Basketball Intelligence For 7/31/26
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
LEAGUEWIDE
After the NBA’s wild offseason, what’s most fascinating in the Eastern Conference?
Royce Webb, 5x5
Royce asked 18 leading NBA voices on Substack to answer
Which teams can keep the NBA’s parity run going
Ben Golliver, ESPN
The most underrated additions of the NBA offseason
Joseph Casciaro, The Score
How Vince Carter built broadcasting career while still playing in NBA
Zach Allen, Daytona Beach News-Journal
Ranking the 10 Best NBA Trade Assets After Wild 2026 Offseason
Grant Hughes, Bleacher Report
TEAM-SPECIFIC
CHA: Summer League | Liam McNeeley
Bryce Simon, Game Theory
DET: Ausar Thompson Video Breakdown
Bryce Simon, Motor City Hoops
GSW: Inside ‘Chase South,’ the Warriors’ secret weapon for staying competitve
Nick Friedell,
MEM: Isaiah Stewart will bring toughness, versatility to the Grizzlies
Parker Fleming, Subtsakalidis
ORL: Magic’s season rests on one big assumption
Philip Rossman-Reich, World R Squared
PHI: Can the Sixers’ New Superteam Work?
Wharton Moneyball
Discussion and analysis with Dean Oliver
Note: Check out last week’s No Weak Stuff discussion with Dean re the breadth of NBA analytics: https://www.basketballintelligence.net/p/basketball-intelligence-for-72526
POR: Why are the Trail Blazers fighting with the city of Portland? Could it lead to relocation?
Jason Quick/Mike Vorkunov, The Athletic
SAC: Zach LaVine’s Kings Future After Exercising $49M Contract Option in Free Agency
Timothy Rapp, Bleacher Report
THE DRAFT
Scouting Report: Stefan Joksimovic
Derek Parker, Sports Illustrated
Scouting Report: UConn’s Braylon Mullins
Derek Parker, Sports Illustrated
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