2024-2025 Atlantic Division Preview
Welcome to the NTC season preview series! Over the next several weeks, we will attempt to bring you the most in depth analysis possible about all 30 teams in both written and podcast formats leading up [...]
Will Sacramento’s Talent Win Out?
By Devin Zanskas After famously enduring a 16-year playoff drought, the Kings finally made the postseason again in 2023, in addition to winning 18 more games than they did three seasons ago. That coincided with the [...]
Can the First Pick Fix Atlanta?
By Devin Zanskas The run to the eastern conference finals in 2021 looked like a glimpse into the future for the Hawks, but sadly it became an example that success isn’t always linear for young teams. [...]
Predicting the Top 4 Picks in the 2024 Draft
By Avi Tyagi It's smoke and mirrors season in the 2024 draft cycle. We're post-lottery and post-combine but team workouts have not ramped up yet. In other words, it’s rumor crumbs season. It's hard to take [...]
Searching for the next KD
Searching for the next KD By Devin Zanskas While it was underwhelming, the Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving era for the Nets had moments of brilliance, most notably pushing the eventual 2021 champions, the Bucks, to [...]
No Longer Light Years Ahead
By Devin Zanskas Draymond getting suspended for two separate stints contributed significantly to the Warriors’ disappointing season, as he missed 21 games combined. He’s one of the best defensive players ever, so Draymond being unavailable for a [...]
An Inflection Point For The Raptors
By Devin Zanskas Losing Kawhi Leonard in the summer of 2019 was a calculated risk that clearly paid off for the Raptors, but they also lost four key rotation players from the year that they won [...]
NBA Projected Standings: Eastern Conference
Here's the explainer: These projections factor in injuries and suspensions. The projected depth charts (see below) go hand in hand with these standings and list the starters and the specific backups. These may differ from the first [...]
Harden Trade Deep Dive: Exceptions Used, Math Breakdown, and the New CBA
Written by Colin Maher, Salary Cap Specialist for No Trade Clause Introduction Unless more fireworks occur at the trade deadline (which is always a possibility), the James Harden trade may have been the last time that a [...]
Boston Celtics: My Projected #1 Seed in the East
Last year, I had 5 names I was rotating between for my last two Eastern Conference All-Star Performance spots. Those 5: Trae Young, Bam Adebayo, Kristaps Porzingis, Kyrie Irving, and Bradley Beal. At the time, I picked Trae and [...]