Basketball Intelligence For 12/16/23
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
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Breaking down which players have the most assists to a single teammate this season and how often they assist each other.
John Schuhmann, NBA.com
How Rudy Gobert and Chet Holmgren revitalized their teams' defense
NB Lindberg, The Stepback
The "dribbling" cheat code taking over the NBA
Ben Taylor, Thinking Basketball
Can a Shaky 3-Point Shooting Wing Thrive in the Modern NBA?
J. Kyle Mann, The Ringer
Draymond's changing legacy, the genius of LeBron and why Jaime Jaquez Jr. is the perfect Heat player
Zach Lowe, ESPN+
The NBA's All-No-Trade Team for 2023-24
Marc Stein, The Stein Line
Bradley Beal still holds the league's only full no-trade clause. But as always there is a handful of players that, for fine-print reasons, can veto or avoid trades this season
5 NBA 3-Point Shooters Who Need More Shots (and 5 Who Need to Chill)
Grant Hughes, Bleacher Report
For some NBA players, an early season injury can doom postseason award chances
Tim Reynolds, AP
NBA game notes for games that were played on December 15
Justin Kubatko, Statitudes
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