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Basketball Intelligence For 9/16/25

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The Minivan Takes Another Spin (Northwest Division Preview)

Aaron Bollwinkel and Evan Kuck
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Sep 16
The Minivan Takes Another Spin (Northwest Division Preview)

The guys start out with another pass at the increasingly convoluted Kawhi Leonard story. They follow that with the WNBA playoffs (24:02), including analysis of all the Game 1s and picks through to the champion. Finally, the last division has arrived, as the Northwest Division—home of the reigning champions—is previewed (

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TEAM-SPECIFIC

BKN: Who are the Nets’ true building blocks?
Brian Lewis, NY Post

CHA: Hornets’ season preview
Jared Dubin, Last Night In Basketball

CLE: How Kenny Atkinson must navigate a regular season his players have already dismissed
Jimmy Watkins, cleveland.com

DAL: Cooper Flagg at point guard isn’t far-fetched. What other questions follow the Mavs?

DAL: As the Mavericks turn 45, who are the top 45 players in franchise history?
Mike Curtis, Morning News

DAL: Day 2 of ranking top 45 Mavericks in franchise history
Mike Curtis, Morning News

DEN: Can Nuggets’ New Bench Get Them Back to the NBA Finals?
Joey Bardack, The Lead

GSW: Kuminga wants security. The Warriors want flexibility. Who blinks first?
Sam Amick, The Athletic

LAC: Someone is lying
Henry Abbott, True Hoop

LAC: Everything about the Leonard contract scandal explained
Matt Moore, Fansided

LAC: Why voiding Kawhi Leonard’s contract would be a huge problem for the NBA
John Hollinger, The Athletic

LAL: Welcome to the Luka Doncic Revenge Tour
Jason Gay, Wall Street Journal

MEM: Grizzlies Top-25 Players since moving to Memphis
Parker Fleming, Subtsakalidis

MIL: Five questions that could define the Bucks’ season.
Eric Nehm, The Athletic

NYK: Rounding Out the Roster
Tommy Beer, Rounding Out The Roster

ORL: Tristan da Silva can only gain confidence from EuroBasket run
Philip Rossman-Reich, World R Squared

POR: Pair of legendary former players join Blazers staff
Joe Freeman, Oregon Live

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