Basketball Intelligence For 11/2/24
Grant doesn't get a pass, Braun rues braggadocio after baptizing Rudy, and more...
LEAGUE NEWS
10 stats to know from the first 10 days of 2024-25 season
John Schuhmann, NBA.com
NBA global footprint grows as basketball interest continues to spike. Next up, Mexico
Jeff Zillgitt, USA Today
Predicting NBA's Most Aggressive Trade-Market Buyers and Sellers
Zach Buckley, Bleacher Report
NBA early-season surprises: Victor Wembanyama’s start, Klay Thompson’s fit and more
The Athletic NBA Staff, The Athletic
TEAM NEWS
BOS: Temps rise as Celtics pull away late to dispatch pesky Hornets
Gary Washburn, Boston Globe
BOS: 4 takeaways as Celtics beat Hornets after multiple ejections
Souichi Terada, Masslive.com
BOS: Former Celtics assistant Charles Lee grateful for his title-winning year in Boston
Gary Washburn, Boston Globe
BOS: Jaylen Brown, Celtics furious after Grant Williams’ hard foul on Jayson Tatum
Jay King, The Athletic
BKN: Nets' Jordi Fernandez reveals key to surprise top-ranked offense
Erik Slater, Clutch Points
BKN: Confident Young Nets Following Rookie Head Coach’s Lead
Steve Lichtenstein, Steve’s Newsletter
Like Ted Lasso, a good coach makes his players BELIEVE they can succeed. They instill confidence through a support system that allows the players some room to make mistakes while maintaining a level of accountability standards. If this process is done well on enough players, the team becomes greater than the sum of their parts.
CHI: For starters, Bulls guard Ayo Dosunmu has no problem with coming off bench
Joe Cowley, Chicago Sun-Times
CLE: Luke Travers gets star-studded backing after NBA regular season debut
Kane Pitman, ESPN.com
DEN: Nikola Jokic's shrinking prime -- and the disconnect brewing inside the Denver Nuggets as they try to salvage it
Ramona Shelburne, ESPN.com
DEN: Nuggets' Braun rues taunting Gobert, drawing tech after dunk
Tim MacMahon, ESPN.com
GSW: The complicated case of Jonathan Kuminga
Aaron Bollwinkel, Live. Breathe. Ball.
That decision by itself lets you know how uncertain Golden State feels about Kuminga’s future. While teams like the Cavs, Magic, and Raptors rushed to re-sign their budding stars from the same class, shelling out more money than was necessary in several cases for the sake of showing good faith, the Warriors and Kuminga found themselves at an impasse that is indicative of a general standoff between player and franchise regarding what each thinks Kuminga is worth.