUEWIDE
TOP 100: 100-67, 66-34, 33-1
Aaron Bollwinkel, Live. Breathe. Ball.
Exciting Things Coming For The NBA Season
Keith Smith, The Basketball Bulletin
Warriors are back - Tom’s Title Tiers #1
Tom Haberstroh, The Finder with Tom Haberstroh
It’s an NBA Power Rankings Tuesday!
Marc Stein, The Stein Line
An NBA Opening Night Classic | HOOPS, 10/22/25
Dustin Brewer, Hoops Daily
Previewing every Aussie in the NBA Western Conference
Jacob Doole, The Pick and Roll
NBA’s West vs. East: Who’s Stronger?
Bob Bellotti
33 bold predictions for the 2025-26 NBA season, including one for each team
Kevin O’Connor, Yahoo Sports
NBA News and Rumor Roundup 10/22/2025
Jacob Sutton, JSutt Hoops
Southwest Division preview
Kelly Dwyer, Kelly Dwyer on hoops
Christie turns 23 midseason, a volume three-point guy who makes an average amount of threes, a supposed-to-be defender. Still, long, young, rangy. I don’t think I’ve used “rangy,” yet. I love doing these, I’m having the time of my life doing these, thank you for reading them.
A Thunder repeat? Knicks in the Finals? NBA expert picks for the 2025-26 season
The Athletic
TEAM NEWS
ATL: New contract for Hawks’ Keaton Wallace a blessing, but more to achieve
Lauren Williams, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
ATL: With Kristaps Porzingis’ mystery illness solved, Hawks are primed for NBA hunt
Fred Katz, The Athletic
“It hit me, and it hit me like a truck,” Porziņģis said. “The breathing wasn’t good. I did everything I could potentially to feel as good as I could, but my engine wasn’t running the way I wanted.”
DAL: The Dallas Mavericks New Journey Begins Anew
Bob Sturm, Sturmstack