By Devin Zanskas Paying three players over $20 million and being a fringe play-in tournament team definitely isn’t ideal. Of the four organizations in the East that are in the play-in tournament, the Miami Heat is the [...]
By Avi Tyagi I can’t believe how capable the OKC Thunder already are. It feels like an impossible task. In the summer of 2016, their best player walked for nothing. And now, the second youngest team by [...]
By Devin Zanskas Ever since Dwight Howard left the franchise after the 2011-2012 season, the Magic never completely dug themselves out of their rebuild. Of the many players that were involved in the Dwight Howard trade, Nikola [...]
By Avi Tyagi So… things have changed since part 1. The Nets were cut down and Phoenix rose from the muddled West. With Zion down, the Pelicans sputtered their way out of the 3 seed and [...]
By Avi Tyagi This is an excellent case study on rejiggering a roster at the trade deadline. Here was the Lakers’ depth chart before the Rui Hachimura trade: Primary rotation: (Must average > 18 minutes per [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
