Today's Best NBA Reporting and Analysis 1/15/16
- How Fast Pace Has Changed NBA Officiating (from Jeff Zilgitt, USA Today):
Read it here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2016/01/14/nba-officiating-changes-fast-pace/78756320/
- Aldrich, Prigioni, Other Newcomers Give The Clippers Important Depth (from Ben Bolch, LATimes):
Read it here: http://www.latimes.com/sports/clippers/la-sp-clippers-20160115-story.html
- The Heat's Disjointed Play (from Manny Navarro, Miami Herald):
Read it here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nba/miami-heat/article54783685.html
- Tony Brown Is Giving The Nets Point Guards More Freedom (from Colin Stephenson, Newsday):
Read it here: http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/nets/tony-brown-giving-nets-point-guards-more-freedom-1.11326590
- The Blazers Reinvent Old Offensive System With New Parts (from Rob Mahoney, Sports Illustrated):
Read and view it here: http://www.si.com/nba/2016/01/14/the-fundamentals-trail-blazers-damian-lillard-cj-mccollum-terry-stotts
- Blazers' Ed Davis Talks (from Alex Kennedy, Basketball Insiders):
Read it here: http://www.basketballinsiders.com/nba-pm-ed-davis-talks-blazers-lakers-kobe-lillard/
- Gallinari's Knee Injury Helped Him Change His Game For The Better (from Jesus Gomez, SBNation):
Read and view it here: http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2016/1/14/10769556/danilo-gallinari-denver-nuggets-highlights-breakdown-stats
- The Reasons Behind Gallinari's Recent Hot Streak (from Christopher Dempsey, Denver Post):
Read it here: http://blogs.denverpost.com/nuggets/2016/01/14/danilo-gallinari-nuggets/13674/
- The Wolves And Inefficent Long 2s (from Michael rand, Star Tribune):
Read it here: http://www.startribune.com/crunching-numbers-the-timberwolves-and-the-inefficient-long-two-blues/365308971/
- The Evolution Of The Power Forward (from Jesse Blanchard, The Cauldron/Sports Illustrated):
Read it here: https://thecauldron.si.com/the-evolution-of-the-power-forward-82c9c3bdca2f#.z9d8fr32l
- What Is Going On In Milwaukee? (from Zach Lowe, ESPN):
Read it here: http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14573190/milwaukee-taken-step-back-hoped-taking-two-steps-forward
- Bucks' Defensive Strategy Isn't Working (from Michael Rosenfeld, Vantage Sports):
Read it here: http://www1.vantagesports.com/Articles/article_view/Vpfzeh8AAKlFMTWR
- Boris Diaw has Turned His Career Around With The Spurs (from Dan Feldman, NBC Sports):
Read it here: http://nba.nbcsports.com/2016/01/14/boris-diaw-turns-around-career-with-spurs-but-dont-call-him-rejuvenated/
- How The Rockets Have Improved (from Calvin atkins, ESPN):
Read it here: http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/14575675/nba-five-things-houston-rockets-did-right-ship
- Drilling Defense: Blazers' Coach Terry Stotts Gets His Point Across In Practice (from Jason Quick, csnnw.com):
Read it here: http://www.csnnw.com/blazers/drilling-defense-stotts-gets-his-point-across-blazers-practice
- For Wizards, Offensive Rebounds Are So Last Season (from Jorge Castillo, Washington Post):
- Recapping Thursday's Games (from SBNation):
Read it here: http://www.sbnation.com/nba-scores
- Jimmy Butler's 53-point Game (frm Nick Friedell, ESPN):
Read it here: http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/bulls/post/_/id/22781/jimmy-butler-scores-a-career-high-53-in-win-vs-sixers
- Spurs Exploited Love's Defense (form Ben Golliver, Sports Illustrated):
Read and view it here: http://www.si.com/nba/2016/01/15/spurs-cavaliers-finals-matchup-lebron-james-kevin-love-defense
More on this (from Scott Davis, Business Insider):
Read and view it here: http://www.businessinsider.com/spurs-exposed-weakness-in-cavaliers-2016-1
- The Spurs' "Juice Unit" (from Tiffany Davis, Hoops Habit):
Read it here: http://hoopshabit.com/2016/01/15/san-antonio-spurs-love-juice-unit/
- Best/Worst Off-Season Deals (form Ben Liebowitz, Sports Illustrated):
Read it here: http://www.si.com/nba/2016/01/14/data-dimes-nba-free-agency-signings-draymond-green-reggie-jackson
- How Danny Ainge Is Using The D-League (from John Goggin, Ridiculous Upside):
Read it here: http://www.ridiculousupside.com/2016/1/15/10772994/jordan-mickey-terry-rozier-danny-Ainge-NBA-D-League-Celtics
Additional Player Notes, Updates, Profiles:
- Jusuf Nurkic (from Nate Timmons, bsndenver.com): http://bsndenver.com/malones-minutes-coach-on-nuggets-center-jusuf-nurkic-same-thing-with-demarcus-cousins-he-plays-with-emotion/
- Cody Zeller More At Home Playing Center (from Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer): http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/scott-fowler/article54713305.html
- Cody Zeller's Movement Off The Ball Makes Him A Unique Post Scorer (from Nicklaus Denning, atthehive.com): http://www.atthehive.com/2016/1/15/10773124/cody-zellers-movement-off-the-ball-makes-him-an-unique-post-scorer
- Trey Lyles, Raul Neto (from Aaron Falk, Salt Lake Tribune): http://www.sltrib.com/sports/3420486-155/jazz-notes-trey-lyles-raul-neto
- Danilo Gallinari (from Christopher Dempsey, Denver Post): http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_29386296/danilo-gallinari-playing-at-all-star-level-says-coach-michael-malone
- Russell Westbrook's Efficient Season (from Austin Denean, Hoops Habit): http://hoopshabit.com/2016/01/15/oklahoma-city-thunder-russell-westbrooks-efficient-season/
- Kelly Oubre (from J. Michael, csnmidatlantic.com): http://www.csnmidatlantic.com/basketball-washington-wizards/talk/morning-tip-kelly-oubre-doesnt-crack-under-pressure
- Metta World Peace (from Janis Carr, ocregister.com): http://www.ocregister.com/articles/peace-699974-world-lakers.html
- Joel Embiid (from Tom Moore, theintell.com): http://www.theintell.com/sports/sixers/sixers-notes-embiid-playing-this-season-never-a-consideration/article_ad1cbf68-b616-11e5-9f0b-87c00d1d14bb.html
- T. J. Warren/ Lorenzo Brown (from Paul Coro, azcentral.com): http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nba/suns/2016/01/14/suns-reunite-wolfpack-duo-tj-warren-lorenzo-brown/78814122/