Basketball Intelligence for 4/5/2023

Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis

LEAGUEWIDE STORIES

‘I had to seek therapy’: what happens when an NBA career ends before its time?
Jacob Uitti, The Guardian

Awards, part 1: COY, 6MOY, MIP, ROY
Mike Shearer, Basketball Poetry

Why the NBA's load management problem might be unfixable
Baxter Holmes, ESPN+

"The style of the game, the pace, change of direction is much different now than it was," another veteran Western Conference athletic training official said. "We know from measuring load -- through tracking, GPS and camera systems -- that deceleration and change of direction are extremely taxing on the body, and we know there are more possessions, a higher rate of speed, more change of directions today."

TEAM-SPECIFIC STORIES

WAS: Wizards blown out by Bucks while missing key players
Chase Hughes, NBC Sports

WAS: Wes Unseld Jr. will return as Washington Wizards coach in 2023-24: Exclusive
Josh Robbins, The Athletic

UTA: Jazz rookie Ochai Agbaji talks time at Kansas, being traded before his first game and trying to dunk on people
Jack Maloney, CBS Sports

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