Basketball Intelligence For 2/5/25

Brooklyn beats Houston as the Rockets continue to descend, the Bulls gore Heat in Chicago, Sixers stay in the mix with a defeat of AD-less Mavs, and more...

Aaron Bollwinkel

Feb 05, 2025

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*FEATURE OF THE DAY*
Mark Jones discusses importance of historic all-Black NBA game broadcast
Marc J. Spears, Andscape

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PODCAST: DALLAS DID WHAT NOW?!?!?! (ALL THINGS TRADE SPECIAL)
Aaron Bollwinkel/Evan Kuck, No Gimmes

The Kevin Durant Trade Latest
Marc Stein, The Stein Line

Terry Rozier Doesn’t Fit the Usual Profile of Sports Betting Scandals
Neil Paine, Neil’s Substack

However, if this does end up turning into another Jontay Porter-style situation, it would add a totally new dimension to the growing history of recent player betting scandals.
Porter was symbolic of a common theme that ran across almost all of the players who’d been suspended or otherwise implicated in gambling scandals since the Supreme Court paved the way for expanded legal sports betting in 2018: He was not very good. Through last season, Porter had a career Estimated RAPTOR of -1.2 and produced 0.3 career Wins Above Replacement in 37 career NBA games that were sandwiched around yearslong stints in the G-League. He’d only made $2.4 million in his career, a relatively paltry sum in a league where the average player makes roughly $12 million.

What to watch this week in the NBA: All eyes on Spurs, Lakers, Mavs and Kings after trades
Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic

NBA News and Rumor Roundup 2/5/2025
Jacob Sutton, JSutt Hoops

PODCAST: HoS: Wosny Lambre on Luka Dončić Trade
Ethan Strauss, House Of Strauss

NBA trade deadline 2025: Four Butler deals to shake up the league
NBA Insiders, ESPN

Latest on Kevin Durant landscape as NBA trade deadline nears
Sam Amick/David Aldridge/Anthony Slater, The Athletic

NBA Trade Board: Kevin Durant No. 1; Julius Randle, Marcus Smart join the fray
Sam Vecenie, The Athletic

NBA Power Rankings: Grizzlies rise, Rockets fall and a trade candidate for every team
Law Murray, The Athletic

When is the NBA Trade Deadline? Day, time and rules for NBA teams
Quinn Everts, Fansided

Charles Barkley says he won’t join NBC or Amazon for NBA broadcasts, hopes to ‘stay with TNT and ESPN’
Jenna West, The Athletic

2025 NBA Trade Block Big Board: Ideal Landing Spots for Top 10 Targets
Zach Buckley, Bleacher Report

Vučević, though, is a different caliber of player. While he can step away from the basket and make a shot (1.9 threes per game on 40.1 percent shooting this season), he's a scoring threat from just about anywhere and a clever passer, to boot.
The 34-year-old wouldn't be the worst option to fill the second-scorer void alongside Stephen Curry, particularly if the Dubs are hesitant to part with their top trade chips to attack that issue.

PODCAST: The Basketball Feelings Podcast, Episode 55: Kerith Burke
Katie Hendl, Basketball Feelings