Basketball Intelligence For 3/14/26

The day's best basketball news and analysis.

Mar 14, 2026

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FEATURES OF THE DAY
With NBA season entering final month, what is each team’s priority down the stretch?
The Athletic NBA Staff, The Athletic

What if Darius Acuff Jr. isn’t a sure thing?
Logan Adams, Prospects & Concepts

AROUND THE LEAGUE

Tiering Every NBA Championship Contender’s Window
Zach Buckley, Bleacher Report

How to accurately predict NBA player stats
Jeremias Engelmann, 5x5

Game Management
Chris Gunther, Charting Hoops

The Burner NBA

Bam's 83, March Madness NBA-Style, Scoot Bouncing Back & Tourney Talk

Erik talks about Bam Adebayo’s 83, the cranky responses to it and digs into a rare NBA March where 2/3 of the league has something to play for. Also: Scoot Henderson’s bounce-back week, the Blazers feeling change on the horizon with the sale to Tom Dundon close to finished and a little March Madness talk heading into the NCAA Tournament next week…

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12 hours ago · 1 like · Erik García Gundersen

Five NBA Things I may or may not have Liked: Bam, Kobestans, SGA, Jokic, Kneecapped
Above The Break

NBA Power Rankings: No. 5 Lakers, No. 15 Rockets going different directions, Thunder back at No. 1
Brad Botkin, CBS Sports

A pair of wins over Brooklyn and Philly steadies the ship after Detroit's first four-game losing streak of the season. Nice to see seven guys score in double figures to make the Sixers pay for sending so many defenders at Cade Cunningham, who only needed eight points to control the whole game.

NBA tank watch: What teams are doing to land No. 1 pick in 2026 draft
Lorenzo Reyes, USA Today