Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis 10/29/18

- This Year's Bucks Are Like Last Year's Raptors - With A Freakish Upside (from Eric Koreen, The Athletic):

Read and watch it here:  https://theathletic.com/618458/2018/10/28/this-years-bucks-are-like-last-years-raptors-with-a-little-more-freakish-upside/

From Mike Bossetti, Raptors Rapture:  https://raptorsrapture.com/2018/10/29/toronto-raptors-milwaukee-bucks/

- BKN: Dudley Making Impact On Young Nets (from Spencer Davies, Basketball Insiders):

Read it here:  http://www.basketballinsiders.com/nba-daily-dudley-making-impact-on-atkinson-young-nets/

- CLE: Why The Cavs Felt Lue Wasn't The Right Fit For his Group (from Chris Fedor, cleveland.com):

Read it here:  https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2018/10/tyronn_lue_wasnt_the_right_fit.html

- CLE: The Cavs Should Start The Fire Sale (from Paolo Uggetti, The Ringer):

Read it here:  https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/10/28/18035080/tyronn-lue-fired

- DAL: The Mavs' Unsung Heroes (from Ben Nadeau, Basketball Insiders):

Read it here:  http://www.basketballinsiders.com/nba-daily-the-mavericks-unsung-heroes/

- DEN: Jokic & Harris Use DHO To Terrorize Defenses (from Nick Kosmider, The Athletic):

Read and watch it here: https://theathletic.com/602550/2018/10/29/dho-and-go-how-one-nuggets-play-unlocked-unlimited-potential-of-jokic-harris-duo/

- DET: The Pistons' Week In Review (from Rod Beard, Detroit News):

Read it here:  https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/2018/10/28/reggie-jackson-adjusts-new-role-detroit-pistons-offense/1800267002/

- GSW: Warriors Used Best Play In Basketball To Beat The Nets (from Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News):

Read and watch it here:  https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/10/29/golden-state-warriors-kevin-durant-stephen-curry-video-highlights-nba-nets-chicago-bulls-lebron-james-steve-kerr/

From Joe Viray, Golden State Of Mind:  https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2018/10/29/18035886/nba-2018-golden-state-warriors-brooklyn-nets-steph-curry-kevin-durant-video-breakdown

- HOU: Why Are The Rockets Abandoning Their Switch-Everything Defense?  (from Jared Dubin, The Step Back):

Read and watch it here:  https://fansided.com/2018/10/29/rockets-switch-everything-defensive-scheme/

- HOU: Carmelo Is A Big Part Of The Problem (from Nekias Duncan, BBall Index):

Read and watch it here:  http://bball-index.com/carmelo-anthony-defense-problem/

- MIL: Refined Shot Selection Has Made Middleton A Star (from Jackson Frank, The Step Back):

Read it here:  https://fansided.com/2018/10/29/khris-middleton-budenholzer-shot-selection-mid-range/

- MIL: 6 Reasons Bucks Are 6-0 (from Alex Boeder, bucks.com):

Read it here:  https://www.nba.com/bucks/features/boeder-six-reasons-why-bucks-are-6-0

- PHI: How The Sixers Contained Kemba (from Jackson Frank, Liberty Ballers):

Read and watch it here:  https://www.libertyballers.com/2018/10/29/18035222/film-study-how-76ers-contained-kemba-walker

- PHO: Did Suns Find Their PG In Loss To Thunder? (from Duane Rankin, Arizona Republic):

Read it here:  https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nba/suns/2018/10/28/phoenix-suns-point-guard-elie-okobo-thunder-loss/1804152002/

- POR: Video Breakdown: How Zach Collins Has Fared In Increased Role This Season  (from Dane Delgado, NBC Sports):

Read and watch it here:  https://www.nbcsports.com/northwest/portland-trail-blazers/how-zach-collins-has-fared-increased-role-season

- TOR: Lorenzo Brown May Have Found Long-Term Occupancy With The Raptors (from Blake Murphy, The Athletic):

Read it here:  https://theathletic.com/616412/2018/10/27/lorenzo-brown-and-g-league-mvp-trophy-may-have-found-long-term-occupancy-with-raptors/

- WAS: Don't Look At The Sniping, Look At The Schemes (from Bryan Oringher, Bullets Forever):

Read and watch it here:  https://www.bulletsforever.com/videos/2018/10/27/18032544/washington-wizards-video-analysis-sacramento-kings

- WAS: Stop Blaming Porter For Wizards' Troubles (from Matt Moore, the Action Network):

Read and watch it here:  https://www.actionnetwork.com/nba/washington-wizards-otto-porter-blame-john-wall-bradley-beal-markieff-morris-2018-19-season

- WAS: The Wizards Are Worse Than You Think (from Kurt Helin, NBC Sports):

Read it here:  https://nba.nbcsports.com/2018/10/29/three-things-to-know-the-1-5-wizards-are-worse-than-you-think/

- Austin & Doc Rivers Reunite As Rivals (from Candace Buckner, Washington Post):

Read it here:  https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Austin-Rivers-and-Doc-Rivers-reunite-as-rivals-13344426.php

- Answering The Biggest 2019 Draft Questions (from Givony/Pelton/Schmitz, ESPN):

Read it here:  http://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/25080674/2019-nba-draft-answering-big-questions-zion-williamson-duke-top-prospects