Basketball Intelligence For 1/17/23
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
ATL: Q&A: Landry Fields, Kyle Korver on building championship-caliber team
Lauren Williams, AJC
BKN: Durant’s absence affecting Kyrie Irving as Nets struggle to close games
Brian Lewis, NY Post
BOS: Luke Kornet has perfectly filled in the gaps for the Celtics
Jack Simone, Celtics Blog
BOS: Why Celtics’ Derrick White is the best little shot blocker in the NBA
Jay King, The Athletic
CLE: Garland continues to learn the game within the game to lead Cavs
Kelsey Russo, The Athletic
CLE: The Education of Darius Garland
Chris Fedor, cleveland.com
New to BI? Sign-up for a low-cost - $5/month or $50/year (that is 14 cents per day!)- paid subscription for access to the full BI newsletter, including the team-specific and league-wide stories sections as well as free agency news, draft insights, and takeaways from the previous day’s games. *** If you are a free subscriber, please consider upgrading to paid status, entitling you to the entirety of BI ***
DAL: Mavs Go Winless in Two-Game Trail Blazers Mini-Series: 3 Big Takeaways
Grant Afseth, Sports Illustrated
DEN: Aaron Gordon is building his All-Star case
Law Murray, The Athletic
DET: Ivey clearing rookie hurdles, keeping company with Pistons royalty
Keith Langlois, pistons.com
DET: Pistons' Paris trip couldn't come at a better time for France's Killian Hayes
Omari Sankofa II, Free Press
GSW: Steph Curry getting back in form in crunch time
Eric Apricot, Dub Nation HQ
GSW: DiVincenzo’s mindset change is fueling bounce-back with Warriors
Connor Letourneau, SF Chronicle
HOU: 10 takeaways from Rockets' 10-game losing streak
Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle
IND: Pacers miss Tyrese Haliburton, The Closer
Dustin Dopirak, Indy Star
LAC: Norm Powell finds his offensive way with Clippers alongside Paul George and Kawhi Leonard
Bryce Miller, Union-Tribune
LAL: LeBron James proves again that he can defy time
Dan Woike, LA Times
MEM: The overachieving Indiana kids on the Grizzlies
Gregg Doyel, Indy Star
MEM: The Grizzlies have a championship-level Big 3
Parker Fleming, Grizzly Bear Blues
MIN: Garza looking more like an NBA-ready player
Bret Stuter, Dunking With Wolves
NOP: Larry Nance Jr., CJ McCollum unite as NBA teammates with Ohio ties
Nate Ulrich, Beacon Journal
NOP: McCollum's maturity, consistency have helped vault Pelicans from upstart to genuine contender
Colin Ward-Henninger, CBS Sports
NYK: Jalen Brunson is playing like an All-Star
Chris Herring, Sports Illustrated
ORL: Q & A: Gary Harris
Harrison Wind, The DNVR
PHI: The Sixers May Finally Be Normal, but Can They Be Special?
Zach Kram, The Ringer
PHI: Embiid, Harden star as Sixers start trip with nail-biting wins
Rich Hofmann, The Athletic
PHI: Rivers says 76ers will use three different starting lineups depending on matchups
Michael Kaskey-Blomain, CBS Sports
POR: Nas Little Brings That Same Energy In Return
Casey Holdahl, Blazers.com
SAC: Murray leading NBA rookies in 3-point shooting
Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee
SAS: Tre Jones' scoring is getting noticed
Jeff Garcia, KENS
SAS: Spurs’ defense leaving Poeltl in the lurch
Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews
TOR: Scottie Barnes is back to doing a little bit of everything for Raptors
Eric Koreen, The Athletic
UTA: Kessler keeps showing why Jazz wanted him in Rudy Gobert trade
Tony Jones, The Athletic
WAS: Developing Deni: how he can improve
Quinton Mayo
LEAGUE-WIDE STORIES
Do NBA role players really play better at home?
Mat Issa, SBNation
Power Rankings, Week 14
John Schuhmann, NBA.com
SGA, Dinwiddie, McCollum, Scoring stats in context
Brian Windhorst/Tim McMahon/Andrew Lopez/Kevin Pelton
In Paris, Quin Snyder briefly gets back to work
Tim Reynolds, AP
THE DRAFT
Draft BIG Board V.3
No Ceilings
Mock Draft 4.0
Tyler Byrum/Chase Hughes, NBC Sports
The Development of Tucker DeVries
Maxwell Baumbach, No Ceilings