Basketball Intelligence For 1/2/26
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Is 2025 Sportsperson of the Year
Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated
Zone Defense in the NBA, 2025-26 edition
Mike Shearer, Basketball Poetry
The best plays and actions from NBA Christmas
Gibson Pyper, Half Court Hoops
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Zone Defense in the NBA, 2025-26 edition
Mike Shearer, Basketball Poetry
The best plays and actions from NBA Christmas
Gibson Pyper, Half Court Hoops
The biggest 2025 draft steals this season
Greg Swartz, Bleacher Report
Raynaud, Richard, Kalkbrenner, Coward, Queen each were selected outside of the top 10 and have considerably outplayed their draft position to this point.
Brook Lopez’s spacing, Anthony Black’s ascension and more NBA trends
Fred Katz, The Athletic
Doc Rivers, Rick Carlisle reflect on their careers
Steve Aschburner, NBA.com
New Year’s resolutions for each NBA team
Zach Harper, The Athletic
TEAM-SPECIFIC
ATL: Asa Newell, Draft Steal
Antwane Willis, Soaring Down South
BKN: Revisiting the Michael Porter Jr. Trade
Yossi Gozlan, Third Apron
BOS: Celtics forced into a fight, but Jaylen Brown, Derrick White deliver in fourth to hold off Kings
Gary Washburn, Boston Globe
