In each of the past several years I’ve participated in a mock draft on a certain website. I selected Desmond Bane and Paul Reed for the Mavs last year, Nic Claxton and Talen Horton-Tucker for the Wizards the year before, and Miles Bridges and De’Anthony Melton for the … [Read more...]
How the NBA League Office Can Challenge Brooklyn’s Free Agent Signings (And Why It Won’t)
The Brooklyn Nets grabbed all the headlines at the start of free agency, securing commitments from both Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant when the negotiation period began this past Sunday afternoon. But the terms of their agreements didn’t start trickling out until late Sunday … [Read more...]
Promoting Competition, Part 1: A Reply to Cleaning the Glass’s ‘Balancing Act’
One of my favorite websites is Cleaning the Glass, run by former Sixers VP of Basketball Strategy Ben Falk. That site produces a tremendous amount of quality content, from team previews to film breakdowns, front office insights, and new ways of viewing player stats. I highly … [Read more...]
Free Agent Bargain-Hunting: Summer League Players to Watch
The summer free agent frenzy is mostly over. With so much money flooding the market, the only established NBA players to sign apparent bargain contracts are those who did so by rule (e.g. Kevin Durant, limited to the individual max salary) or by choice (most glaringly David West, … [Read more...]
Why Tyler Johnson should be the Bulls’ #1 Target
[Originally posted on Blog-A-Bull] I think by now we all have a fairly good grasp of the team’s strengths and weaknesses entering the off-season. Strengths: Jimmy Butler, an increasingly ball-dominant scorer who can lock down either wing position defensively and who … [Read more...]