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Jalen Williams' injury and championship gates @basketballpoetry.com ✍️ bit.ly/4kht5GX

Oh no Jalen Williams man, that looked horrible.

Ty Jerome for MVP, the Blazers looking like the Eye of Aldhani, the Spurs’ three-guard lineup wrinkle, and far more about every NBA team: www.basketballpoetry.com/p/one-takeaw...

The Suns are in the penalty before they’ve scored a point

Ja/Lillard backcourt holding up defensively so far!

Ty Jerome is going from "advanced analytics deity" to actual deity

NAW bout to be the first ever repeat MIP winner

Not a lot has gone right for Miami tonight, but some of the Jovic-Giannis two-man game has been interesting

Why they doing Drew Gooden like that lol

Jaylen Brown had a game-high plus/minus, his Sixers beat the champs, and Boston blew a big lead. His Twitch is gonna be unbearable

Jordan Clarkson putting the team on his back!

Hell of a way to kick off the season

Honestly didn't expect Detroit to go to John Collins at the 5 in Game 1

After three quarters, the difference is Baylor Scheierman's buzzer-beater and Kevin Huerter's buzzer-beater that wasn't.

My final set of NBA preview haikus (and key questions): Denver Nuggets Sisyphus, task grows Every year, a bigger rock The toil, sigh, the toil Utah Jazz Seat belts, everyone Prepare for takeoff. Landing? Don’t worry ‘bout that If you're a glutton for punishment: 👇👇 👇 x.com/bballispoetr...

It’s time for my annual NBA Preview haikus (paired with key questions)! A sample: Philadelphia 76ers One ball, one ball, will be the cry, while the Sixers pass opponents by Detroit Pistons The hunting dog dreams hind legs kicking, chasing prey Redemption ready. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Here’s a story about how a dozen breakfast sandwiches, a chance encounter with an unhomed man named Harry, and an unshakeable devotion to doing the right thing on and off the court have turned Sion James into a Charlotte Hornets cultural cornerstone: www.basketballpoetry.com/p/sion-james...

The Hornets’ Sion James runs charities, guards stars, and *allegedly* can’t talk trash. Click below for far more on how Charlotte’s second-year player is turning intangibles into tangibles while leaving winning in his wake: www.basketballpoetry.com/p/sion-james...

One of my favorite articles: Unlikely-but-plausible predictions! 14 ahead-of-the-curve thoughts on the 76ers’ superpower, tagging up, Egor Demin, Meleek Thomas, Austin Reaves, Cooper Flagg, and much more: www.basketballpoetry.com/p/14-unlikel...

It’s good to see Dame playing again

Braden Smith with some slickness

It's that godawful time of year when every statistical database defaults to preseason stats

NBA League Pass rankings, Part II! In other words, here’s where we talk about all the fun teams: www.basketballpoetry.com/p/nba-league...

When the pumpkin spice lattes come out, so do my NBA League Pass power rankings! Click below to read about 15 of the best watches in the league (just not, you know, THE best): www.basketballpoetry.com/p/nba-league...

Little ironic but sure

Predicting next season’s top defenses is a fool’s errand, which is why I’m the perfect guy for the job. San Antonio, sure. Oklahoma City, of course. How high can Toronto rise? Does Memphis make an appearance?? (Spoilers: they do.) www.basketballpoetry.com/p/predicting...

The third and final part of my annual offseason project outlining something exciting about every NBA team! The Celtics' pecking order, super sophomores, and the deepest guard room in the league: www.basketballpoetry.com/p/something-...

I picked the NBA’s top-10 offenses for 2027. It got weird. Raps were top-10 in halfcourt and just added an on/off deity. Boston: top-decile last year w/ JT and w/o JB; they were 87th percentile w/o either. Who leaps from bottom-10 to top-10? More below: www.basketballpoetry.com/p/picking-th...

Skeets got this up before I could even post to socials! You all go read too, please

Training camp is just weeks away! Here are five weird lineups that probably wouldn’t work I’d love to see. Orlando getting weird, Portland putting on a defensive clinic, broken 2K sliders in Charlotte, and more: www.basketballpoetry.com/p/5-weird-li...

The second in my three-part series highlighting something positive about every NBA team. Pelle Larsson, inner peace, a few notable injury returns, and far more: www.basketballpoetry.com/p/something-...

The hubris of LAC is astounding. The NBA would've been thrilled if Clips had said "hey, we admit no purposeful wrongdoing, but understand we made a mistake. Let's settle by forfeiting two firsts." Instead, they thumbed their nose and dared Adam Silver to do something. And Adam Silver did.

"The NBA’s official report is explosive. I don’t know the legal definition of a 'smoking gun,' but there sure are a lot of red-eyed pistols listening to Grateful Dead albums on repeat around here." More Kawhi/Ballmer/Clippers/Silver thoughts here: www.basketballpoetry.com/p/silver-bri...

Emergency Double Dribble pod with @modakhilnba.bsky.social on Clippers/Kawhi/Aspiration. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2eXW... YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=pyPf...

The punishment was needed, but this all sucks for Clippers fans and I’m sorry for them

Shams said FOUR companies? Aspiration, Daktronics… and who am I missing?

All-you-can-listen on a top-5 League Pass team next year!

My fifth annual “Something Positive” series, from Wizards to Thunder (with the rest coming soon). The Eye of Aldhani, Toronto’s disgusting defensive potential, the Spurs addressing a weakness, a Jusuf Nurkic GIF to assuage my guilt, and more: www.basketballpoetry.com/p/something-...

Bam Adebayo shot more three-pointers than Desmond Bane last year, per game and per 100. Crazy for lots of reasons!

The hidden benefit of Jonathan Kuminga’s defense How LaMelo Ball can fix the Wolves’ spacing issues single-handedly And why the Wolves will be my top League Pass team yet again: www.basketballpoetry.com/p/kuminga-an...

Looking at salaries and estimated wins by player age bands: www.basketballpoetry.com/p/examining-...

(*Puts on newsboy cap, clears throat*) Peyton Watson traded to the Cavaliers! Peyton Watson traded to the Cavaliers! Read all about it (with some trade grades)! www.basketballpoetry.com/p/peyton-wat...

On Russell Westbrook’s retirement: Jujutsu Kaisen, the “Russel Westbrook Fan Club” [sic], an endless succession of trees, and more. www.basketballpoetry.com/p/another-ru...

Kawhi, Trae Young, Jaylen Brown, slot-machine centers, and the other riskiest moves of the NBA offseason so far: www.basketballpoetry.com/p/the-7-risk...

Breakout players! Talkin’ Collin Murray-Boyles, Donovan Clingan, Jordan Miller, and (one) more: www.basketballpoetry.com/p/four-break...

We touch on 20+ players who could have a breakout year, so yeah, a lotta ground covered!

me getting to talk with @basketballpoetry.com about dylan cardwell and reed sheppard and multiple wizards and many others

Here at Basketball Poetry, accountability matters. That’s why I go back and grade all my preseason unlikely-but-plausible predictions with a red pen, from the good (Keegan Murray’s contract) to the bad (Charlotte has the worst defense in the league). www.basketballpoetry.com/p/grading-my...