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 [...]
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), [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
How do the Hornets re-tool?
How do the Hornets Re-Tool? By: Devin Zanskas Kemba Walker has maybe as strong of a case as any previous Charlotte player to be the best Hornet of all time, but it’s worked out for [...]
Do 10-Game Samples Matter for Team’s Title Aspirations?
Do 10-Game Samples Matter for Team’s Title Aspirations? By: Avi Tyagi So, every year, as we run through the early part of the season, the discourse climate enters overreaction season and new takes sprint out of the [...]
Western Conference Preseason Predictions
Western Conference Preseason Predictions By: Avi Tyagi 1. Clippers Last Season Preseason Prediction: 7th in West Last Season Finish: 8th in West, Lost in Play-In Tournament, Missed Playoffs My All-NBA Last 8 seasons: Kawhi, Paul George My [...]
Eastern Conference Preseason Predictions
Eastern Conference Preseason Predictions By: Avi Tyagi Over the offseason, I went back and reevaluated my entire player evaluation process and completely redid my All-NBA awards for the past 8 seasons and All-Star berths for the last [...]
The Remarkable Stephen Curry
The Remarkable Stephen Curry By: Avi Tyagi BOSTON, MA - JUNE 16: Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors celebrates with the Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP Award after Game Six of the 2022 NBA [...]