Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis 10/4/19
- BKN: Grading The Nets (from NBA Math):
Read it here: https://nbamath.com/crystalbasketball-ranking-the-brooklyn-nets-for-2018-19-2/
- BOS: Breaking Down Tremont Waters' Defense (from Dakota Schmidt, Ridiculous Upside):
Read and watch it here: https://www.ridiculousupside.com/2019/10/3/20897963/breaking-down-the-defense-of-celtics-two-way-prospect-tremont-waters-boston-maine-red-claws-gleague
- CHA: Season Preview: Coach Borrego (from Jonathan DeLong, At The Hive):
Read it here: https://www.atthehive.com/2019/10/4/20897407/2019-20-charlotte-hornets-season-preview-james-borrego
- CHA: Grading The Hornets (from NBA Math):
Read it here: https://nbamath.com/crystalbasketball-ranking-the-charlotte-hornets-for-2019-20/
- DET: How Griffin & Drummond Feed Off Each Other (from Spyros Papadakos, Piston Powered):
Read it here: https://pistonpowered.com/2019/10/03/detroit-pistons-replay-center-blake-griffin-andre-drummond-feed-off/
- MIN: Covington: Ready To Make An Impact (from Douglas Farmer, Basketball Insiders):
Read it here: http://www.basketballinsiders.com/nba-daily-clear-minded-covington-ready-to-make-an-impact/
- NOP: Player Preview: Derrick Favors (from Preston Ellis, The Bird Writes):
- NYK: Bernard King Drops Some Knowledge On RJ Barrett (from Marc Berman, NY Post):
Read it here: https://nypost.com/2019/10/04/knicks-great-returns-to-drop-some-knowledge-on-rj-barrett/
- WAS: Jemerrio Jones Knows Only One Way To Play: Hard (from Chase Hughes, NBC Sports):
Read it here: https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/wizards/new-wizards-forward-jemerrio-jones-only-knows-one-way-play-hard
- NBA's 30 Teams Rated From Top Contenders To Bottom Tier (from Zach Lowe, ESPN):
Read it here: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27763420/nba-30-teams-rated-top-contenders-bottom-tier
- What Each Team Needs From Its Top Rookie (from Jonathan Wasserman, Bleacher Report):
Read it here: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2856035-what-every-nba-team-must-see-from-its-top-rookie-in-camp#slide2
NOTE: Techno issues impaired production of today's BI and prevented yesterday's daily email from being sent. Here it is:
- ATL: Grading The Hawks (from NBA Math):
Read it here: https://nbamath.com/crystalbasketball-ranking-the-atlanta-hawks-for-2019-20/
-BKN: Inside Kenny Atkinson's Mind (from Mike Vaccaro, NY Post):
Read it here: https://nypost.com/2019/10/02/inside-kenny-atkinsons-mind-amid-absurd-nets-expectations/
- BKN: Nets Are Pumped About Rookie Claxton (from Greg Joyce, NY Post):
Read it here: https://nypost.com/2019/10/02/why-nets-are-so-pumped-about-rookie-nic-claxton/
- BOS: Grading The Celtics (from NBA Math):
Read it here: https://nbamath.com/crystalbasketball-ranking-the-boston-celtics-for-2019-20/
- BOS: Safe To Hop On The Hayward Hype Train? (from Chris Forsberg, NBC Sports):
Read it here: https://sports.yahoo.com/safe-hop-gordon-hayward-hype-221125918.html
- CHI: Takeaways From Bulls' Practice (from Darnell Mayberry, The Athletic):
- CLE: Cavs' Increased Focus On Fundamentals (from Chris Fedor, cleveland.com):
Read it here: https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2019/10/cleveland-cavaliers-increased-focus-on-fundamentals-highlighted-with-specially-manufactured-beilein-ball.html and https://www.cleveland.com/cavs/2019/10/john-beilein-trying-to-get-cavaliers-to-play-with-discipline-and-efficiency-observations-from-day-two-of-training-camp.html
From Spencer Davies, Basketball Insiders: http://www.basketballinsiders.com/nba-daily-beilein-cavaliers-set-on-steady-rise/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
- DEN: MPJ Ready To Put Career In Motion (from Vinny Benedetto, The Gazette):
Read it here: https://gazette.com/sports/denver-nuggets-michael-porter-jr-ready-to-put-nba-career/article_b90c4cda-e56a-11e9-ad31-7b4801962848.html):
- DEN: Jerami Grant: "Sky's The Limit" For Nuggets' Defense (from Eric Spyropolous, nuggets .com):
Read it here: https://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/denver-nuggets-jerami-grant-sky-is-limit-100219
- DET: The Rose-Kennard Back Court (from Keith Langlois, pistons.com):
Read it here: https://www.nba.com/pistons/features/heart-high-octane-pistons-bench-rose-kennard-backcourt
- IND: Chris Denari Honored Late Father With Trip To India (from Akeem Glaspie, Indy Star):
- MIA: Nunn Striving To Be Heat's Next Hidden Gem (from Joe Beguiristain, heat.com):
Read it here: https://www.nba.com/heat/news/kendrick-nunn-hidden-gem-191002
- MIN: Layman Should Fit Well Next To KAT (from Chris Hine, StarTribune):
Read it here: http://www.startribune.com/jake-layman-has-a-chance-to-redeem-wolves-misses-in-free-agency/562023882/
From Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/1258821/2019/10/02/jake-layman-is-the-under-the-radar-add-the-wolves-cant-stop-talking-about/
- NYK: Knicks Want Randle To Play Point Forward (from Adam Zagoria, Forbes):
- ORL: Isaac Grew In Height, Confidence & On Court (from Philip Rossman-Reich):
Read it here: https://orlandomagicdaily.com/2019/10/02/orlando-magic-media-day-jonathan-isaac-grew-in-height-in-confidence-and-on-the-court/
- POR: The Blazers New Supporting Cast (from Shaun Powell, blazers.com):
- UTA: Donovan Mitchell Can Be The Superstar The Jazz Need (from Mike Prada, SBNation):
Read it here: https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2019/10/2/20849617/donovan-mitchell-utah-jazz-improvement-team-usa-derrick-rose-comparison
- What's Next For The James Harden, The Greatest Innovator (from Kirk Goldsberry, ESPN):
Read it here: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27751456/next-nba-greatest-innovator
- Seth Partnow's Mailbag (from The Athletic):
- Trade Flexibility Among Contenders (from John Hollinger, The Athletic):
- League-Wide Cap Space Estimate For 2020 (from Danny Leroux, The Athletic):
Read it here: https://theathletic.com/1254011/2019/10/02/leroux-my-leaguewide-cap-space-estimate-for-the-summer-of-2020-and-why-it-matters/