Basketball Intelligence For 2/10/22

Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis

TEAM-SPECIFIC STORIES

- CHI: DeRozan Is On A Tear (from Darnell Mayberry, The Athletic):  https://theathletic.com/3121917/2022/02/10/demar-derozan-is-on-a-tear-and-helping-bulls-hold-on-in-east/

NOTE: Links to stories concerning today’s “deadline day” deals will appear in tomorrow’s BI

- CHI: Bulls Quiet For Now, But Help Is Coming (from KC Johnson, NBC Sports):  https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/bulls/nba-trade-deadline-bulls-quiet-now-focused-getting-healthy

- CHI Workload Increase For DeRozan & LaVine A Concern (from Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune):  https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/bulls/ct-chicago-bulls-ayo-dosunmu-guard-depth-20220210-rctmots2wngy7kgkcqesyy4rye-story.html

- CLE: Assessing The Cavs' Rebuild (from Jason Lloyd The Athletic):  https://theathletic.com/3121926/2022/02/10/lloyd-what-i-got-right-and-wrong-about-the-cavaliers-rebuild/

- CLE: Breaking Down Mobley's Budding Self-Creation (from Mark Schindler, Basketball News):  https://www.basketballnews.com/stories/on-evan-mobleys-budding-selfcreation

- CLE: LeVert Was 'The Missing Piece' (from Chris Fedor, cleveland.com):  https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2022/02/caris-leverts-arrival-has-provided-cleveland-cavaliers-with-emotional-lift-he-was-our-missing-piece.html

From John Suchan, King James Gospel:  https://kingjamesgospel.com/2022/02/09/cavs-3-ways-caris-levert-trade-acquisition-helps

- DAL: Q & A: Jalen Brunson (from Dallas Morning News):  https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/mavericks/2022/02/09/jalen-brunson-on-confidence-in-getting-past-the-first-round-mavs-defensive-improvement-and-more/

- DAL: Doncic Is Doing Special Things Again (from Matthew Phillips, SBNation):  https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2022/2/10/22926683/luka-doncic-is-doing-special-things-again

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