Basketball Bytes: The NBA Gamers Who Are — And Aren’t — Their Traditional Selves This 12 monthsNeil Paine, Neil’s Substack
De’Aaron Fox invokes superhero modeTom Ziller, Good Morning It’s Basketball
The place does James Harden rank among the many best shooters of all time?Ian Levy, The Whiteboard
‘Contained in the NBA’ to proceed on ABC and ESPN as a part of TNT-NBA settlementAndrew Marchand & Jenna West, The Athletic
Warriors, Grizzlies surviving the grind, scouting Cooper Flagg, NBA Cup Season!John Hollinger, The Athletic
ATL: Hawks careless with the ball as they fall to BlazersLauren Williams, The Atlanta Journal-Structure
BKN: Knicks draw back in third quarter to take second straight from NetsC.J. Holmes, New York Every day Information
BOS: 10 takeaways from a buzzer-beater evening within the BackyardAzad Rosay, Celtics Weblog
BOS: Jayson Tatum’s buzzer beater lifts Celtics over scrappy Raptors in OT: 9 takeawaysTom Westerholm, Boston.com
BOS: Jay Scrubb’s lengthy highway again to Boston by no means truly left the townJack Simone, Hardwood Houdini
CLE: Cavaliers win fifteenth straight recreation to start 2024-25 NBA season, becoming a member of an elite groupJenna West & Jason Lloyd, The Athletic
Atkinson has overhauled an offense that performed sluggish final 12 months and relied too closely on stale choose and rolls. The Cavaliers are moving into their actions faster, they’ve dramatically elevated the reducing, screening and passing from final 12 months and have shooters within the corners, a number of playmakers and elite ball handlers.
CLE: ‘What’s higher than that?’: Cavs to place excellent document on the road towards defending champion CelticsChris Fedor, Cleveland.com
CLE: The offseason plan fueling the Cleveland Cavaliers to the highest of the NBABrian Windhurst, ESPN.com
DAL: With out Luka Dončić, Mavericks Lean on P.J. Washington, Kyrie Irving, and Depth to Defeat ThunderGrant Afseth, Dallas Hoops Journal
GSW: How Warriors’ new blood on teaching workers already paying dividendsMonte Poole, NBC Sports activities Bay Space
