By Devin Zanskas With 17 championships, the Lakers are tied for the most rings in NBA history, and they reside in the second-most populous city in the U.S. Although the Lakers’ first five titles were won while [...]
THE NTC PODCAST: EPISODE 58 A Basketball & Financial Breakdown of the Kyrie Irving Blockbuster In the aftermath of the Kyrie trade to Dallas, the NTC team takes [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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), [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
