Basketball Intelligence For 7/28/26
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
TEAM-SPECIFIC
BOS: Summer League | Chris Cenac Jr.
Bryce Simon, Game Theory
CLE: No LeBron James? Here’s what Cavs coaches can do
Terry Pluto, cleveland.com
DAL: Dallas has drafted and dealt, but what’s next
Mike Curtis, Morning News
DET: Jalen Duren Video Breakdown | Regular Season vs Postseason
Bryce Simon, Game Theory
LAL: Lakers could use depth behind Walker Kessler, Kevon Looney. What are their options?
Dan Woike, The Athletic
ORL: The best-, worst-, realistic-case scenario for the Orlando Magic
Philip Rossman-Reich, World R Squared
PHI: Maxey Doesn’t Have to Be Everything Anymore
Con Brennan, Wait For The Screen
PHI: The LeBron experiment threatens a beautiful thing
David Thorpe, True Hoop
PHI: After adding LeBron James and Jaylen Brown, how will the Sixers’ roster fit?
Gina Mizell, The Inquirer
PHI: Joel Embiid’s Strange New Reality
Danny Chau, The Ringer
SAS: Free Agent Addition: Tobias Harris, Part 1
Paul Garcia, The Spot Up Shot
LEAGUEWIDE
The 2026 NBA offseason’s most interesting remaining storylines
Mike Shearer, Basketball Poetry
Exploring where each EC team stands after a flurry of offseason moves
Anthony Chiang/Barry Jackson, Miami Herald
Offseason grades for each NBA team
Sam Quinn, CBS Sports
Eastern Conference Summer League Notebook
Keith Smith, Spotrac
Summer League Recap (Full First Round)
Kenny Moore, Shok’s Substack
New NBA salary reality settles in this offseason for teams like the Celtics, Spurs, and Thunder
Gary Washburn, Boston Globe
Team USA Olympic stock watch: Which NBA players are rising, falling?
Zach Kram, ESPN
THE DRAFT
Early 2027 NBA Big Board
The Dizzle Dynasty
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