Basketball Intelligence for 6/7/2023

The Day's Best NBA Reporting and Analysis

NBA DRAFT

Projecting Amen and Ausar Thompson in the NBA Draft: Best fit and upside as NBA guards
Krysten Peek, Yahoo Sports

2023 NBA Mock Draft: Victor Wembanyama goes No. 1 to Spurs; Hornets take Brandon Miller at No. 2
Gary Parrish, CBS Sports

NBA FINALS

The Subtle Dominance of Bam Adebayo
Seerat Sohi, The Ringer

Nuggets’ Michael Porter Jr. on NBA Finals criticism: “I’m not going to be sensitive”
Mike Singer, Denver Post

Malone showed his team 17 clips from Game 2 — he called them “discipline” clips — that underscored how communication, focus or effort was responsible for their breakdowns. Those 17 clips, Malone said, accounted for 40 points.

“That, to me, is staggering,” Malone said.