Basketball Intelligence For 12/20/25
Ant-Man comes up huge late vs. OKC, Atlanta gets spurned by San Antonio, the Cavs can’t against the Bulls, and much more…
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FEATURES OF THE DAY
Former Pelicans coach Willie Green, family still pour into New Orleans community
Marc J. Spears
The 2025-26 NBA All-No-Trade Team
Marc Stein, The Stein Line
What if ... Every Team was their Best Self?
Chris Gunther, Charting Hoops
NBA MVP straw poll: Where 100 league insiders see the race headed
Tim Bontemps, ESPN
THE BASKETBALL INTELLIGENCE NETWORK
The Spurs’ arrival, the Knicks’ NBA Cup bannergate, Luka’s shot diet, and a Christmas Day preview.
Tone, Rush, and Jarrett are back with another must-listen NBA conversation, breaking down the biggest debates shaping the league right now.
Mid-December 2025 Sacramento Kings Recap and Preview
Ray and Nick break down the most recent run of basketball for the Sacramento Kings as 2025 draws to a close, before previewing the games for the Kings in the week ahead. They start out by discussing the ins and outs of an 0-3 week for the Kings, including the encouraging recent overtime loss to the Portland Trail Blazers that they previewed with Joe Fre…
AROUND THE LEAGUE
The NBA has never seen offense like Nikola Jokić and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Ian Levy, Fansided
NBA lays out injury reporting policies, reviewing other ‘sports betting policies,’ tanking rules
Kurt Helin, NBC Sports
Who respects the NBA Cup?
Alex Shephard, Basketball Feelings
Five NBA Things I may or may not have Liked: A Farewell to Free Throws, CPTheater, Knicked, Cursed Cavs, Spare Nuggets
Above the Break
NBA reinstates ref with 2023 social media burner: What it means
Lorenzo Reyes, USA Today
TEAM NEWS
BOS: Celtics sharpshooter’s re-emergence could be bigger than any trade
Souichi Terada, Mass Live
BOS: Joe Mazzulla makes clever adjustment to help Celtics beat Heat
Brian Robb, Mass Live
BOS: Celtics turn up the Heat in the fourth quarter
Adam Himmelsbach, The Boston Globe
