We are roughly seven games into the season, and already we’ve had some happy stories. Today I wanted to shine a light on four guys…
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NBA Monday Musings – is Donovan Mitchell better than ever?
Another week of NBA basketball means a larger pool of data points to take away from. This season has seen some concerning starts (hello, Warriors…
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A Tale Of Two (Backup) Point Guards
The Dennis Smith Jr. Revival Is Here It’s always fun watching players take advantage of a second (or third) chance. Dennis Smith is still only…
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Jalen Brunson is winning the hearts of New York City
Kemba Walker, Eflrid Payton, Allonxo Trier, Trey Burke, Ramon Sessions, Jose Calderon, Pablo Prigioni and Raymond Felton. These are just a few names the New…
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The Jazz Are Winning. Oopsie.
Utah Jazz CEO of basketball operations Danny Ainge can’t be happy. After two blockbuster trades and several smaller ones landed the Jazz a boatload of…
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NBA Monday Musings – are the Lakers already done?
The NBA returned gloriously last Tuesday night, ending one of the longest offseasons in recent years with the changes in the NBA calendar because of…
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Winners And Losers From The First Few Days
The best basketball in the world is here (as are the Spurs)! It’s been an incredible first couple of days, with wild comebacks, surprising performances,…
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Strengths and Weaknesses of the starting lineups for each NBA team in 2022-23
Now with the new season here, it’s time to look at all of the NBA teams of what lineups they plan to start the season…
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2022-23 Western Conference Preview Haikus
As before, these are presented in order of how I expect the teams to finish in the regular season. Check my Eastern Conference preview haikus…
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Eastern Conference Preview Haikus
Milwaukee Bucks Crown rests with Giannis No Chick-fil-a nugs last year Middy’s health the fix? Giannis is the consensus best player in the NBA, and…
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Jalen Williams, Ousmane Dieng and the Oklahoma City Fun-der
Through three years of meticulously acquiring draft picks like it’s the newest fad cryptocurrency, the Oklahoma City Thunder rebuild looked like it was finally coming…
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The 2022-23 HoopSocial Preseason Writers’ survey
The 2022-23 HoopSocial Preseason Writers’ survey The new season is almost upon us. The staff at HoopSocial answered some crucial questions heading into the new…
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NBA Futures: Win Totals Over/Under Picks for all 30 Teams in the 2022-23 Season
I am not someone who Gambles. In fact, I outright refuse to bet on anything. However, I do want to give where I feel about…
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Five NBA Players With The Most To Prove This Season
What would the NBA be without narratives? Over the course of last season and the summer, narratives following multiple NBA stars were created, fulfilled, and…
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21 Wild Predictions
A quick plug before we get to the usual article: I was thrilled and honored to host a podcast with NBA analyst nonpareil David Thorpe,…
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Denver Nuggets Optimism and the Roadmap Going Forward
Opening up the preseason with a pair of losses is not what one would want but for the Denver Nuggets, but those two games were…
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The Death Of The Defensive Specialist Is A Harbinger Of Things To Come
It used to be that if you had one plus skill, you could be a role player in the NBA. Think sweet-shooting but sedentary power…
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Early NBA Preseason Overreactions
Every season, the NBA world overreacts to every bit of information given to us. One highlight play in a preseason game, you’re a sleeper for…
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Ben Simmons Is Back, But Is He Different?
After a half-season of back-and-forth with the Philadelphia 76ers over whether or not Simmons was faking mental distress to force a trade, in which neither…
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Positional Scoring Trends
Here’s a fun chart I made! This is the % of total points scored in the NBA, split by position. For example, in 2021-2022, the…
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