Archive - 🏀 5x5 | Royce Webb

Five Big Anthony Davis Trades That Might Actually Work

Job 1 in Dallas: Move AD and build around Cooper Flagg

Dec 12 • Jeremias Engelmann

2 NBA Lottery Draft Prospects Who Look Seriously Overrated

NBA draft boards need to be updated

Dec 10 • Jeremias Engelmann

Motown Leads the East — and It Looks Legit. What’s Goin' On?

The Pistons have one of the league's best young cores and a proven formula to win big, now and in the future

Dec 5 • Jeremias Engelmann

My Early Rankings of 3 Top NBA Prospects — AJ Dybantsa, Cameron Boozer, and Caleb Wilson

Plus their strengths and areas for improvement — with stats & video

Dec 2 • Jeremias Engelmann

November 2025

8 NBA Rookies Crushing It — and 5 Lottery Picks Who Aren’t

Rookie breakouts and the biggest disappointments — what advanced stats & video show

Nov 24 • Jeremias Engelmann

How Are the Phoenix Suns *THIS* Good — and What Happens Now?

The Suns are in the playoff chase just a month after Vegas listed them as the third-worst team in the West

Nov 20 • Jeremias Engelmann

The Mavs' Absolute Best Path Out of Purgatory — Perspective from a Former Mavs Analytics Staffer

Nico Harrison put Dallas on a very dark timeline. Here’s how the next GM can brighten the future.

Nov 18 • Jeremias Engelmann

Power Grabs that Brought Down the Dallas Mavericks: Lessons from the Nico Harrison–Luka Dončić Fiasco

As a former Mavs staffer, here are my takeaways

Nov 11 • Jeremias Engelmann

8 Young Players Who Are Killing It, According to Advanced Stats

Rising and surprising, here are eight emerging NBA stars to watch — with video

Nov 5 • Jeremias Engelmann

October 2025

10 Takes: NBA's Latest Betting Scandals

NBA Substack on the Chauncey Billups and Terry Rozier arrests ... and the league's response

Oct 27 • Royce Webb

NBA Predictions: 20 Bold Forecasts (with Vegas odds) — Plus New Over/Under Picks

Let's forecast what happens this season by looking at some of my best bets

Oct 20 • Jeremias Engelmann

My Predictions for All 15 West Teams — Based on Advanced Stats and a Strategy That Beats Vegas

How many games will your favorite team win this season?

Oct 2 • Jeremias Engelmann

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