Jaime Jaquez Jr. is playing meaningful playoff minutes as a rookie, showing that craft has perhaps become an underrated quality in the draft, compared to more traditional traits such as wingspan, athleticism or shooting. Read more »
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Jaime Jaquez Jr. Has Been Waiting For This
The Orlando Magic Have That Dawg In Them (It's Jalen Suggs)
The ahead of schedule Magic play like a Jalen Suggs team- they want to outwork you, perhaps bruise you and definitely mean-mug you. Read more »
Scottie Barnes Is Making Everything Happen Right Now
In the grand scheme, a Scottie Barnes ascent changes everything. It's a worthwhile exercise to make everything about him this year, to see if he can be this guy for real and The Guy of their future. Read more »
Jeff Green Might Just Play In The NBA Forever
Jeff Green has made the transformations to survive, and to turn what is often career limbo into career equilibrium instead. After playing a key role for the Nuggets, he now has a ring. Read more »
This Is The Kevon Looney Main Character Moment We Never Expected
Kevon Looney has paid specific focus in his development on the grimier skills that matter for a Warriors center: rebounding, screening, passing, being a bit of an asshole in the paint. Looney is thriving in the role Wiseman, Bell and Ezeli could never figure out. Read more »
Jeremy Sochan's Game Is A Minor Protest Against The NBA's Orthodoxy
Jeremy Sochan breaks the convention and structure of the game. He plays a hyperactive, improvisational style that feels like watching a basketball randomizer. Read more »
Now We're Going To See How The NBA Handles Gender-Based Violence
Maybe we're at a course-correction point and there will be a real and rehabilitative process for Bridges, Primo and Udoka. Or, more cynically, this could just be the same public-relations playbook we've grown used to seeing in the NBA being run once again. Read more »
We're Still Waiting To See Who RJ Barrett Is Going To Be
Time is on the side of these Knicks. There are many directions that RJ Barrett can take from here that would work for the team and their next steps as a franchise, and he's still just scratching the surface of those. Read more »
What Malcolm Brogdon Fixes For The Celtics, And What They Have To Fix Themselves
Malcolm Brogdon gives the Celtics a marginal gain, which certainly could matter, but they will continue to be in a place where they will only go as far as Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown can take them. Read more »
NBA Player Empowerment Is Well-Deserved And Overdue
Any progress made towards greater player agency over the past few years comes out of the context that the NBA has historically placed that control in the hands of its teams and their owners. Read more »
This Is Who The NBA's Players' Union Fights For
Given the recent history of the union, it is significant that Kyrie Irving is listening to the player body and giving them his voice. It has never been so transparent to see who this players' union chooses to fight for, and what "player empowerment" really looks like. Read more »
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