Basketball Intelligence For 9/29/24
Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis
TEAM-SPECIFIC
BKN: Nets 2024-25 training camp breakdown: Roster battles, rookies and newcomers
Brian Lewis, NY Post
BKN: Ben Simmons health questions linger over Nets’ training camp
Brian Lewis, NYPost
BKN: Tanking is the Nets’ quickest path to the future, if they can navigate past their competition to the bottom
Brian Lewis, NY Post
BOS: Nine takeaways from Celtics training camp
Zack Cox, Boston Herald
CHA: The Hornets’ biggest question marks heading into training camp
Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer
CLE: Isaac Okoro season preview: The Cavaliers committed, now what’s his role?
Corey Walsh, Fear The Sword
DEN: Westbrook excited by Nuggets’ plan for him
Bennett Durando, Denver Post
HOU: Young Rockets look to take next step
Shaun Powell, NBA.com
IND: Pacers Mailbag
Caitlin Cooper, Basketball She Wrote
Answering questions about the ceiling of the defense, potential wing targets, favorite moments from the WNBA season, and much, much more!
IND: T.J. McConnell Extension Gives Pacers Trade Off For Tight Payroll
Tony East, Forbes
LAC: Clippers, Terance Mann agree to 3-year extension
Shams Charania/Law Murray, The Athletic
LAL: Will standing pat be enough for Lakers?
Jim Alexander, OC Register
The core players from the team that reached the 2023 Western Conference finals remain, but can a new coach get ‘sustainable excellence’ out of a group that is two years older?
MIA: Heat entering camp with unique mix of unchanged and unknown
Ira Winderman, SunSentinel
MIA: Heat enters media day, camp with questions to answer. A list of some of the biggest ones
Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald
MIL: Re-evaluating the Bucks trade for Damian Lillard one year later
Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel
NOP: Pelicans Extend Key Role Player
Alex Kirschenbaum, Newsweek
NYK: Breaking down Knicks’ 2024-25 roster heading into NBA training camp
Stefan Bondy, NY Post
NYK: Q & A: Earl Monroe
Steve Serby, NY Post
POR: 5 Biggest Storylines Going Into Trail Blazers Training Camp
Sean Highkin, Rose Garden Report
UTA: What is unique about how Will Hardy coaches?
Sarah Todd, Deseret News
UTA: The Jazz have a different tone coming into this season than they did finishing the last
James Hansen, SLC Dunk
WAS: For the Wizards, this season is an opportunity to start finding out what’s real
Kevin Broom, Bullets Forever
In the short term, things may be even worse than last year. But it’s also a time to see which players could help the Wizards be a contender sometime in the future.
LEAGUEWIDE
Updated Western Conference Power Rankings
Christopher Kline, Fansided
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