Basketball Intelligence for 9/13/23
The Day's Best Basketball Reporting And Analysis
WNBA
X's and O's: Round 1 Battles of the 2023 WNBA Playoffs
Nekias Duncan, WNBA.com
‘Heart’: New York Liberty’s guiding principle
Jackie Powell, The Next
LEAGUEWIDE STORIES
How the NBA's new rules on resting stars will work
Bobby Marks, ESPN
Celtics’ gamble, Joel Embiid’s future: Previewing the Atlantic Division’s season
David Aldridge/J. Robbins/Jared Weiss, The Athletic
Why the NBA Should Seriously Consider Shortening the Season
Chris Herring, Sports Illustrated
It’s easy enough to suggest that some superstars, who are now in line to make upward of $60 million per year in the late stages of their current deals, would be willing to take a bit of a financial haircut if it meant playing 72 games as opposed to 82. It’s not as clear whether more fringe, marginal NBA players would do the same if it meaningfully ate into their nonguaranteed salaries.
TEAM-SPECIFIC STORIES
UTA: Is John Collins the next Lauri Markkanen?
Mike Shearer, Basketball Poetry
SAC: Where the Sacramento Kings roster stands after latest moves
Frankie Cartoscelli, Sactown Sports