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July 2026

18 NBA Takes: The Most Fascinating Storylines in the East
NBA Substack on the East's epic offseason and what happens now
 • Royce Webb
Vegas Reshuffled the 2026 Top 4 Rookies — and My Entire NBA Big Board
What we learned from Las Vegas Summer League, and how it changes my projections for this NBA draft class
 • Jeremias Engelmann
NBA Summer League, Part 2: The Hits, the Misses, the Question Marks
Evaluating 11 rookies in Vegas, from lottery picks to late first-round sleepers
 • Jeremias Engelmann
NBA Summer League: My First-Hand Impressions of the Top Draft Picks
Breaking down 12 of the top prospects, with stats and video
 • Jeremias Engelmann
That’s Gonna Cost You — Featuring Trae, Jaylen Brown, the Lakers, Plus 4 More
Seven NBA deals that didn't make a lot of sense to me
 • Jeremias Engelmann
Jeremias Engelmann's Jaylen Brown essay was the most-read story on the Boston Globe
Check out the Globe piece — and the 5x5 original
 • Royce Webb
NBA Steals of the Summer — 13 Deals the Numbers Say Are Bargains
Here are the deals that impressed me this summer
 • Jeremias Engelmann
The Numbers Say the Lakers Are Very Ordinary — Unless Walker Kessler Breaks Out
Big acquisitions offset by painful departures
 • Jeremias Engelmann
The Jaylen Brown Trade — The Celtics Bet on Analytics, while the Sixers Bet on Old-School Basketball
Why the consensus might be wrong
 • Jeremias Engelmann

June 2026

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