Basketball Intelligence For 3/25/26
The day's best basketball news and analysis.
FEATURES OF THE DAY
NBA governors approve vote to explore expansion to Seattle and Las Vegas
Mike Vorkunov, The Athletic
The Lakers’ streak is over. Was it real?
Mike Shearer, Basketball Poetry
Nobody Knew — They Just Spoke First: What Jared McCain Reveals About How We Judge the NBA
Con Brennan, Wait For The Screen
AROUND THE LEAGUE
NBA News and Rumor Roundup 3/25/2026
Jacob Sutton, JSutt Hoops
The Knicks Hold Off the Pelicans for Their Seventh Straight Win | HOOPS, 3/25/26
Dustin Brewer, Hoops
The NBA’s 65-game rule should stay in place, but it can’t stay the same
Oliver Fox, Fansided
NBA awards voting is unnecessarily complicated for players and voters. Why?
Jason Jones, The Athletic
TEAM NEWS
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BOS: The Celtics’ orca-loving Joe Mazzulla is an NBA oddball. He’s also a masterful coach
Lee Escobedo, The Guardian
BOS: It’s quite a feat that Celtics president Brad Stevens has hit the mark with nearly all of his moves
Chad Finn, The Boston Globe
BOS: Joe Mazzulla and Celtics Explain How to Get Jayson Tatum Going
Bobby Manning, CLNS
His greatest contributions have come as a connector, ranking in the 88th percentile by creating 1.04 points per possession as a pick-and-roll ball handler despite shooting 40.4% from the field himself. His isolation efficiency dropped to the 6th percentile of the league with 0.57 PPP. Tatum mentioned not feeling fully confident in his burst until the loss to the Spurs, where he drove past Victor Wembanyama after a jab-step. He’s received fewer opportunities to create, ranking fourth on the team with 65.8 touches per game (2.4 seconds on average), compared to his team-leading 84.9 (3.7 sec. avg.) last year.
BOS: 10 takeaways from a lackadaisical Celtics loss
Azad Rosay, Celtics Blog
