Basketball Intelligence For 6/1/26
The day's best basketball news and analysis.
FEATURES OF THE DAY
The Swing Skills of the 2027 NBA Draft’s Top Returners
Maxwell Baumbach, No Ceilings
The Knicks Are Trying to Become the Team Who Used to Haunt Them
Neil Paine, Neil’s Substack
The Illusion of Game 7 Home Court Advantage
Omar Zahn, Deep Cover
The 27 Most Knicksian Moments of the Past 27 Years
Katie Baker/ Howard Beck, The Ringer
NBA PLAYOFFS
The Spurs Are Headed to the NBA Finals
Dustin Brewer, HOOPS
The Knicks-Spurs NBA Finals seemed unlikely before the playoffs. They saw it coming
Eric Koreen/ Eric Nehm, The Athletic
Re-Writing History
Jonathan Macri, Knicks Film School
Knicks vs. Spurs NBA Finals: How each team was built is a study in contrasts
Morten Stig Jensen, Yahoo Sports
The Spurs vs Knicks NBA Finals Preview
Paul Garcia, The Spot Up Shot
Wemby vs. the Knicks: Four Questions That Will Decide the NBA Finals
Michael Pina, The Ringer
Two paragraphs about a backup center might seem excessive, but you truly can’t have enough muscle, length, and size against San Antonio. Robinson’s free throw shooting was already bad enough when healthy. Will the Spurs simply hack him out of the series altogether? And if that happens, does New York go small when Wemby is off the floor or protect Karl-Anthony Towns to keep him out of foul trouble (i.e., send more help in one-on-one situations than they’d prefer)? From there, does Luke Kornet have a place in this series? Will we be blessed with an Ariel Hukporti sighting or a Jeremy Sochan revenge game?
Gregg Popovich still making outsized influence felt as Spurs head to 2026 NBA Finals
Tim Reynolds, NBA.com
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