Archive - 🏀 5x5 | Royce Webb

NBA All-Fluff Team for 2025-26

Who creates the most empty calories? Here are five big names, including multiple All-Stars and MVP candidates

Mar 10 • Jeremias Engelmann

The NBA Rookie Who Breaks the Box Score

Advanced metrics love Boston's unheralded first-round pick

Mar 6 • Jeremias Engelmann

NBA Draft Analysis: Has Keaton Wagler Passed Mikel Brown Jr. as a Lottery Prospect?

Two tall guards likely to be high draft picks, but with significant differences

Mar 3 • Jeremias Engelmann

February 2026

NBA Future Rankings — for All 30 Teams

Nate Silver asked me to contribute to his NBA "Future of the Franchise" rankings. Here's how I see the next decade for every NBA team

Feb 25 • Jeremias Engelmann

Small Guards, Big Risks — NBA Draft Prospects Kingston Flemings and Darius Acuff Jr.

The NBA is a hostile environment for this type of player

Feb 23 • Jeremias Engelmann

Darryn Peterson: The Risks — and Upside — of Taking Him No. 1

A sky-high ceiling paired with a low floor makes him an exciting but high-risk prospect

Feb 13 • Jeremias Engelmann

Kon Knueppel: Best Rookie of the Past Three Decades?

Advanced stats say it's close

Feb 10 • Jeremias Engelmann

My 4 Favorite — and 4 Most Hated — Moves from a Polarizing NBA Trade Deadline

The Pistons, Celtics, and Warriors are among the winners at this year's deadline

Feb 6 • Jeremias Engelmann

11 Takes on a Strange NBA Trade Deadline

NBA Substack on this year's trade season and what it all means going forward

Feb 6 • Royce Webb

Three Reasons the Mavs Traded Anthony Davis — and Why Bad Teams Stay Bad

But did Dallas really have to trade AD? And why did the Wizards want him?

Feb 5 • Jeremias Engelmann

Utah Lost the Jaren Jackson Jr. Trade — So Did Memphis Win It?

The Jazz speed up, but to what end?

Feb 4 • Jeremias Engelmann

Six Trade Destinations for James Harden

Which contending teams would be the best fit?

Feb 3 • Jeremias Engelmann

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