Basketball Intelligence For 4/29/26, Half Two
THE PLAYOFFS
For J.B. Bickerstaff and Jamahl Mosley, being ‘household’ doesn’t matter throughout NBA playoffs
David Aldridge, The Athletic
BOS-PHI
Joel Embiid cancels out Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum in 76ers’ Recreation 5 win: ‘He carried us’
Tony Jones, The Athletic
Celtics add to their repute as a workforce that likes to make issues laborious on itself
Jay King, The Athletic
LAL-HOU: Lakers want to make use of Rockets’ stress to sharpen their playoff edge
Legislation Murray, The Athletic
MIN-DEN: The Nuggets miss Peyton Watson badly
Jake Fischer, The Stein Line
NYK-ATL
How critical are these Knicks? We’ll discover out in Recreation 6 in Atlanta
James Edwards III, The Athletic
New York is working its offense by Karl-Anthony Cities—and the Hawks don’t have any solutions
Michael Pina, The Ringer
The Knicks and ‘all of the little issues’ have Hawks’ backs towards the wall
John Hollinger, The Athletic
OKC-PHX
Thunder are nonetheless ‘evolving,’ and a current sweep confirmed how far they’ve come
Joel Lorenzi, The Athletic
ORL-DET
How the Detroit Pistons Can Salvage an Unrecognizable Playoff Exhibiting
Dylan Edenfield, Palace Of Piston
SAS-POR
Spurs meet the playoff second with good concord round Victor Wembanyama
Jared Weiss, The Athletic
TOR-CLE
Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen realize it’s now or by no means for them to step up as Cavs face Recreation 5 playoff crossroads
Chris Fedor, cleveland.com
What should the Cavs repair to win Recreation 5 vs. Raptors?
Chris Fedor/Ethan Sands/Jimmy Watkins, cleveland.com
THE DRAFT
NBA lottery reform: 5 largest questions on league’s new anti-tanking proposal
Sam Quinn, CBS Sports activities
Will NBA’s proposed draft lottery reform cease tanking? Perhaps, however it’s dangerous
Sam Vecenie, The Athletic
NBA Draft lottery adjustments are shortsighted, complicated, and create new issues
Ricky O’Donnell, SBNation
Lotto confusion: NBA’s new proposal is overly sophisticated
Zach Harper, The Athletic
The NBA’s Proposed Anti-Tanking Repair May Create a Greater Downside
Chris Mannix, Sports activities Illustrated
The NBA’s Try To Repair Tanking May Create An Even Greater Downside
Bryan Toporek, Forbes
The NBA launched a brand new half-measure to repair tanking
Prince Grimes, USA At this time
2026 NBA Mock Draft
Danny Chau, The Ringer
Lajae Jones Scouting Report
Ersin Demir, NBA Draft Publication
Darryn Peterson’s inside scoring and studying from Cooper Flagg
Logan Adams, Propsects & Ideas
TEAM-SPECIFIC
LAC: 3 Classes Clippers Should Be taught from 2026 NBA Playoffs
Cem Yolbulan, Sports activities Illustrated
LAL: An eight-city, yearlong dialog with LeBron James
Dave McMenamin,ESPN
