Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis 9/28/18
- At Long Last, Nets & Knicks Are Being Patient (from Tim Bontemps, Washington Post):
- BKN: D'Angelo Russell Is All In On The Intensity (from Tom Dowd, nets.com):
Read it here: https://www.nba.com/nets/news/2018/09/27/brooklyn-nets-training-camp-dangelo-russell-is-all-in-on-the-intensity
From Greg Logan, Newsday: https://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/nets/nets-focal-point-remains-fourth-year-point-guard-d-angelo-russell-1.21289233
- BOS: Horford Leads By Example (from Paul Flannery, SBNation):
Read it here: https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2018/9/27/17907084/boston-celtics-al-horford-brad-stevens
- CHI: Wendell Carter: Most Likely To Succeed (from Sam Smith, bulls.com):
Read it here: https://www.nba.com/bulls/features/wendell-carter-jr-most-likely-succeed
- DAL: No One Position Defines Doncic's Game (from Sean Bush, The Smoking Cuban):
Read it here: https://thesmokingcuban.com/2018/09/28/dallas-mavericks-2018-luka-doncic-position-define-game/
- DEN: Film Study: Anatomy Of The Nuggets' Horns Flex (from Adam Mares, Denver Stiffs):
Read and watch it here: https://www.denverstiffs.com/2018/9/27/17907852/anatomy-of-a-play-from-the-denver-nuggets-playbook-horns-flex
- GSW: Demarcus: Coming To The Warriors Is "The Best Basketball Decision I Ever Made" (from Demarcus Cousins, The Players Tribune):
Read it here: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/demarcus-cousins-golden-state-warriors
- GSW: How Steph Handled An Offseason Of Change (from Connor Letourneau, SF Chronicle):
Read it here: https://www.sfchronicle.com/warriors/article/How-Stephen-Curry-handled-an-offseason-of-change-13264866.php
- GSW: They Are The Warriors' System, Part Two: Draymond Green (from Joe Viray, Golden State Of Mind):
Read and watch it here: https://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2018/9/24/17874072/nba-2018-golden-state-warriors-draymond-green-system-video-play-breakdown
- IND: Turner-Sabonis Experiment To Enter New Trial Phase (from Mark Monteith, pacers.com):
Read it here: https://www.nba.com/pacers/news/turner-sabonis-experiment-enter-new-trail-phase
- MEM: What We Learned From 1st Week Of Training Camp (from Peter Edmiston, Commercial Appeal):
Read it here: https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/nba/grizzlies/2018/09/28/nba-memphis-grizzlies-training-camp/1448260002/
- MIA: What Whiteside Did This Offseason To Improve (from Barry Jackson, Miami Herald):
Read it here: https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article218828095.html
MIL: Grading The Bucks Roster (from NBA Math):
Read it here: https://nbamath.com/crystalbasketball-ranking-the-milwaukee-bucks-for-2018-19/
- MIN: The KAT Era Will Soon Begin In Earnest (from Jonathan Tjarks, The Ringer):
Read and watch it here: https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/9/27/17910312/karl-anthony-towns-tom-thibodeau-wolves
- MIN: Grading The Timberwolves Roster (from NBA Math):
Read it here: https://nbamath.com/crystalbasketball-ranking-the-minnesota-timberwolves-for-2018-19/
- NYK: Kevin Knox: Training Camp Isn't Summer League (from Marc Berman, NY Post):
Read it here: https://nypost.com/2018/09/27/kevin-knox-is-looking-much-different-against-real-nba-players/
- NOP: Julius Randle's Winding Road (from Marc J. Spears, The Undefeated):
Read it here: http://theundefeated.com/features/julius-randle-from-hollywood-to-the-big-easy/
- ORL: Coaches, Teammates See Jonathan Isaac As Potential X-Factor (from John Denton, magic.com):
Read it here: https://www.nba.com/magic/news/coaches-teammates-think-jonathan-isaac-could-be-magics-x-factor-20180927
- PHO: What Type Of System Will Coach Kokoskov Run? (from Trevor Magnotti, The Step Back):
Read and watch it here: https://fansided.com/2018/09/28/igor-kokoskov-phoenix-suns-system-playbook/
- SAS: Dejounte Murray: The Spurs' Crucial Point (from Ryan Nguyen, Cleaning The Glass):
Read it here: https://cleaningtheglass.com/the-spurs-crucial-point/
- TOR: Will Last Season's G-League MVP Lorenzo Brown Have A Meaningful Role With The Raptors? (from Mike Bossetti, Raptors Rapture):
Read it here: https://raptorsrapture.com/2018/09/28/toronto-raptors-lorenzo-brown-preview/
Today's BI is dedicated to the memory of Hambone Williams: