Basketball Intelligence for 11/6/24
LEAGUE STORIES
10 observations from the first 2 weeks of the NBA season
Joseph Casciaro/Joe Wolfond, theScore
It’s Not Just Ant. Almost All the NBA’s Young Stars Are Bombing Away From 3.
Zach Kram, The Ringer
Two weeks into the new season, young stars’ 3-point growth outpaces the NBA’s as a whole. Every season from 2016-17 (the start of intense 3-point growth leaguewide) through 2023-24, players age 26 and younger who scored at least 20 points per game averaged five or six 3-point attempts. In 2024-25, that number has accelerated all the way up to 8.2 3s per game from this group of young scorers.
NBA News and Rumor Roundup 11/6/2024
Jacob Sutton,
2024-25 NBA rookie, sophomore updates: Sleepers, surprises, more
Jeremy Woo, ESPN
Just beautiful basketball (Part 1 of 2)
David Thorpe,
Real or not? Examining eight key NBA early season trends
Kevin Pelton, ESPN+
NBA early-season overreactions: Thunder’s awesome defense, Bucks’ panic and more
Fred Katz, The Athletic
A New Generation of No-Stats All-Stars
Jeremias Engelmann,
NBA Power Rankings: Cavaliers soar, Knicks drop and a spin through every team’s rotation
Law Murray, The Athletic
Three (More) Things I Noticed on League Pass: Tic-Tac-Toe
Jared Dubin,