Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has established himself as the NBA's MVP by cementing his status as its purest hooper where there's a paradoxical economy and boundlessness to his game. Read more »

Dynasties, they say, are over. The goal for Denver, potentially impossible, is to buck everything that the NBA has set in motion.  Read more »

As the 2025 offseason approaches, the Celtics and Bucks find themselves at fascinatingly different inflection points. Read more »

This mock draft strictly focuses on the best prospect each team can draft when thinking about how a new player would look in that setting. Read more »

The Mavericks winning the Cooper Flagg lottery months after trading Luka Doncic has the conspiracy theory machine on tilt. But there are no outcomes that would prevent fans and media from such meaning-making. Read more »

Despite concerns about his jumper, Egor Demin brings rare size and court vision that could make him one of the most intriguing playmakers in the 2025 NBA Draft. Read more »

Tyrese Haliburton is a System Player in that the system flows from him. It is his vision of basketball that defines how his team plays. Read more »

Players who can score attacking the rim, make the right passes, and defend multiple spots are the types that front office executives want in their organizations. Read more »

Collectively, the Thunder are a superior basketball species- meaner, faster, deeper, and more streamlined than anyone they face. Read more »

Kon Knueppel has an excellent chance of becoming an efficient off-ball shooter and floor spacer. How he holds up on defense will determine whether he plays starter minutes or is a bench role scorer. Read more »

When you're 6-foot-6, can shoot the three-ball, and can make tough shots, there's a place for you in the NBA. Read more »

The Thunder finished the 24-25 season with the best Net Rating in the NBA, ahead of the Cavaliers who jumped from 13th a season ago. Read more »

Five years after their bubble series, the Nuggets are no longer rising talents, but beleaguered champions, potentially on the verge of more change; the Clippers are no longer a microwaved super-contender, but a quirky brew of born-again role players filling in around one star. Read more »

Michael Malone and Calvin Booth battled for control and both lost, but were also in an inevitable race against the NBA's CBA rules that force good teams to renew their rosters every few years. Read more »

Derik Queen should be a productive offensive big in the NBA, but will be in a limited role due to his defensive shortcomings or can he extend it out? Read more »

As the Pistons rise and the Bucks fall, notions of NBA hope and doom clarify. The Pistons, built through the draft and shrewd free agency bargains, will experience the same complex and limiting salary rules that have shrunk the Bucks' prospects, inevitably. Read more »

Players with Jeremiah Fears' offensive flair, scoring chops, and feel for the game don't come around often, which offset concerns about his shooting and lack of size. Read more »

The NFL, MLB and NHL all have essentially the same system that rewards the very worst teams with the very best picks. Yet none of those leagues are dealing with anything that comes close to the NBA's annual existential crisis. Read more »

Until the Zach LaVine trade, the Bulls looked very much like a team between identities. Now, they're playing a faster style built around Josh Giddey and Coby White. Read more »

Bennett Stirtz, Nique Clifford, Max Shulga, Tyon Grant-Foster and JaKobe Coles are names to watch from an NBA draft perspective in the early rounds of the tournament. Read more »