Basketball Intelligence For 11/11/25, Part Two
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
*FEATURE OF THE DAY*
Power Grabs that Brought Down the Dallas Mavericks: Lessons from the Nico Harrison–Luka Dončić Fiasco
Jeremias Engelmann, 5x5
PRO HOOPS HISTORY
Remembering “Super John” Williamson
Jake Carapella, The Shooter’s Bounce
LEAGUEWIDE
Real or not real? Monitoring six early NBA trends
Kevin Pelton, ESPN
NBA power rankings
Kurt Helin, NBC Sports
NBA Contract Year All-Stars
Bobby Marks, ESPN
TEAM-SPECIFIC
CHA: Ryan Kalkbrenner’s historic NBA career start: 81% from the field through first 10 games
Tim Reynolds, AP
CLE: Inside the Cavs’ final-second collapse
Ethan Sands/Chris Fedor, cleveland.com
CLE: The shocking stat that reveals Jarrett Allen’s alarming disappearance
Chris Fedor/Ethan Sands, cleveland.com
CLE: Cavs star passing out of mismatches raises deeper questions about his self-belief
Chris Fedor/Ethan Sands, cleveland.com
DAL: Power Grabs that Brought Down the Dallas Mavericks: Lessons from the Nico Harrison–Luka Dončić Fiasco
Jeremias Engelmann, 5x5
DAL: The Mastermind Behind the Worst Trade in NBA History Just Got Fired
Robert O’Connell, Wall Street Journal
DAL: Nico Harrison made the dumbest trade in NBA history - Nine months later, Patrick Dumont finally realized it
Stephen Noh, Sporting News
The rest of today’s BI, Part Two, including draft-related stories, follows for paid subscribers