Basketball Intelligence For 12/27/22

Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis

Dec 27, 2022

TEAM-SPECIFIC STORIES

BKN: Nets credit turnaround with keeping it 'about basketball'
Nick Friedell, ESPN

BKN: Nets Transformation Unleashing Dynamism Few Teams Can Match
Steve Lichtenstein

BOS: Danny Ainge on Wyc Grousbeck’s warning about poaching Joe Mazzulla, and other Celtics nuggets
Adam Himmelsbach, Boston Globe

BOS: What did Celtics learn about Joe Mazzulla during skid?
Jay King, The Athletic

CHI: Bulls’ so-called ‘Big 3’ has reached its expiration as a failed experiment
Darnell Mayberry, The Athletic

CLE: What Kevin Durant saw in Cavs star Evan Mobley this summer
Kelsey Russo, The Athletic

DEN: Nikola Jokic on Aaron Gordon: “He’s the soul of the team.”
Mike Singer, Denver Post

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MIA: Gabe Vincent looking to put knee injury behind him to help struggling Heat bench
Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald

MIN: Where have you gone, Rudy Gobert?
Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic

NYK: Back to Reality?
Jonathan Macri, Kings Film School

OKC: How is OKC Thunder's rebuild going?
Joe Mussatto, The Oklahoman

OKC: SGA has taken his game to the next level this season
Ross Lovelace, Sports Illustrated

ORL: Being paint bullies is working for the Magic
Luke Duffy, Orlando Magic Daily

PHI: Melton’s emergence creates a good problem for the Sixers once Maxey returns
Gina Mizell, The Inquirer

POR: To get the most out of Nurkić, Billups uses some bark and some bite
Jason Quick, The Athletic

SAC: Sabonis diagnosed with avulsion fracture in right thumb
Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee

SAC: UNDERSTANDING SABONIS’ THUMB AVULSION INJURY
Jeff Stotts, In Street Clothes

SAC: Week in review: Bad home losses, Sabonis injury have Kings reeling
James Ham, The Kings Beat

TOR: Siakam taking another step in his game and attitude
Mike Ganter, Toronto Sun