Basketball Intelligence for 6/5/24
Finals previews, mock drafts, Anthony Edwards, and more!
Basketball Intelligence is excited to announce our inaugural NBA Finals Points contest!
Paying subscribers can enter one guess at the combined total number of points scored by BOTH teams across the NBA Finals. If someone gets the guess exactly right, they’ll receive a LIFETIME subscription to BI!
If no one gets it exactly right, the closest guess will receive a free YEAR of BI. Show off your basketball acumen and submit a response today!
Details follow below the paywall for our paying subscribers! If you’re a free subscriber, there is still time to become a paying subscriber to submit an entry!
PODCAST
BI Podcast: Kerry Eggers on Bill Walton’s life and legacy
Ray LeBov/Mike Shearer, Basketball Intelligence
NBA FINALS
3 x 3 x 3 on the Dallas Mavericks
Adam Taylor, The Celtics Chronicle
3 decisions Luka Dončić made that helped him lead the Dallas Mavericks to the NBA Finals
Mette Robertson, Mavs Moneyball
The Celtics can't stop Doncic. Does it matter? And three more burning Finals questions
Mike Shearer,
Not many recent superstars have walked as arduous a playoff path as Doncic: Oklahoma City was the league’s fourth-best defense, Minnesota was the best, and Boston was the second-best (and we’re not including the Clippers, who were no joke defensively, either). That’s a murderer’s row, yet Doncic roasted the first two teams over an open fire like so many holiday chestnuts. Boston has to avoid the same fate if they want to win.
Or do they?
How rookie Dereck Lively helped lead the Mavs to the NBA Finals
Tim MacMahon, ESPN
Derrick White: Reading Closeouts & Creating More Spot-Up Opportunities.
Marc Campbell, Low Man Help
The Role Players Most At Risk of Being Played Out of the NBA Finals
Aaron Runk, The Role Player
Did the Mavericks have the best trade deadline of all-time?
Dan Feldman, Dunc’d On Prime