Basketball Intelligence For 7/26/26
DAL: New GM, new coach, new gamers.
Matt Gilroy, SBNation
DAL: Mavs’ new entrance workplace likes taking swings on once-hyped prospects who want a change of surroundings
Noah Weber, The Smoking Cuban
GSW: Stephen Curry on lacking out on LeBron James and the Warriors’ unsure future
Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic
GSW: After LeBron James Miss, Can Warriors Maximize Stephen Curry’s Window?
Mark Medina, Forbes
LAL: The Lakers’ Summer time Makeover
Above The Break
MIN: Are the Timberwolves Official Title Contenders?
Derek Hanson, SBNation
NOP: Kobe Bufkin’s Subsequent NBA Transfer
Alder Almo, heavy.com
NYK: KAT Interview
David Marchese, NY Occasions
OKC: Sam Presti’s newest play could make Thunder neglect all about Isaiah Joe
Zane Gelphman, Thunderous Intentions
PHI: Grading Mike Gansey’s transformational first offseason as Sixers president
Gina Mizell, The Inquirer
PHI: LeBron James rode ‘emotional curler coaster’ earlier than determination
Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN
PHI: What the NBA Nonetheless Doesn’t Perceive About LeBron
Howard Beck, The Ringer
SAC: PODCAST: Summer time 2026 State of the Kings Half One
Nick Agar-Johnson/Ray LeBov, Kings Weekly Podcast
Nick and Ray focus on the state of the Sacramento Kings after the tip of Summer time League and most of free company. In Half One, they focus on the view of the workforce from 10,000 toes amongst different subjects. They begin out by speaking concerning the present placement of the Kings in league rankings, and the way the draft lottery adjustments may impression how the Kings method the beginning of subsequent season and past. In addition they have an in-depth dialogue about Domantas Sabonis and his standing relative to the workforce, earlier than stepping into extra particular person participant breakdowns and a dialogue of the teaching state of affairs in upcoming Half Two.
SAS: Solutions from Prior Offseason Questions: Spurs Starters
Paul Garcia, The Spot Up Shot
Meet Albert Corridor who helped launch the NBA’s ‘thirty first franchise,’ Las Vegas Summer time League
Theo Lawson, Spokesman-Assessment
Rating Each NBA Beginning Lineup
Greg Swartz, Bleacher Report
James Harden, Draymond Inexperienced, Jalen Duren eye offers
Robby Kalland, CBS Sports activities
Dean Oliver, the godfather of recent basketball analaytics, at present of ESPN and previously of 4 completely different NBA groups in a decades-long profession within the league, joins Ray LeBov and Nick Agar-Johnson to speak concerning the which means of analytics and the needs of analytics as prompted by the sector of strawmen within the aftermath of the Jaylen Brown commerce. They focus on the basic goal of analytics, how workforce objectives issue into the scope of analytics-related inquiries, the origins of Oliver’s 4 Elements, and lots of different subjects associated to the character of analytics in a wide-ranging dialog about analytics, statistics, and basketball.
