Basketball Intelligence For 12/14/25
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
LEAGUEWIDE
NBA Cup takeaways
The Athletic
Wembanyama sparks Spurs past Thunder, ending OKC’s 16-game win streak
Justin Martinez, The Oklahoman
Spurs-Thunder thrilling NBA Cup semifinal ending comes down to whistles
Law Murray, The Athletic
NOTE: Much more of the Cup semis in the Team-Specific section of Today’s newsletter
NBA trade candidates: Who can get traded on Dec. 15? Who has to wait? And who can’t be moved at all?
Sam Quinn, CBS Sports
Players Whose Outlier Stats May Be the New Normal
Jacob Sutton, JSutt Hoops
every team is over 20 games into the season now, which means that a quarter of the NBA’s calendar year is up. By this point, players who have actually been playing (read: not injured) will have settled into their roles, stabilized their stats, and, in many ways, regressed to the mean (both for better and for worse).
However, some players are still holding on to some outlier stats, ranging from the good (three-point percentage) to the bad (fouls per game). That could mean that some players have either turned the corner in a positive manner or a negative one, potentially giving each of their teams new things to think about.
TEAM-SPECIFIC
BKN: Danny Wolf Gets Praise From Nets Head Coach Jordi Fernandez: ‘Plays Like He Belongs’
Sameer Kumar, Sports Illustrated