Basketball Intelligence for 7/19/23
The Day's Best NBA reporting and analysis
LEAGUEWIDE STORIES
NBA Summer League team-by-team review: Victor Wembanyama, Chet Holmgren and more
Stan Son, The Athletic
2023 NBA free agent rankings: Top players available this summer
Frank Urbina, HoopsHype
2023 NBA trade grades: Suns, Mavs, Rockets all make big summer splashes
Staff, Fox Sports
NBA: 5 Former free agents who will thrive with new teams in 2023-24
Dalton Sell, Hoops Habit
[Jevon] Carter will have an even larger opportunity in Chicago. As mentioned, this team needed a leading guard badly, as Lonzo Ball is likely to miss all of next season, which helped the Bulls acquire a $10.2 million Disabled Player Exception recently, and Ayo Dosunmu mysteriously still remains a free agent. Jevon Carter could very well come in and be the team’s starting point guard when the 2023-24 NBA season kicks off and continue his ascension.
6 unexpected NBA Summer League stars who deserve to make a rotation
Ricky O’Donnell, SB Nation
The worst of Vegas summer league, from Hornets’ woes to Lakers’ draftees
John Hollinger, The Athletic
The Eastern Conference is a mess the Orlando Magic can take advantage of
Philip Rossman-Reich, Orlando Magic Daily
The Magic are certainly an optimistic bunch. They had the largest win increase in the 2023 season going from 22 to 34 wins. They spent the last three-quarters of the season playing .500 basketball and they were the last team eliminated from playoff contention.
No one official will say Orlando’s goals for the year. Paolo Banchero declared clearly as he accepted the Rookie of the Year Award in May that he and his teammates felt the 2024 season is Playoffs or bust.
2023 NBA Summer League: Standouts, Disappointments and Surprises for Each Atlantic Division Team
Daniel Benjamin, Last Word On Sports
TEAM-SPECIFIC STORIES
BOS: How Celtics rookie Jordan Walsh improved his jumper before Summer League
Tom Westerholm, Boston.com