Basketball Intelligence For 3/26/26
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
LEAGUEWIDE
Be the best at getting better
Henry Abbott/David Thorpe, True Hoop
Jalen Duren, Nickeil Alexander-Walker and 8 others who’ve surprised the most this season
Fred Katz, The Athletic
“There’s No Basketball Case”: Why the NBA Is Expanding Anyway
Howard Beck, The Ringer
Each NBA Team’s Biggest Fear Right Now
Greg Swartz, Bleacher Report
Bold Predictions for Each NBA Team’s Final Weeks
Zack Buckley, Bleacher Report
Wednesday’s Games, By the Numbers
Dustin Brewer, HOOPS
THE DRAFT
Draft Distortion: The Darryn Peterson Paradox
Stephen Gillaspie, No Ceilings
10 Draft Prospects to Watch in Sweet Sixteen
Tyler Rucker, No Ceilings
Sweet 16 NBA Draft Watch
James Barlowe, NBA Big Board
Highest-Upside Top 10 Prospects in the 2026 NBA Draft
Alex Golden, Sports Illustrated
Darius Acuff Jr. NBA Draft Projection
Christopher Kline, Fansided
Darius Acuff Jr. is dominating March. His NBA fit is more complicated
Brad Botkin, CBS Sports
Morez Johnson NBA Draft Projection
Eamon Cassels, Fansided
Braden Smith NBA Mock Draft scouting report
Stephen Noh, Sporting News
Darryn Peterson’s Final Game at Kansas: Film Breakdown
Sam Vecenie, Game Theory
TEAM-SPECIFIC
ATL: Hawks escape Detroit, down East-leading Pistons in overtime
Lauren Williams, AJC
BKN: Nets Nearly Steal One
Steve Lichtenstein
BOS: 5 Takeaways from Celtics Win Vs. Thunder
Adam Taylor, Celtics Chronicle
BOS: Celtics stop Thunder as Jaylen Brown lauds Jayson Tatum’s ‘great, encouraging’ game
Jay King, The Athletic
BOS: The Celtics Got Stress-Tested by the Thunder—and Passed
Michael Pina, The Ringer
BOS: Baylor Scheierman always felt this was coming
Noa Dalzell, Celtics Blog
CHA: Hornets make some history amid their turnaround season
John Schuhmann, NBA.com
DAL: Mavs’ miserable season fittingly hits 50th loss in yet another close defeat vs. Nuggets
Brad Townsend, Morning News
DEN: Murray, Jokic make case as top tandem in Nuggets’ win over Dallas
Vinny Benedetto, Denver Gazette
DEN: Jamal Murray, Nikola Jokic dominate to win 400th game together as ‘best tandem in the NBA’
Bennett Durando, Denver Post
DET: Pistons make huge rally vs Hawks after trailing by 21 but fall
Omari Sankofa II, Free Press
DET: How J.B. Bickerstaff turned Pistons from worst to 1st in stunning speed
Omari Sankofa II, Free Press
HOU: How Rockets blew 13-point lead in OT in stunning loss to Timberwolves
Varun Shankar, Houston Chronicle
HOU: The Rockets had the Timberwolves beat. Then everything collapsed in an overtime meltdown
William Guillory, The Athletic
