Basketball Intelligence For 2/23/24
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
TEAM-SPECIFIC
ATL: Hawks swapping one center for another based on latest injury update
Lior Lampert, Fansided
Having one-half of your talented center duo is nice, but having both would be even nicer. Unfortunately, it isn't working out that way for the Atlanta Hawks
BKN: New Coach, Same Old Nets
Steve Lichtenstein, Steve’s Newsletter
BOS: Celtics Force Turnovers Early and Adjust Defense Late to Beat Bulls
Bobby Manning, CLNS
BOS: 10 takeaways from Celtics/Bulls
Adam Taylor, Celtics Blog
BOS: Derrick White helps Celtics sprint to lead, swat away Bulls for their seventh straight win
Adam Himmelsbach, Boston Globe
CLE: The speed of the Cleveland Cavaliers' offense, and the state of the East
Zach Lowe, ESPN
CLE: Mitchell-less Cavs can’t pick up where they left off prior to All-Star break, lose to Magic
Chris Fedor, cleveland.com
DAL: Luka Doncic, Mavericks keep rolling with playoff-atmosphere win vs. Devin Booker, Suns
Kevin Sherrington, Morning News
DEN: Why Nuggets coach Michael Malone says top seed in Western Conference is “not a top 1 or 2 priority”
Bennett Durando, Denver Post
DEN: Nuggets crush Wizards behind Jokic’s great night
Bennett Durando, Denver Post
DEN: Michael Porter Jr. leads Nuggets to hot start after All-Star break
Vinny Benedetto, Denver Gazette
DET: Why do Monty Williams and the Pistons keep going so deep with rotation?
James Edwards III, The Athletic
DET: Game Recap/Notes: Pistons 115 - Pacers 129
Joe Truck
DET: Cunningham leads rally, but Pistons fall short
Omari Sankofa II, Free Press
GSW: Klay Thompson, Trayce Jackson-Davis connection on display during Warriors’ win over Lakers
Anthony Slater, The Athletic
GSW: Steve Kerr on Warriors’ player development
Poor Man’s Commish,
GSW: The Go-Go Warriors look inspired after the All-Star break
Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News
GSW: Curry leads Warriors past LeBron-less Lakers to jump-start playoff push
Danny Emerman, Mercury News
GSW: Pat Spencer on joining Warriors: ‘Just another step in the journey’
Danny Emerman, Mercury News
The former lacrosse star hasn’t put limits on himself, and it’s worked out so far
GSW: Jonathan Kuminga’s Drive to Stardom
Charlie Cummings, Swish Theory
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