Basketball Intelligence For 6/26/25

Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis

THE DRAFT, DAY ONE

First Round Draft Analysis
Aaron Bollwinkel, Live. Breathe. Ball

Analysis, fits for every pick
John Hollinger/Sam Vecenie, The Athletic

First Round Winners and Losers
Danny Chau, The Ringer

First Round Winners and Losers
Sam Vecenie, The Athletic

First Round Winners and Losers
Dan Devine, Yahoo Sports

Grades for every 1st round pick
Ricky O’Donnell, SBNation

First-round pick-by-pick analysis
Kevin O’Connor, Yahoo Sports

Round 1 winners, surprise picks, questions
ESPN

Round 1 full of twists, turns and surprising trades
Fred Katz, The Athletic

First Round Grades
Ersin Demir, NBA Draft Newsletter

First Round Grades
Adam Finkelstein/Kyle Boone, CBS Sports

Pelicans’ trade for Derik Queen shows how much teams were willing to pay on NBA Draft night
John Hollinger, The Athletic

First Round Grades
Kurt Helin, NBC Sports

First Round Grades
J. Kyle Mann, The Ringer

First Round Reactions
No Ceilings

First-Round Grades
Kevin Sweeney, Sports Illustrated

Draft Grades for Every Round 1 Pick
Zach Buckley, Bleacher Report

Who Got Drafted Too High and Too Low?
Seth Davis, Hoops HQ

Round One Winners and Losers
Ben Golliver, Washington Post

The Most Baffling 1st Round Picks
Jeremias Engelmann, 5x5

Grading Every Lottery Pick from a Night Full of Twists and Bold Moves
Rafael Barlowe, NBA Big Board

Sights and Sounds From the First Round
Krysten Peek, Hoops HQ

5 Takeaways From The First Round
Jack Magruder, Forbes

Takeaways from the first round
Andrew Greif/Rohan Nadkarni, NBC Sports

5 Takeaways
Ben Couch, NBA.com

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