Basketball Intelligence For 12/6/25
The day's best basketball news and reporting.
FEATURE OF THE DAY
Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren and the Roman holiday that’s fueling the Pistons
Hunter Patterson, The Athletic
AROUND THE LEAGUE
Q&A: Danilo Gallinari talks retirement and NBA memories
Steve Aschburner, NBA.com
The Giannis Sweepstakes May Be No Such Thing (But Let’s Speculate Anyway)
Jacob Sutton, JSutt Hoops
1 Word To Describe Every NBA Team So Far This Season
Zach Buckley, Bleacher Report
TEAM NEWS
ATL: the hawks discover a faster faith without trae young
bang!
atlanta is sitting in the middle of that noise with a 23 year old forward playing like someone who breaks ballots, a small guard with a max contract and a reputation that scares neutral executives, and the most coveted draft pick in the sport. the hawks control the more favorable 2026 first between their own, the pelicans and the bucks, thanks to a swap that let new orleans grab a center at 13 in june. the pelicans now own the worst record in the west. one front office model gives that pick a 52.1% chance of landing in the top four of what scouts describe as a heavy class at the top. people inside the league call it the single most valuable trade chip on the board. while giannis trade noise grows, atlanta already sits at the meeting point between a forward religion and the next superstar auction...
ATL: Jalen Johnson’s first-half triple-double not enough to lift Hawks past Nuggets
Lauren Williams, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
BOS: Time to alter expectations for this Celtics team ever growing in confidence, and getting results
Gary Washburn, The Boston Globe
BOS: Boston Celtics underlying metrics soar after blowout Lakers win
Souichi Terada, Masslive.com
BOS: Celtics just embarrassed Lakers on national TV (and one thing made it easy)
Sam LaFrance, Hardwood Houdini
BKN: Danny Wolf Continues to Be a Major Bright Spot for the Brooklyn Nets
Jed Katz, SI.com
CHA: It happened again: LaMelo Ball exits with injury after Brandon Miller’s return
Roderick Boone, The News & Observer
CLE: Game Night Observations: The Return of Joy, Jaylon Tyson’s Big Week and Momentum
Danny Cunningham, The Inside Shot
CLE: Cavs find right mix of experience, youth with five-man combo: ‘That’s a lot of energy right there’
Spencer Davies, Clutch Points