Basketball Intelligence For 5/19/25
The day's best news and reporting
TEAM NEWS
BOS: Why Boston Should Trade Jaylen Brown
Jeremias Engelmann, 5x5
BOS: A Cruel But Exciting Start to Summer
Adam Taylor, The Celtics Chronicle
BOS: Boston Celtics: Finis Imperii
Hardwood Paroxysm
BOS: Without Jayson Tatum, the Celtics might not be a favorite — just another contender. An eventful offseason awaits.
Gary Washburn, The Boston Globe
BKN: Measuring Floors and Ceilings Vital To Nets’ First Rebuild Decision
Steve Lichtenstein, Steve’s Newsletter
DEN: A surprising Nuggets run ended with a fatal flaw exposed. Fixing it might be tricky
Tony Jones/Sam Amick, The Athletic
DEN: Run, gun and stun. Thunder's offensive options, suffocating defense too much for Nuggets
Lorenzo Reyes, USA Today
DEN: What's next for Nuggets? Denver is wasting Nikola Jokić's title window and has to be aggressive to fix that
Sam Quinn, CBS Sports
DEN: Nuggets clobbered by OKC Thunder in season-ending Game 7 loss
Bennett Durando, The Denver Post
Gordon gave Denver life, playing through a strained hamstring three days after suffering the injury late in Game 6. To avoid running the floor, he slinked back to the defensive end and set up a stance early whenever a teammate got to the foul line. Ginger in his movements, intentionally trying to avoid sprinting, he still compiled eight points and 11 rebounds in 24 minutes.
GSW: Transcript: Bobby Marks on the Warriors off-season and Kuminga's future
Eric Apricot, Dub Nation HQ
IND: BA Eastern Conference finals preview: Knicks-Pacers X-factors, predictions and more
The Athletic
IND: The Definitive Pacers vs. Knicks ECF Preview
Caitlin Cooper, Basketball, She Wrote
MIN: Timberwolves coach Chris Finch finds physicality ‘under control’ as playoffs continue
Jerry Zgoda, The Minnesota Star Tribune
MIN: Timberwolves, Thunder take different paths to Western Conference finals
Chris Hine, The Minnesota Star Tribune
Since then, both teams have had a lot of success, though in different ways. The Wolves became a defensive force in 2023-24, the Towns-Gobert pairing proved it could work, and they battled the Thunder and Nuggets for the No. 1 seed all season before making the conference finals. Then they made one of the most sigifincant trades of this season in dealing Towns for Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo, another move that took time to click.
NYK: NBA Eastern Conference finals preview: Knicks-Pacers X-factors, predictions and more
The Athletic
NYK: Knicks’ most important player vs Pacers isn’t Jalen Brunson (here’s why)
Dan Favale, Daily Knicks
NYK: Conference Finals Set
Jonathan Macri, Knicks Film School
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