What are The Warriors This Season?
By Avi Tyagi The dynastic Warriors, a team that ran roughshod through the West last season, has been perhaps the most enigmatic team of the season thus far. A variety of different factors have sapped their [...]
NTC Podcast #57: Modern NBA Roster Building, Parity Amongst the League
THE NTC PODCAST: EPISODE 57 Modern NBA Roster Building, Parity Amongst the League Host Aaron Washington is joined by writer Mat Issa, who produces content for Forbes, SBNATION, [...]
NTC Podcast Episode 56: International & Summer League Coaching, Ever-Evolving NBA
THE NTC PODCAST: EPISODE 56 International & Summer League Coaching, Ever-Evolving NBA The NTC team is happy to welcome on former player, and current Venezuela coach James Maye [...]
Biggest Needs Amongst the Contenders: Part 1
By Avi Tyagi Since the NBA Playoffs first expanded to incorporate 5 teams per conference into the playoffs, only 4 teams have ever made the Finals seeded 5th or lower: the 1980-81 Rockets (by virtue of tiebreaker), [...]
NTC Podcast Episode 55: All-Star Game Favorites and Hopefuls
THE NTC PODCAST: EPISODE 55 NTC Podcast Episode 55: All-Star Game Favorites and Hopefuls As we approach the 2023 All-Star Game, Aaron Washington and Aaron Pearlstein get behind [...]
An Early Rookie Report on Avi’s 2022 NBA Draft Big Board Top 20: Part 2
The following is a continuation of a midseason rookie report featuring the top 20 prospects. Check out part 1 here: https://notradeclause.com/an-early-rookie-report-on-avis-2022-nba-draft-big-board-top-20-part-1/ 7. Dyson Daniels My Original View: I struggle with identifying talent based on G League [...]
An Early Rookie Report on Avi’s 2022 NBA Draft Big Board Top 20: Part 1
Here is the premise. In between the tail end of the playoffs and the draft cycle leading into Summer League exists a noticeably short period of time to hastily construct a big board. As a relatively novice [...]
NTC Podcast Episode 54: 10 Days, Full Guarantees, Noah Vonleh Trade
THE NTC PODCAST: EPISODE 54 10 Days, Full Guarantees, Noah Vonleh Trade We start off our 2023 campaign with an in-depth discussion centered around ten-day contracts, which became [...]
NTC Podcast Episode 53: NBA Christmas Day Preview
THE NTC PODCAST: EPISODE 53 NBA Christmas Day Preview Get ready for an action packed five game Christmas Day slate in our Holiday Preview episode! For the first [...]
How the Pacers should handle their vets
By: Devin Zanskas On the Lowe Post podcast, Zach Lowe compared the Pacers’ success from the ‘90s until now to that of the Spurs, while acknowledging that they didn’t win quite as much because they [...]