NBA energy rankingsRicky O’Donnell, SBNation
NBA Energy Rankings: Largest questions for every staff midway by means of the seasonESPN
NBA energy rankings 2025-26Kurt Helin, NBC Sports activities
NBA midseason traits: 4 storylines to observe amid playoff raceZach Kram/Kevin Pelton, ESPN
This Week’s Kings of the CourtroomJacob Sutton, JSutt Hoops
Rookie Ladder: Kon Knueppel edges previous Cooper Flagg for No. 1 spotSteve Aschburner, NBA.com
2026 NBA Draft Massive BoardChristopher Kline, Fansided
The category stretches a lot deeper than the marquee names.
Bruce Thornton is a Grasp of ManagementJacob Lerea, No Ceilings
BOS: Celtics Mid-Season Report Playing cards (Starters)Adam Taylor, Celtics Chronicle
BOS: A Convention Finals PreviewPaul Flannery, Hoopology
CHI: 3 takeaways from Bulls’ win over ClippersJulia Poe, Chicago Tribune
CLE: Cavs’ ugly loss to Thunder reveals a regarding Darius Garland developmentJimmy Watkins, cleveland.com
CLE: Cavs’ Core 4 might have hit their ceilingEthan Sands, cleveland.com
CLE: How Cleveland is dropping the East’s psychological toughness battleEthan Sands/Jimmy Watkins, cleveland.com
DEN: Nuggets lose to Lakers behind second-half droughtVinny Benedetto, Denver Gazette
DEN: Nuggets blow 16-point result in Lakers as Luka Doncic goes for 38Bennett Durando, Denver Submit
DET: Jalen Duren is Made for DetroitOmar Zahran, Medium
GSW: Kuminga Mania takes one other flip for Jimmy Butler-less WarriorsNick Friedell, The Athletic
GSW: how the worst 24 hours in warriors entrance workplace historical past turned leverage into disasterbang!
GSW: Stephen Curry determination time: stay a Warrior, or contend?Henry Abbott, True Hoop
GSW: Empty energy, thunderous dunks — the Warriors embrace the artwork of droppingDieter Kurtenbach, Mercury Information
What we witnessed Tuesday wasn’t a basketball recreation within the conventional sense. It was efficiency artwork. It was the Golden State Warriors coming into their post-modern section.
For individuals who didn’t spend their school years carrying turtlenecks and studying French philosophy, let’s simplify “post-modernism.” Within the easiest phrases, it’s a rejection of the grand narrative. It’s skepticism in regards to the existence of a single “fact.”
In artwork, it’s when the fashion turns into extra necessary than the substance.
In basketball? It’s what occurs when the scoreboard stops being the purpose of the train.
It’s when the “fact” — profitable the sport — is changed by the “vibe” — spotlight reels.
That was the Warriors’ actuality of their first recreation following Jimmy Butler’s proper ACL tear on Monday. The grand narrative of a championship is lifeless.
And within the wreckage, we discovered one thing peculiar: a celebration of the meaningless.
HOU: Reed Sheppard made performs vs. Spurs, and the Rockets are displaying they will contendWilliam Guillory, The Athletic
HOU: Rockets want Reed Sheppard’s taking pictures now greater than ever. Win over Spurs exhibits whyVarun Shankar, Houston Chronicle
