Basketball Intelligence For 2/28/26
The day's best basketball news and analysis.
THE BASKETBALL INTELLGENCE NETWORK
FEATURES OF THE DAY
The NBA’s Structure & the Inevitability of Tanking
Omar Zahran, Deep Cover
2025-26 Q3 NBA Awards
Mike Shearer, Basketball Poetry
AROUND THE LEAGUE
Tanking is Everywhere, But Does It Really Work?
Jacob Sutton, JSutt Hoops
5 NBA Teams We Already Know Will Define 2026 Offseason
Dan Favale, Bleacher Report
Why You Should Bet Against Every Top-10 NBA Championship Favorite
Grant Hughes, Bleacher Report
Spurs, Pistons, Celtics and 5 other NBA teams with a real shot at a championship
Sam Amick, The Athletic
TEAM NEWS
ATL: The Hawks honoring the Magic City strip club isn’t really worth your outrage
David Aldridge, The Athletic
BOS: Mazzulla Praises Celtics’ Nikola Vucevic After Dominant Win
Adam Taylor, NESN
BOS: Nikola Vucevic Admits to Tough Transition, But Friday Night Was ‘What We need From Him’
John Karalis, SI.com
BOS: Celtics let Nets hang around for a while before offense takes charge in second half
Adam Himmelsbach, The Boston Globe
