When should OKC invest in stars?
By Devin Zanskas Sam Presti, the Thunder’s general manager for the past 16 years, has clearly done an outstanding job rebuilding the franchise, not only with their Big 3 from the last decade, but also in this [...]
My Braun-Nembhard Candidates for the 2023 NBA draft
By Avi Tyagi My 2023 Draft Big Board is my second attempt at creating a Top-20 prospects list for an incoming draft class. On the whole, I feel enthused about the process used to construct last [...]
My Top 20 Draft Prospects in the 2023 NBA Draft
By Avi Tyagi Tier 1: Franchise Definer from Day 1 Victor Wembanyama What more is there to be said about Victor? Defensively, he does it all. In the last 20 years, only 2 prospects have drummed up [...]
There’s a new king in Houston
By Devin Zanskas Over the prior two drafts, the Rockets have selected five first round picks combined, but in the 2024 draft, they will only keep their pick if they earn a top four pick again. After [...]
Avi’s Top-30 2021-Draft Prospects Big Board Part 2
By Avi Tyagi Tier 7: He Scores; He Must Do More Jalen Green Here is the list of players since the merger with a usage rate above 25%, a free throw percentage above 78%, an [...]
Avi’s Top-30 2021-Draft Prospects Big Board
By Avi Tyagi The premise: Filling out a big board with the top 30 prospects from the 2021 Draft, roughly 2 seasons later. Much has changed, but on the whole, 19 of the original first rounders remain [...]
NBA Expansion Candidates: Looking at NBA History to Find the Next 2 Cities
By Avi Tyagi We begin this exercise with Seattle. This is the obvious first pick. There are far too many factors that suggest that Seattle is a ready-made medium-large market, ready to bring the Supersonics back [...]
A TLDR; Miami Heat Review: Notes From the Playoffs
By Avi Tyagi To recap the Miami Heat’s playoffs to date, I would like to first establish a few contentious rulings. Over the course of the last year, I meticulously created my own version of All-Star teams [...]
What to do with the third pick
By Devin Zanskas In the CJ McCollum trade, the Trail Blazers only received one first round pick back, and it didn’t even convey last season like it could’ve. According to ESPN’s Andrew Lopez, the Pelicans’ draft pick [...]
Draft Pick Winners/Losers: What draft pick protections hit big and who were the big losers?
By Colin Maher, Salary Cap Specialist and contributor to No Trade Clause As every NBA fan knows, with pick protections it becomes rocket science trying to track a team’s actual draft picks. Not only do you [...]