Category: Research Features
Hey yo! What’s up? It’s your favorite NBA writer, Mat Issa. I’m here to bring you the very first edition of my (hopefully) new column at Basketball Insiders: Matty Ice’s Mailbag. This mailbag isn’t too different from other mailbags you’ve consumed in the past. You ask me questions on Twitter (@matissa15), and I answer them […]
Key Highlights: Isaiah Joe is wildly important to the Thunder because of his shooting and synergy with Gilgeous-Alexander Joe may need to be a part of the Thunder’s best five man lineup if they are going to make a deep playoff run There are questions about how Joe’s defense will translate to a playoff setting […]
Key Highlights: In sports, having good spacing makes everything easier But just because you don’t have good spacing doesn’t mean you can’t win The Pelicans showed us that you can combat bad spacing through effort, physicality, and tough shot-making I’ve been watching basketball for a long time. And usually, when you do something for a […]
Key Highlights: Tyrese Maxey, Terry Rozier, and Anfernee Simons are all having great offensive seasons. Meanwhile, Jordan Poole is struggling heavily. CJ McCollum is having a surprisingly good defensive season. Simons is having a rough defensive year. Maxey has a strong case as the best offense-first combo guard in the NBA. They say that the […]
Key Highlights The regular season is important, in part, because it gives us glimpses of schemes/tactics that could be used in the playoffs Michael Porter Jr. is a better low man defender than Jamal Murray If you attack Jamal Murray on defense, you can defang the Murray/Jokic two-man tandem A common complaint I hear from […]
Key Highlights: Markkanen is like a seven-foot Stephen Curry when he’s playing off the ball Markkanen is a better defender than most people give him credit for Markkanen is worth what the Jazz are asking for in a trade Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen looks like he may be the next star player to change […]
NBA star Anthony Edwards has been setting social media alight since Monday. The Timberwolves player hit the headlines after Instagram model Paige Jordae claimed Edwards paid her $100,000 to have an abortion. These claims came to light after Edwards’ girlfriend, Jeanine Robel recently posed for a photo shoot that was posted to her own Instagram. […]
The unfolding drama involving NBA star Anthony Edwards and Instagram model Paige Jordae has captured significant media attention. The controversy began with Jordae’s (who goes by ‘dreampaige’ on social media) claim of being pregnant with Edwards’ child, a situation that rapidly escalated when she alleged that Edwards had pressured her to undergo an abortion, even […]
Key Highlights: The three main ways to build a top-10 defense is through having good rim protection, defensive playmaking, or point-of-attack defense There is a fourth, less common, way to build a top-10 defensive unit If your offense isn’t elite, you need to be at least good (top-10 level) on defense A couple of weeks ago, […]
Key Highlights: Christie’s combination of point-of-attack defense, length, off-ball awareness, and defensive rebounding might make him Los Angeles’ best perimeter defender Christie is a better shooter than his 3-point percentage this year indicates Christie could be the perfect fifth player in Lakers’ closing lineup in the playoffs Last week, in his column “Four Things With […]
