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🚨 UPDATE: Swish Theory’s 2025 NBA Draft Guide! Draft night is Wednesday. We’ve added ~𝕟𝕖𝕨~ features to our Big Board to get you completely prepared: 🧠 Long-form breakdowns & videos 🏀 Team Needs filter 📊 Interactive draft order view 🔗 2025.nbadraft.guide
Bumping Ahmed’s piece, who blends film and statistical analysis like no one else in the grassroots scene
Who are the most underrated players in the grassroots scene? @slipthescreen breaks down the games of six under-recruited players whose game has popped recently. Read it below! ⤵️
Short piece on AJ Dybantsa out now. substack.com/@michaelneff49…
Really enjoyed Ben's video on Arafan Diane. Wrote about him for @SwishTheory and as you can see Diane's dominance this summer compares favorably to recently drafted bigs!
arafan diane is an underrated, dominant throwback big man. i made my case for him as a top prospect in the 2026 high school class on youtube (link below):
I reposted on my substack a retrospective on Michael Finley's career originally published on the dearly departed Roll Call Sports Network. I think it deserved to be still available somewhere (with a cool brand new thunbnail) You find the link below
Avi does an incredible job articulating why it's important to go against the grain when evaluating. Egor has his warts, and while I'm still hesitant to deem him a surefire guy, sometimes being tall and passing the ball at an elite level might be enough to stick.
Egor Dëmin was a controversial pick, panned by eye test and analytics communities alike. @100guaranteed believes the tide has shifted too far. This is his case for the Brooklyn Nets' contentious lottery pick. Link below:⤵️
Every Nets fan should read this
Egor Dëmin was a controversial pick, panned by eye test and analytics communities alike. @100guaranteed believes the tide has shifted too far. This is his case for the Brooklyn Nets' contentious lottery pick. Link below:⤵️
Really awesome read. Nets fans should be excited about the player Egor Dëmin can become. His play in summer league has been encouraging so far. He’s going to be a fun player to watch develop over the next few seasons. I really like the way he sees the game at such a young age.
Egor Dëmin was a controversial pick, panned by eye test and analytics communities alike. @100guaranteed believes the tide has shifted too far. This is his case for the Brooklyn Nets' contentious lottery pick. Link below:⤵️
i'm a former egor demin skeptic. this article documents my transition to believer.
Egor Dëmin was a controversial pick, panned by eye test and analytics communities alike. @100guaranteed believes the tide has shifted too far. This is his case for the Brooklyn Nets' contentious lottery pick. Link below:⤵️
Dëmin was one of my toughest evaluations this cycle, and this piece is convincing enough to give the Nets’ pick more consideration. Unique angle from Avinash here, breaking through consensus stats analysis.
Egor Dëmin was a controversial pick, panned by eye test and analytics communities alike. @100guaranteed believes the tide has shifted too far. This is his case for the Brooklyn Nets' contentious lottery pick. Link below:⤵️
Every Avi article contains a thousand gems, this one made me rethink my eval of Egor as well
Egor Dëmin was a controversial pick, panned by eye test and analytics communities alike. @100guaranteed believes the tide has shifted too far. This is his case for the Brooklyn Nets' contentious lottery pick. Link below:⤵️
Avinash laid out the ultimate Egor case, using incredible statistical analysis to prove how rare and unprecedented his integration of traits are. Very compelling stuff, make sure to check it out!
Egor Dëmin was a controversial pick, panned by eye test and analytics communities alike. @100guaranteed believes the tide has shifted too far. This is his case for the Brooklyn Nets' contentious lottery pick. Link below:⤵️
Ep. 75 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 w/ @malquiza8! @SwishTheory 2025 Offseason Winners - Charlotte Hornets add Kon Knueppel, Collin Sexton, Liam McNeeley, Ryan Kalkbrenner, Sion James 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/0WzUpW… 🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…
"Everything (Charlotte Hornets) did this off season was built around finding the perfect connective pieces to surround LaMelo Ball and Brandon Miller with to thrive on offense." - @malquiza8 *NEW* 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 @SwishTheory Pod on The Kon Knueppel Hornets
I’m gonna be releasing more short-form writing like this throughout the year on Substack. Here, I shared some initial thoughts on Cam Boozer open.substack.com/pub/neffnba/p/…
i always love how ahmed blends statistical and film analysis for these grassroots prospects, nobody else is making content like it major co sign on arafan diane, colben landrew and terrence hayes jr from me, all awesome underrated players
Who are the most underrated players in the grassroots scene? @slipthescreen breaks down the games of six under-recruited players whose game has popped recently. Read it below! ⤵️
Invaluable read for any draft heads, love learning about sleepers in upcoming hs classes. @slipthescreen been cooking last few weeks with these pieces!!
Who are the most underrated players in the grassroots scene? @slipthescreen breaks down the games of six under-recruited players whose game has popped recently. Read it below! ⤵️