Basketball Intelligence For 3/23/26
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
NOTE: Today’s edition of BI is abbreviated due to Ray’s COVID booster shot reaction. We will attempt to play catch-up in tomorrow’s edition.
LEAGUEWIDE
NBA Rookie Rankings
Sam Vecenie, The Athletic
Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Jaime Jaquez, and the Houston Rockets.
Jared Dubin, Last Night In Basketball
New Goals for Every NBA Team Down the Stretch
Greg Swartz, Bleacher Report
TEAM-SPECIFIC
BOS: Celtics crater late in home loss to shorthanded Timberwolves
Zack Cox, Boston Herald
BOS: Celtics get outclassed in costly loss: ‘We’re usually the harder playing team’
Jay King, The Athletic
BOS: Jayson Tatum fighting through ‘frustrating’ shooting slump
Zack Cox, Boston Herald
LAC: Maintaining defensive mindset throughout vital for Clippers, Lue says
Janis Carr, OC Register
LAL: The Lakers Didn’t Need Peak LeBron—They Needed This Version
Michael Pina, The Ringer
LAL: Why the Lakers are better off with this version of LeBron James
Sam Amick, The Athletic
LAL: The Lakers are peaking at the right time...why and how real is this run?
Iztok Franko, digginbasketball
MIN: The often dour Minnesota Timberwolves needed an injection of fun. Enter Bones Hyland
Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic
MIN: Reserves lead Timberwolves to rare victory in Boston
Chris Hine, Star Tribune
NYK: Is the Knicks’ bench better equipped for a deep playoff run in 2026?
James Edwards III, The Athletic
SAC: Kings’ win over Brooklyn Nets could be costly in more ways than one
Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee
SAC: Kings beat Nets, but hurt Draft Lottery odds
Frankie Cartoscelli, Sactown Sports
SAS: The secret to the Spurs’ success this season? It’s not (just) Victor Wembanyama
Esfandiar Baraheni, The Athletic
TOR: Bench struggles emerge as key concern in loss to Suns
Eric Koreen, The Athletic
THE DRAFT
2026 NBA Mock Draft after a shocking 1st weekend of March Madness
Christopher Kline, Fansided
PRO HOOPS HISTORY
The tankiest NBA efforts we’ve seen, from bigs chucking 3s to epic Clippers-Thunder tilts
The Athletic
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