Here's the latest installment of our Daily Duncs: a curated list of writing, video, and podcasts on a near-daily basis for subscribers. You can read, watch, and listen to exactly what Danny and I are consuming every day if you so choose.
Podcast: The Trail Blazers are a mess, just like the West; Western Conference Buy/Sell (Game Theory)
- Danny joins Sam Vecenie to discuss the Blazers and take stock of the West.
- Shams and Sam Amick on Neil Olshey, Damian Lillard, and the Blazers.
- John Hollinger on the Blazers, Alabama’s JD Davison, and more.
Power Rankings, Week 8: Warriors hold No. 1 spot as Top 10 shifts (NBA.com)
- John Scuhmann on the Cavs, Grizzlies and much more in this week’s power rankings.
How crunch-time defines the current state of the Pacers (Indy Cornrows)
- Caitlin Cooper examines some of Indiana’s struggles.
The Russell Westbrook Trade Is Working Out — For The Wizards (FiveThirtyEight)
- Jared Dubin on the new-look Wizards.
- Kelly Iko on Christian Wood and Houston’s winning streak.
Are we at PEAK 3-pointers? (The Visual In the Noise)
- JP Hwang on some of the leaguewide 3-point shooting trends.
- Kelsey Russo and Joe Vardon on Ricky Rubio’s season in Cleveland.
- Darius Soriano on the Lakers’ center rotation.
The Whiteboard: Power ranking the NBA’s peskiest defenders (The Step Back)
- Ian Levy on some of the league’s top defenders.
- David Aldridge on John Wall.
Clippings: Defensive rebounds have become the Clippers’ kryptonite (Clips Nation)
- Sabreena Merchant on some of the Clippers’ rebounding struggles.
Dennis Schröder delivering high-pace isolation offense the Celtics are missing (The Athletic)
- Jared Weiss on Dennis Schröder bringing a new element to Boston’s offense.
The curious case of Duncan Robinson's shooting (Basketball News)
- Nekias Duncan on Duncan Robinson’s slow start.
- Anthony Slater takes a closer look at the Draymond Green-Deandre Ayton matchup.