Basketball Intelligence For 4/3/26

Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis

Apr 03, 2026

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How two-way contracts have changed NBA roster building and produced some of the league’s best role players
Jasmyn Wimbish, CBS Sports

TEAM-SPECIFIC

CHA: The Hornets get back to doing what they do best, smacking good teams in the mouth
Doug Branson, Every Hornets Boxscore

CHA: You Can’t Flip a Switch
Will Eudy, The Eudy Report

“Yeah, for sure,” Kalkbrenner said. “We’re a young team. You don’t have it all figured out right away. Taking every opportunity we can to grow, have those character wins, is big for us. Every time you take a step further, it’s good. Just got to keep building.”
That’s essentially the thesis of this Hornets season in a handful of words. They’re not a finished product, and that should be obvious. But they’re also not waiting to become one before they take the moment seriously. They’re building in real time, in real games, with real consequences.

CHI: How Matas Buzelis plans to bulk up this offseason: ‘I’m skinny as hell’
Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune

CLE: Game Night Observations: Back to the Playoffs, Collecting Data and Absences
Danny Cunningham, The Inside Shot

CLE: How Max Strus and Sam Merrill can unlock the Cavs’ championship-level offense
Ethan Sands, cleveland.com

DEN: Three Nuggets players on three different types of mindfulness
Matt Moore, The Denver Dig

DET: Pistons learning valuable lessons for playoffs with Cade Cunningham sidelined
Hunter Patterson, The Athletic

IND: Inside the Pacers’ humbling season: Competing hard while eyeing the top of the NBA Draft
David Aldridge, The Athletic

LAC: Lackluster Clippers bludgeoned by Wemby-less Spurs
Justin Russo

LAC: Clippers lose to Wemby-less Spurs, drop into 9th place
Janis Carr, OC Register

LAC: Clippers’ Tyronn Lue running short on big-man options
Janis Carr, OC Register

LAL: A blowout loss was bad. What happened to Luka Dončić and the Lakers was worse
Dan Woike, The Athletic

LAL: Observations: Game 77 vs Thunder
Iztok Franko, digginbasketball

LAL: Luka Dončić has another hamstring injury. What it means for him and the Lakers
Law Murray, The Athletic