Basketball Intelligence For 6/3/25

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Jun 03, 2025

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How OKC’s Mark Daigneault developed coaching voice at UConn
Dom Amore, Hartford Courant

THE FINALS

How the Pacers Spun Style Into Substance
Rob Mahoney, The Ringer

There are so many things worth celebrating about this Indiana team as it heads to the NBA Finals. Most of all: The Pacers are a triumph of collaboration. That’s embodied in Haliburton—a star who jumps (often literally) at the chance to get rid of the ball—and it extends outward to every layer of the organization. Indiana scouts to its style, builds to its style, and coaches to its style. The result is an offense that layers action upon action, turning every possession into a sort of perpetual fast break. It’s overwhelming to defend, as the Knicks, Cavs, and Bucks can attest. And it wouldn’t work at all if the franchise weren’t operating in complete alignment.

How OKC’s Mark Daigneault developed coaching voice at UConn
Dom Amore, Hartford Courant

NBA and possession battle: How Thunder, Pacers stack up with their peers
Law Murray, The Athletic

Can the Pacers exhaust Shai?
Henry Abbott/David Thorpe, True Hoop

The NBA’s newest power is scary young, scary different and scary good
Jerry Brewew, Washington Post

Siakam perfect for Pacers: How his NBA journey focused his drive
Eric Koreen, The Athletic

Pacers, Thunder May Be Ushering In A New NBA Team-Building Paradigm
Bryan Toporek, Forbes

Tracing the Thunder’s rise back to a 2007 trade Sam Presti made with Steve Kerr
Anthony Slater, The Athletic

Finals Preview
Kurt Helin, NBC Sports

T.J. McConnell Hustled His Way to Minutes
Nam Tran, The Old Man Game

The Pacers Have Always Been Just Good Enough to Fall Short. Could This Year Be Different?
Neil Paine

Ranking (almost) every player in Thunder-Pacers
Kevin Pelton/Tim Bontemps, ESPN

10 numbers to know entering the 2025 NBA Finals
Sai Mohan, Yardbarker