Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis 3/3/18
- The Raptors' Successful "Culture Reset" (from Seerat Sohi, SBNation):
Read it here: https://www.sbnation.com/2018/3/2/17070874/raptors-record-dwane-casey-coach-of-the-year
- Can Celtics' Top-Ranked Defense Stop The Red-Hot Rockets? (from Chris Forsberg, ESPN):
Read it here: http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/22625217/can-boston-celtics-defense-stop-red-hot-houston-rockets
- The Rockets' Revamped Defense (from Jesse Blancarte, Basketball Insiders):
Read it here: http://www.basketballinsiders.com/nba-daily-rockets-championship-hopes-rest-with-revamped-defense/
- Booker & Jackson: The 1st Two Pillars Of The Suns' Timeline Are Set (from Gerald Bourguet, Hoops Habit):
Read it here: https://hoopshabit.com/2018/03/03/phoenix-suns-first-2-pillars-timeline-set/
From Kellan Olson, Arizona Sports: http://arizonasports.com/story/1447440/paul-george-not-good-time-guarding-devin-booker-josh-jackson/
- Sixers' Sets Of The Week: Lobs, Hammer Action, End Of Game Plays (from Mike O'Connor, The Athletic):
Read and watch it here: https://theathletic.com/259113/2018/03/02/sixers-sets-of-the-week-alley-oop-plays-hammer-actions-and-end-of-game-play-calls/
- Film Room: The Lakers' Improvement In Transition (from Pete Zayas, Forum Blue And Gold):
Read and watch it here: https://www.forumblueandgold.com/2018/03/02/laker-film-room-lakers-transition/
- Video: The Hawks Unveil A New, Beautiful Play (from Jeff Siegel, Peachtree Hoops):
Read and watch it here: https://www.peachtreehoops.com/2018/3/2/17069142/atlanta-hawks-plays-indiana-pacers-horns-spain-pick-and-roll
- Frank Mason: Kings' Future Backup PG? (from Nick Agar-Johnson, Hashtag Basketball):
Read and watch it here: https://hashtagbasketball.com/sacramento-kings/content/frank-mason-veteran-rookie
- It's Time To Listen To Jaylen Brown (from Jared Weiss, USA Today):
- Donovan Mitchell: "I Didn't Expect Any Of This" (from Sam Amick, USA Today):
Read it here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2018/03/02/rookie-donovan-mitchell-star-utah-jazz/388354002/
- Hawks' Jaylen Morris' Unusual Road To The NBA (from Jack Goods, Buffalo News):
Read it here: http://buffalonews.com/2018/03/02/st-joes-grad-jaylen-morris-takes-unusual-road-to-the-nba/
- What D'Angelo Russell Needs To Fix To Be Great (from Brian Lewis, NY Post):
Read it here: https://nypost.com/2018/03/03/dangelo-russell-could-be-next-steve-nash-if-he-fixes-these-flaws/
- Bryant Stith & Sons At ODU (from Ed Miller, The Virginian-Pilot):
Read it here: https://pilotonline.com/sports/college/old-dominion/basketball/article_eaf50cd0-a9df-5132-a36f-43a4dbbeda2f.html
- Emeka Okafor: After 4 Years Away, He Is Part Of Pels' Lengthy Winning Streak (from Jim Eichenhofer, pelicans.com):
Read it here: http://www.nba.com/pelicans/news/after-four-plus-years-away-emeka-okafor-back-nba-and-part-another-lengthy-new-orleans-winning
Q & A: Danny Green (from Rohan Nadkarni, Sports Illustrated):
Read it here: https://www.si.com/nba/2018/02/28/danny-green-spurs-journey-kawhi-leonard-gregg-popovich-pet-snakes
- 6MOY Candidates (from Daniel Benjamin, Fadeaway World):
Read it here: http://fadeawayworld.com/2018/03/02/top-10-best-candidates-for-2017-18-nba-sixth-man-of-the-year-award/
- What Brett Brown Brings To The Sixers (from Bret Stuter, The Sixer Sense):
Read it here: https://thesixersense.com/2018/03/02/philadelphia-76ers-coach-brett-brown-brings-development/
- Should Simmons Switch To Shooting Jumpers Right-Handed? (from Eric Sidewater, Liberty Ballers):
Read and watch it here: https://www.libertyballers.com/2018/3/3/17050818/dr-strangeshot-or-how-ben-simmons-will-learn-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-jumper
- How Replacing Booker With Ilyasova Benefits Simmons & Embiid (from Rusty Gorelick, The Sixer Sense):
Read it here: https://thesixersense.com/2018/03/02/philadelphia-76ers-cutting-trevor-booker-benefits-ben-simmons-joel-embiid/
From Noah Levick, NBC Sports: http://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/76ers/ersan-ilyasova-shows-sixers-fans-what-theyve-been-missing
- Richaun Holmes: The Waiting Game (from Spencer Davies, Basketball Insiders):
Read it here: http://www.basketballinsiders.com/holmes-fighting-through-the-waiting-game-with-sixers/
- Knicks: Ntilikina May Be Better Off As SG (from Stefan Bondy, NY Daily News):
Read it here: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/frank-ntilikina-shooting-guard-point-guard-article-1.3851910
- For Wade & The Heat, Less Is More (from Rohan Nadkarni, Sports Illustrated):
Read it here: https://www.si.com/nba/2018/03/01/dwyane-wade-heat-cavaliers-bulls-lebron-james-pat-riley-erik-spoelstra
- Jonathan Isaac's 1st Game Back: Rusty But Good (from Philip Rossman-Reich, Orlando Magic Daily):
Read it here: https://orlandomagicdaily.com/2018/03/03/rusty-beginnings-for-jonathan-isaac-but-a-good-return/
- Hezonja's Interesting Upcoming Free Agency (from Frank Urbina, Hoops Hype):
Read and watch it here: http://hoopshype.com/2018/03/02/mario-hezonjas-improvement-will-make-for-interesting-free-agency/