Basketball Intelligence For 4/9/24
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
LEAGUEWIDE
Power Rankings, Week 25: 1 thing to watch for every team as season nears end
John Schuhmann, NBA.com
Power Rankings: Joel Embiid's return fuels huge 76ers jump, Bucks searching for answers in final week
Colin Ward-Henninger, CBS Sports
Joel Embiid, 76ers have tricky road out of Play-In + thoughts on Mavericks, Rockets and more
John Hollinger, The Athletic
The 2024 All-Dubin Teams: My favorite non-star players to watch this season
Jared Dubin, Last Night In Basketball
Zach Edey, Donovan Clingan beg question: Does NBA have room for behemoth centers?
John Hollinger, The Athletic
NBA Awards, Part II
Mike Shearer, Basketball Poetry
All-NBA will be more like an All-World team this season, once again
Tim Reynolds, AP
The NBA's West has rebounded
Marc Stein, The Stein Line
Daily Playoff Picture
Ben Rohrbach, Yahoo Sports
The most vulnerable playoff teams, plus predictions for the play-in field
Yahoo Sports
THE DRAFT
Dink Pate Eyes Challenge to NBA's Early Entrant Rule, Aims for 2024 Draft Eligibility
Rafael Barlowe, NBA Big Board
Dink Pate could shake up 2024 NBA Draft with unexpected decision
Christopher Kline, The Step Back
With G League Ignite officially decommissioned, 18-year-old Dink Pate could change the landscape of an uninspiring 2024 NBA Draft class
2024 NBA Mock Draft V.5
No Ceilings
NBA mock draft 2024: Updated 1st round projection after March Madness
Ricky O’Donnell, SBNation
Donovan Clingan Scouting Report
Jonathan Wasserman, Bleacher Report
2024 NBA Mock Draft: Full 2-round Predictions, Pro Comps After March Madness
Jonathan Wasserman, Bleacher Report
TEAM-SPECIFIC
ATL: Rookie Mo Gueye reflects on lessons learned recovering from injuries
Lauren Williams, AJC
BKN: Trendon Watford making most of Nets opportunity as free agency looms
Bridget Reilly, NY Post
BOS: Celtics have already clinched, now it’s a ‘battle of the mind’
Jay King, The Athletic
BOS: Defending DHOs
Adam Taylor, Celtics Chronicle
Does the data point to a gap in the Celtics defense, or is there more to the story?
BOS: Catching up with Jayson Tatum: On taking games off, angry bettors, and more
Gary Washburn, Boston Globe
CHA: The Hornets would be wise to consider Dawn Staley as the NBA’s first female head coach
Gary Washburn, Boston Globe
DAL: Luka Dončić, Kyrie Irving leave even their Mavericks teammates ‘starstruck’
Tim Cato, The Athletic
DAL: With four games remaining, ‘ultimate goal’ is set for Luka Doncic, Mavericks
Brad Townsend, Morning News
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