Basketball Intelligence for 12/27/23
OKC dominance, Andre Drummond, Hubie Brown, and more!
LEAGUEWIDE STORIES
NBA shooting rankings: From Thunder to Magic, each team’s greatest strength and weakness
Law Murray, The Athletic
Power Rankings, Week 10: Nuggets, Heat on rise in Top 10
John Schuhmann, NBA.com
Sizing up NBA trade market’s buyers and sellers; G League Showcase takeaways
John Hollinger, The Athletic
Hubie Brown, at 90, still going strong on the mic: My Sports Media Person of 2023
Richard Deitsch, The Athletic
“He does two things during commercial breaks that obviously the audience isn’t privy to. First, he regularly asks me if I am getting enough time to call the game, how things sound, and if we are working in tandem. Hubie is an incredible teammate. We spend a decent amount of time together off the air and normally have dinner the night before the game. He treats me like I am part of his family, and that comes through in our communication on game day. The second thing Hubie does is point out important stats on the box score that stand out to him. It helps me as his broadcast partner because it gives me a sense of what is important to him, where to lead him, or to reemphasize later in the broadcast.”
TEAM STORIES
BOS: Jrue Holiday is indicative of the Celtics’ “reinvention” on 3-1 west coast road trip
Bill Sy, Celtics Blog