Basketball Intelligence For 1/6/26
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
LEAGUEWIDE
Will unintended consequences ruin this year’s MVP vote, All-NBA teams?
John Hollinger, The Athletic
Film Roundup: Ja Morant’s driving, Cedric Coward’s flashy skill, Cameron Boozer’s defensive outlook
Parker Fleming, Subtsakalidis
NBA Power Rankings: Celtics, Rockets are contenders; New Year’s resolutions for all
Law Murray, The Athletic
THE DRAFT
Cameron Boozer, AJ Dybantsa, and Darryn Peterson Are An Historic Prospect Trio
Nathan Grubel, No Ceilings
Draft Big Board 2.0: Part 2, Lottery
Parker Fleming, Subtsakalidis
Darius Acuff Jr. flashes immense scoring potential, defensive concerns
Sam Vecenie, Game Theory
TEAM-SPECIFIC
ATL: Where the Hawks and Trae Young Go From Here
Yossi Gozlan, Third Apron
ATL: What happened to Trae Young? Why the Hawks are so intent on trading their fading star
Chris Landers, Fansided
ATL: Scottie Barnes and Jalen Johnson: two sides of the same multi-skilled coin
Eric Koreen, The Athletic
BOS: Anfernee Simons is doing exactly what he said he would
Noa Dalzell, Celtics Blog
BOS: The Celtics are 10 games over .500. It’s time to change the expectations for this team
Gary Washburn, Boston Globe
BOS: Weary Celtics take Bulls by horns nonetheless in return to TD Garden for fourth straight win
Adam Himmelsbach, Boston Globe
BOS: Payton Pritchard not impressed by Celtics’ rise to 2nd in East, but others are
Jay King, The Athletic
CHA: Kon Knueppel is one of the NBA’s top rookies, but he’s far from satisfied
Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer
CLE: ‘Our best stay-ready guy’: Why Thomas Bryant might be the Cavs’ smartest pickup of the offseason
Ethan Sands, cleveland.com
DEN: Nikola Jokić-less Nuggets beat Joel Embiid-led 76ers in surprising overtime victory
Tony Jones, The Athletic
DEN: Nuggets in ‘survival mode’ as they adjust to life without star Nikola Jokić
Tony Jones, The Athletic
DET: Mike Brown used to babysit J.B. Bickerstaff. Now the coaches are atop the East
James Edwards III, The Athletic
DET: Pistons send message to Knicks and the NBA: They’re the team to beat in the East
Hunter Patterson, The Athletic
LAC: Clippers escape with gritty win as Sanders authors career-best night
Justin Russo
LAL: A Long Overdue Cooper Flagg Deep Dive
Iztok Franko, digginbasketball
