Basketball Intelligence For 1/9/26
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
FEATURES OF THE DAY
The Skinny on NBA Technical Fouls – for One Thing, They Are Way Down
Bob Bellotti
Can the Hawks Resist Temptation After Trading Trae Young?
Michael Pina, The Ringer
Andrew Nembhard still needs an Andrew Nembhard
Caitlin Cooper, Basketball She Wrote
Thunder trouble? Don’t read too much into it
David Thorpe, True Hoop
Should the Magic Trade Banchero?
Royce Webb/Jeremias Engelmann, 5x5
LEAGUEWIDE
The Skinny on NBA Technical Fouls – for One Thing, They Are Way Down
Bob Bellotti
Inside the Spurs, the Lakers and the ‘Art’ of Injury Management
Matt Guzman, Sports Illustrated
Recapping Thursday’s Four-Game Slate
Dustin Brewer, Hoops
Trae Young’s new connection, Heat’s big man tandem and more NBA trends
Fred Katz, The Athletic
No one is catching the Thunder for the best defense in the league this season. But the battle for No. 2 is hot
Bradley Rowland, Fansided
Contender or pretender: Are the Lakers, Celtics and Timberwolves for real?
Bradley Rowland, Fansided
the all-star the league refused to buy
bang!
max contracts met the second apron
What will the World team look like at 2026 NBA All-Star Game?
John Gonzalez, CBS Sports
James Nnaji Is Not What You Think He Is
Michael Hendricks, All Fields
TEAM-SPECIFIC
ATL: Can the Hawks Resist Temptation After Trading Trae Young?
Michael Pina, The Ringer
ATL: Why did the Hawks trade Trae Young? Here are the basketball reasons
Esfandiar Baraheni, The Athletic
BKN: Nets waste Egor Demin’s late heroics in heartbreaking OT loss
Brian Lewis, NY Post
BKN: Michael Porter Jr. shines, Egor Dëmin delivers, but Paolo Banchero has final say in Nets’ OT loss to Magic
CJ Holmes, Daily News
BOS: For one night, the Celtics reverted to early-season sloppiness, and it cost them
John Karalis, Boston Sports Journal
BOS: Celtics fall to shorthanded Nuggets: 6 takeaways
Tom Westerholm, Boston.com
