Basketball writers talking about the basketball season during the part of the offseason between offseason roundups and regular season previews is kinda like baseball radio announcers who chime in on the inning they're supposed to take off. Nobody really needs these additions, but why not? BEN SIMMONS WORKS
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DALLAS MAVERICKS You're really going to throw a rookie coach out there, huh? This Mavericks gig looks like a job for a forward-thinking assistant coach, someone who knows the NBA ranks inside and out. I understand that last line is cliché. That's what I get
ATLANTA HAWKS Doesn't a team badly need a point guard? Point guards are useless, too small, who needs 'em. Personally, not a fan. Subscribe for more.
CLEVELAND CAVALIERS Did you just ruin it all or save everything? We wouldn't trust Peyton Watson to dribble from half-court to hash-mark, but he is a live body, an actual rotation player to toss out for 30-odd minutes. Can't shoot, can't
Cannot believe I came up with individual questions for all 30 teams at this time of year. What an incredible coincidence. BOSTON CELTICS You doin' anything with those Philly picks, or ... It isn't that we think Paul Pierce may come out of retirement to help with Boston&
The problem for the Bulls, and new GM Bryson Graham, are numbers. Growing numbers, shrinking numbers, low numbers, high numbers, The Who, Small Faces, Kinks, whole scene. The team is fourth on Chicago's depth chart, behind football and baseball and Blackhawks. The internet takes stronger issue with Chicago
We will see a different Jaylen Brown, Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid and V.J. Edgecombe next season. Each won't be able to help it. Nobody's bowing down, but they will peel off. LeBron James will have the ball in Philadelphia for as long as LeBron'
We won't miss Don Nelson too much because his legacy is right in front of us, starting in October and all the way through June. Best players on the floor, always running, taking the best shot for the most points. This isn't Don Nelson's
The bummer here is not the East, but what they keep doing to our East. Sure, the East won the last title, took the 2025 Finals to seven games, won in 2024 and 2021 and 2019. Nice outputs, poorly sustained so far. At least those teams tried, even if it