Basketball Intelligence For 1/13/26, Part One
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
FEATURES OF THE DAY
Who Is the Real Chet Holmgren?
Logan Murdock, The Ringer
orlando built the perfect system to prove paolo banchero doesn’t work
bang!
NBA Double Baseline out of Bounds Series
Gibson Pyper, Half Court Hoops
THE REMATCH
Wemby vs. the Machine
Rob Mahoney, The Ringer
The budding Spurs-Thunder rivalry that could shape the West
Tim MacMahon/Michael C Wright/ESPN
TEAM-SPECIFIC
BKN: Nets Rookie Traore Learning To Harness Superpower
Steve Lichtenstein
BOS: After another frustrating Celtics loss, a terse Joe Mazzulla was in no mood to talk about it
Adam Himmelsbach, Boston Globe
CLE: The blueprint to beat the Cavs: 3 fatal flaws opponents are exploiting
Jimmy Watkins/Ethan Sands, cleveland.com
CLE: Game Night Observations: Two Steps Forward and One Step Back, and Defending the Arc
Danny Cunningham, The Inside Shot
CLE: ‘Mental edge’ has become a warning sign for the Cavs, not an explanation
Jimmy Watkins/Ethan Sands, cleveland.com
DAL: Cooper Flagg is not your average No. 1 pick, and he’s proving it every night
Bradley Rowland, Fansided
DET: Jalen Duren is putting together his best season yet
Jared Ebanks, SLAM
