Basketball Intelligence For two/12/26
FEATURE OF THE DAY
Holding Keon Ellis is an apparent offseason purpose for the Cavaliers
Caleb Crowley, King James Gospel
LEAGUEWIDE
Report Card Grades for Every NBA Staff’s Rookie Class
Greg Swartz, Bleacher Report
Inspecting the Ivica Zubac Commerce Bundle
Yossi Gozlan, Third Apron
why the Pacers paid a giant value for him, why the Clippers needed to settle for their provide, and the way the commerce impacts the NBA’s tanking disaster
Does the NBA want ‘new system’ to disincentivize tanking?
Chris Mannix, Sports activities Illustrated
THE DRAFT
2026 NBA draft massive board rankings: Prime 100 prospects
Jeremy Woo, ESPN
NBA mock draft 2026
Ricky O’Donnell, SBNation
Prospect Highlight: Darius Acuff Jr.
Stephen Gillaspie, No Ceilings
Evaluating Florida’s Thomas Haugh.
Derek Parker, Sports activities Illustrated
Notice: Some iterations of this story had an incorrect headline. We don’t know if or how SI can be fixing that – the hyperlink that we have now supplied may in the end be to the completely different story that was teased. We’re continuing as if it should proceed to the Haugh scout.
PRO HOOPS HISTORY
Ex-Sonics coach George Karl says Prime Video collection validates ABA
Mike Gastineau, Seattle Occasions
TEAM-SPECIFIC
BKN: Widespread Floor For Nets Stretch Run
Steve Lichtenstein
BOS: Celtics cruise into NBA All-Star break with beatdown of Bulls
Zack Cox, Boston Herald
BOS: It Took One Apply For Nikola Vucevic To Get Snug And Bury His Former Staff
John Karalis, Sports activities Illustrated
CHA: Hornets leg it out in a vital victory for his or her postseason hopes
Doug Branson, Each Hornets Boxscore
CHA: Kon artistry: Knueppel has develop into a rookie star for Charlotte Hornets
Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer
CLE: Holding Keon Ellis is an apparent offseason purpose for the Cavaliers
Caleb Crowley, King James Gospel
CLE: Recreation Night time Observations: Sam Merrill’s Heater, Residence Debuts and a Good Reset
Danny Cunningham, The Inside Shot
The Cavs go into the NBA All-Star break because the league’s hottest group.
CLE: Can the Cavs maintain Jarrett Allen’s dominance going as soon as Evan Mobley returns?
Jimmy Watkins, cleveland.com
DAL: How Cooper Flagg reset Mavs after Davis-Doncic commerce
Tim MacMahon, ESPN
DET: Shut-knit Pistons soar into the All-Star break with East’s finest document
Hunter Patterson, The Athletic
DET: Are the Pistons Constructed for the Playoffs?
Nevin Brown, Above The Break
The Pistons may not deserve our belief fully, however they deserve greater than they’re getting. There are extra causes to consider in them than not, and the true query is, why do you belief anybody else extra? Till you’ll be able to reply that, it’s best to most likely trip with the very best group within the Convention.
