Basketball Intelligence For 7/23/25
The day's best basketball news and reporting.
*FEATURE OF THE DAY*
A Tale of 2 Cities
Jared Ebanks
WNBA
Storm Collapse in 2nd half, Lose 87-63
Jeff Brown, Storm Chasers WNBA Newsletter
Around the W: 2nd Half Predictions
Jeff Brown, Storm Chasers WNBA Newsletter
Caitlin Clark to miss more time — and Sabrina Ionescu has been there before
Scott Agness, Fieldhouse Files With Scott Agness
WNBA Power Rankings: Biggest question facing every team after All-Star
Michael Voepel, ESPN
2025 WNBA All-Star Game draws 2.2 million average viewers without injured Caitlin Clark
Richard Deitsch, The Athletic
Who are the Stud Budz? Understanding the sensation of WNBA All-Star Weekend
Hannah Vanbiber, The Athletic
The “Stud Budz” are two people: Williams (or “Court”) and Hiedeman (or “T”).
The basketball stars have a combined 17 years in the WNBA, with Williams drafted by the Phoenix Mercury in 2016 and Hiedeman by the Lynx in 2019. But they recently added another accolade to their resumes as viral streamers.
In June 2025, just a few weeks before the All-Star break, Williams and Hiedeman launched a Twitch channel that they dubbed “StudBudz,” and it amassed more than 10,000 followers in their first two weeks. It’s now up to 70.8K and climbing.
(PODCAST) Do WNBA Players Actually Hate Caitlin Clark?
Joe Pompliano, Huddle Up
Midseason Fantasy WNBA Update
Chris Gunther, Charting Hoops
LEAGUEWIDE
Western Conference Summer League Notes
Keith Smith, Spotrac.com
Numbers Game, at last, is back
Marc Stein, The Stein Line
The Longshot Credit
Dean Oliver
Let’s be clear about what the rule is. In case of a miss or a make, the same player – let’s call him Shane Battier (who notoriously wouldn’t take the shot) – physically attempted the shot. In the case that he physically misses, the statistical record shows 1 field goal attempted for the team and 0 field goals made. In the other case, the statistical record shows both 1 field goal attempted and 1 field goal made for Battier himself. Battier gets all the credit when it goes in but shares the blame equally with teammates when it doesn’t.
NBA's best available free agents: The top bigs, ball-handlers and wings still on the market
Dan Devine, Yahoo! Sports
Cooper Flagg, Johnny Furphy’s dunk and other 2025 NBA Summer League standouts
John Hollinger, The Athletic
NBA News and Rumor Roundup 7/21/2025
Jacob Sutton, JSutt Hoops
NBA rebuild rankings: How close are 14 teams to a title?
Tim Bontemps, ESPN
NBA Power Rankings, summer edition: Knicks, Nuggets are contenders; Celtics, Pacers slide
Law Murray, The Athletic
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