Basketball Intelligence For 11/15/25
The day's best basketball news and analysis.
FEATURES OF THE DAY
Pelicans fire coach Willie Green after poor start to 2025-26 season
William Guillory, The Athletic
Victor Wembanyama Doesn’t Make Sense (1985)
Michael Weinreb, Throwbacks: A Newsletter About Sports History and Culture
LEAGUEWIDE
Welcome to WALL: A Pretty Useful Defensive Metric
Jacob Sutton, JSutt Hoops
2025 NBA Cup: Schedule, format, groups, updates and more
NBA Insiders, ESPN
NBA Rookie Rankings: Kon Knueppel, Cedric Coward stand out early
Sam Vecenie, The Athletic
What’s been most fun about Knueppel in Charlotte is how coach Charles Lee is using him within the offensive scheme. He’s being weaponized as a movement shooter, with the ability to fly off different screening actions like curls or flares. He sets killer on-ball screens with contact thanks to his strength, but he also has the IQ to know when to slip them into open space. Knueppel’s intelligence off the ball is also elite, as he relocates sharply into dangerous areas off teammates’ drives and offensive rebounds and also finds buckets off cuts. Already, NBA teams have been forced to treat him like the elite shooter he is, opening up space for teammates like Collin Sexton to drive. He’s also a sharp passer who makes quick reversals and finds open teammates with ease.
TEAM NEWS
BOS: Joe Mazzulla details the growth that led to Phil Pressey’s ascent
Bobby Krivitsky, Hardwood Houdini
BKN: The Nets are struggling, but Nic Claxton is surging
C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News
BKN: Nets want Danny Wolf to develop, but minutes remain out of reach
C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News
BKN: Brooklyn Nets lose to Orlando Magic in final minutes, 105-98
Lucas Kaplan, Nets Daily