Basketball Intelligence For 1/15/26, Part Two
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
LEAGUEWIDE
Why the Trae Young Deal Went Through Without Draft Pick Compensation
John Ross, Get in the game 101
Screw your coach’s challenge: the league has other ideas
Henry Abbott, True Hoop
Wednesday night’s games
Dustin Brewer, HOOPS
Rookie Ladder so far
Angel Atienza-Romero, The Big Lead
THE DRAFT
Updated Thoughts on the 2026 NBA Draft Class
Stephen Gillaspie, No Ceilings
Size, Vision, and Shooting Variance: A Live Evaluation of Neoklis Avdalas
James Barlowe, NBA Big Board
TEAM-SPECIFIC
ATL: Hawks players’ midseason grades
Lauren Williams, AJC
And what grade should the front office and coaching staff get?
BKN: Nets blow fourth-quarter lead to lowly Pelicans as losing streak hits five
Brian Lewis, NY Post
BOS: How the Celtics’ three two-way players have played in the G-League this season
Souichi Terada, Mass Live
CHI: Matas Buzelis takes back seat in Bulls’ victory over Jazz
Kyle Williams, Sun*Times
Buzelis played just 18:34. Coach Billy Donovan wasn’t pleased with Buzelis’ help-side defense and efforts on the glass.
