Basketball Intelligence For 3/31/25
The Cavs reach the 60-win mark, the Magic are less off the mark, Podz hit all the marks, and more...
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NBA Insider Zach Lowe Announces Exciting New Media Partnership
Zachary Neel, Athlon Sports
LEAGUEWIDE
Nuggets Journal: NHL playoff format gets all the hate, rightfully. But what if NBA was seeded 1 to 16?
Bennett Durando, The Denver Post
NBA Power Rankings: Grizzlies fire Jenkins; Bulls stun Lakers; Lillard out with blood clot
Clemente Almanza, OKC Thunder Wire
‘The food is bad, everything is bad’: what it feels like to be on a hopeless NBA team
Betsy Reed, The Guardian
The Best NBA Free Agents to Target — Backed by Advanced Stats
Jeremias Engelmann, 5x5
A year ago, Horford allowed Boston to absorb the blow of losing Kristaps Porziņģis for most of the playoffs due to a series of injuries. Horford started the final 15 of the Celtics’ 19 postseason games, including all of the NBA Finals, where he proved he can still play very effective defense.
Like several other bigs on this list, Horford combines 3-point shooting ability — almost 70% of his shots are 3s — with basket protection. He's also got an almost 3:1 assist-to-turnover ratio.
Grrralaxy brain
Tom Ziller, Good Morning It’s Basketball
Six things to watch in the last weeks of the NBA regular season
NBA Insiders, ESPN
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Dustin Brewer, HOOPS Daily
Welcome to Take Week
Owen Phillips, The F5
Can the NBA fix its big tanking problem? Here’s how the league can change it
Mike Vorkunov, The Athletic
NBA DRAFT
2025 NBA Draft Prospect Evaluation Model V3
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The Clear Path for Tomislav Ivisic | The Prospect Overview
Maxwell Baumbach, No Ceilings
TEAM NEWS
CHA: Can KJ Simpson take advantage of opportunity filling in for Hornets’ star LaMelo Ball?
Roderick Boone, The Herald
Whenever Simpson goes through a tough moment, all he has to do is draw on that inner strength he gained with playoff-bound Greensboro, doing what he can to transform into that same player whose self-assurance was reinforced during every dribble as a member of the Swarm.
BI: Simpson, who was drafted with the 42nd pick by Charlotte, became one of three Colorado Buffaloes drafted last season, joining Cody Williams (#10, UTA) and Tristan Da Silva (#18, ORL)
CHI: 3 Burning questions Bulls must answer in their final 9 regular season games
Andrew Hanlon, Pippen Ain’t Easy
CHI: Making unexpected late playoff pushes, what are Mavs and Bulls playing for?
Shakeia Taylor, The Athletic
CLE: Kenny Atkinson’s pregame water bottle toss outburst spurs Cavaliers to 60th win
Joe Vardon, The Athletic
BI: While their third time as an organization winning 60 games, this is the first non-LeBron team to have reach the milestone.
DAL: “Just Having Them Back Will Be a Boost”: Mavericks Eye Play-In Push with Gafford, Lively Nearing Return
Grant Afseth, Dallas Hoops Journal
DAL: Brandon Williams’ two-way time on the Mavericks comes to an end: ‘A pleasant surprise’
Mike Curtis, The Dallas Morning News
DAL: Making unexpected late playoff pushes, what are Mavs and Bulls playing for?
Shakeia Taylor, The Athletic
DEN: Peyton Watson continues to show he can be stopper for Nuggets: “I’m a gamer. I’m a riser”
Luca Evans, The Denver Post
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