Basketball Intelligence for 3/29/2023

The Day's Best NBA Reporting and Analysis

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LEAGUEWIDE STORIES

2022-2023 All-Defensive Teams
Mike Shearer, Basketball Poetry

The art of getting open
David Thorpe, TrueHoop

Can Lakers, Clippers flip the switch? Doubtful
Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register

Top Offseason Priorities for NBA's Most Disappointing Teams
Grant Hughes, Bleacher Report

How the Perception of the G League Has Changed Amongst the Players as Being Part of the Process
Alex Squadron, SLAM

In 2012-13, there were 186 total assignments (58 players) from the NBA to the D-League. As of this writing, there have been 540 assignments (92 players) to the G League this season. For most emerging talents, especially those with limited or no college experience, the G League is now perceived as an inevitable—and valuable—destination. A place to keep maturing and progressing.

An opportunity, rather than a demotion.

TEAM-SPECIFIC STORIES

WAS: Wizards win game but lose in lottery race: ‘We wanted to shut those fans up’
Josh Robbins, The Athletic