Basketball Intelligence For 11/14/25
THE BASKETBALL INTELLIGENCE NETWORK
Like He Was Urkel's Alternate Ego
Aaron and Evan tip off with the Nico Harrison firing and the strange Mark Cuban heel turn. That’s followed by a Vibe Check with some of the most surprising and disappointing players so far this season—with an emphasis on some lesser-discussed names. Then the guys close, as usual, with 3-Up/3-Down, where they get the number of teams wrong, as usual. Stil…
LEAGUEWIDE
Buy Or Sell NBA’s Most Surprising Starts This Season?
Grant Hughes, Bleacher Report
NBA Panic Meter: 6 teams whose palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
Bryan Toporek, Fansided
MVP Ladder: Nikola Jokić’s surge powers him to No. 1 spot
Shaun Powell, NBA.com
NBA Rookie Rankings: Kon Knueppel, Cedric Coward stand out early
Sam Vecenie, The Athletic
Rookie of the Year Rankings
Christopher Kline, Fansided
NBA Rookie Rankings
Jasmyn Wimbish, CBS Sports
Grizzlies mired in Ja Morant drama, cooking Suns and more NBA trends
Fred Katz, The Athletic
Thursday’s Games
Dustin Brewer, Hoops
Defensive Player of the Year Power Rankings After Week 2
Michael Macasero, Sportskeeda
PRO HOOPS HISTORY
Dick Motta Interview
Jack Silverstein, A Shot On Ehlo
THE DRAFT
The Many Ways of Otega Oweh
Rowan Kent, No Ceilings
2026 NBA Draft Big Board 2.0
Ersin Demir, NBA Draft Newsletter
2026 NBA Mock Draft 1.0
Benjamin Yu, LWOS
FANTASY HOOPS
Hot topics of the week: Dallas’ debacle, Noah Clowney’s breakout
Stan Son, The Athletic
TEAM-SPECIFIC
ATL: Johnson, Okongwu power Hawks over Jazz with career nights
Lauren Williams, AJC
BKN: Noah Clowney’s NBA Journey: From Spartanburg To Brooklyn
Brooklyn Nets
BOS: 10 Takeaways from a complete Celtics win over Memphis
Bill Sy, Celtics Blog
CHA: ‘He’s truly an All-Star of his role’: How Pat Connaughton proves value daily
Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer
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