Basketball Intelligence For 8/5/25
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
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Contender Building in the Era of Parity w/ Howard Beck
Ray and Aaron interview The Ringer senior writer Howard Beck about the different ways in which teams are going about building contenders in Adam Silver's new era of parity.
*FEATURES OF THE DAY*
Defining Random Offense: How the Pacers play without plays - w/ Rick Carlisle
Caitlin Cooper, Basketball She Wrote
Jody Allen might be the most unusual pro sports owner ever
Bruce Schoenfeld, Sports Business Journal
TEAM-SPECIFIC
BOS: Max Shulga’s Unique Journey To The Celtics Has Prepared Him To Defy The Odds
Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes
CLE: ‘Felt like I was playing with nine toes’: Darius Garland opens up on his painful toe injury and recovery
Chris Fedor, cleveland.com
CLE: Q & A: Kenny Atkinson
Chris Fedor, cleveland.com
CLE: Mobley’s MVP declaration signals major mental shift
Chris Fedor, cleveland.com
DAL: Naji Marshall's layup FG% stat could make all the difference next season.
Jarren Boslow, The Smoking Cuban
DEN: 5 Nuggets lineups to look for this season
Vinny Benedetto, Denver Gazette
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