At 15:15 minute mark Brad Underwood receives a question about the potential 5-in-5 rule where athletes could play five full seasons of competition over a five-year span, while redshirts, waivers and other exceptions for additional seasons of eligibility are eliminated.

The year-over-year change in the NBA’s average time to shoot after an opponent’s made basket since 2000 Data: inpredictable.com It’s stagnated in the past 8 seasons. Curious if teams start pushing the pace more off makes this season.

Former Chicago Bulls VP of Basketball Strategy and Assistant GM Steve Weinman was named Wake Forest General Manager for the men's and women's basketball programs while also serving as Senior Associate Athletics Director for Analytics. Prior, Weinman spent 13 years with the Bulls.

If you are a fan of Reinsdorf owned teams, you may be entitled to a cold beverage.

Luke Kornet would contest three-point shots without getting near a shooter, just trying to obscure the rim, callijg the move an eclipse. @owenlhjphillips spent a good amount of time studying it and found useful results. open.substack.com/pub/thef5/p/...

Paying big bucks for an offensive minded 2-guard that’s a negative on defense hasn’t been very conducive to team building in the modern NBA.

Hey guys, I talked to Rick Carlisle about the Pacers playing random - drawing influence from jazz - implementing this style in 2025 vs 2011 - why the NBA is running less PnR - do all teams play the same? - siakam, always adapting this is meaningful youtu.be/zTkNAb3Bvd0

2025-26 Illini Basketball Player Numbers Mihailo Petrovic, the 22-year-old point guard from Serbia will wear no. 77, the same number he wore with KK Mega Basket where he averaged 14.2 points and 7.3 assists per game last season.

Just In: The Boston Celtics and Chris Boucher have agreed to a one-year deal, league sources told @hoopshypeofficial.bsky.social. Roc Nation Sports VP Sam Permut and Celtics officials worked together to finalize the agreement.

I like the Chris Boucher signing for the Celtics. All the videos I reposted that you will see below in your timeline all came from one quarter of basketball vs the Warriors this past season.

Chris Boucher with the pump fake side step three. #NBA #Raptors

It's the Chris Boucher show as he continues to beat the Warriors closeouts. #NBA #Raptors

Chris Boucher stops the drive AND blocks the shooter. #NBA #Raptors

CHRIS BOUCHER WITH THE HAMMER! #NBA #Raptors

Give De’Aaron Fox the ball, let him attack, and he’s a bucket

I keep telling myself that this is a tradable salary slot. Fox is a good player with many talents. Good scorer, driver, mid range shooter, playmaker. He’s also a small guard & negative perimeter shooter. When stars on other teams want out, Fox could be the salary going the other way for a better fit

A lot of good info from Clippers assistant Jeff Van Gundy in the latest Slappin Glass podcast episode

Two noteworthy things here: -$6M less than the max he could've gotten on an extension -Signed a week before the "if I wait to sign until now then I can't be traded at this year's deadline" date

Illinois center Tomislav Ivisic mentioned he arrived at Illinois out of shape on this day last year. Whereas on 7/30/25, he has been working out with strength and conditioning coach Adam Fletcher for the past three months resulting in better movement, jumping, and overall increased athleticism.

Kylan Boswell said it’s funny watching new Illini teammates and brothers Tomislav & Zvonimir Ivisic cuss each other out in Croatian. No one understands what they’re saying, which makes the smack talk even funnier. Full interview: youtu.be/84xWzwyNzlM?...

Terrence Shannon Jr emphatic dunks from last season posted by the Wolves on IG

New dataset on bestsellers from 40+ countries, with consistent coverage for France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the U.S. Congrats to the authors @sdileonardi.bsky.social, @beccacohen.bsky.social, and @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social on this major contribution! 🎉 🔗: doi.org/10.18737/386...

Using body pose data to compare hip heights for defenders of different heights (among players who defended 250+ drives last season).

Ja 🤩

🏀The Houston Rockets already lead the NBA in rate of Offensive Rebounding by a full 7.3% above league average last season. And I think it's worth noting that Josh Okogie and Capela only make their roster more dominant in that regard. (📊2024-25 data, players > 500 min)

NEWS: NBA Draft guru Jonathan Givony is leaving ESPN after eight years. ESPN made an offer for him to stay, but he decided to focus on his own company DraftExpress going forward, The Athletic has learned.

Terrence Shannon Jr. probably didn't need to play in Summer League. But he played like he needed to. That and other thoughts from Vegas. www.nytimes.com/athletic/650...

Oh how quickly things can change in the NBA

Per source: Chris Paul is BACK

Breaking: The Los Angeles Clippers have agreed to a deal with 12-time All-Star Chris Paul, league sources told @hoopshypeofficial.bsky.social. Paul also drew interest from the Suns, Bucks, and other teams in free agency, sources said.

I caught Chicago Cubs fever and made @cubsinformatics.bsky.social today. Posting baseball charts, videos, and things of that nature.

New Tool Out! This is CourtSketches's PlayerShift 2.0. Select any player and teammate accross the past 25 NBA seasons(rs and ps!), and see how said players output 'shifts' with the other player on and off the court. Let me know what you think! #NBASKY #DEN #LAL nbavisuals.com/playershift

The next chapter unfolds.

Over the backboard shot attempt in Lithuania vs France u20 Eurobasket semi finals.

One rather fascinating Brook Lopez factoid: Brook Lopez and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar are the only centers in NBA history to log 2,500+ minutes in each of their first 3 seasons and then log 2,500+ minutes in their 17th NBA season or later.

NBA teams have been using the word “procedure” more often lately instead of “surgery” because the messaging sounds less severe. So it’s kind of refreshing that the Pels organization just calls it what it is — “surgery” Thus completes my dumb observation post.

This week on The F5: What does summer league tell us about a rookie's regular season? More than you think... thef5.substack.com/p/summer-lea...

Added xrapm.com to the resource database. This is a website created by Jeremias Engelmann who previously worked in the NBA for the Phoenix Suns and more recently the Dallas Mavericks and currently writes for the 5x5 Substack open.substack.com/pub/5x5baske...

In light of buyout for Cole Anthony, I wrote about the critical margins for small guards, combo guards. The necessary skills they need to be elite in, the implications (great and bad), the impact on Grizz guard rotation, scouting self-accountability subtsakalidis.substack.com/p/cole-antho...

Not round here, partner!

Damian Lillard was able to get a full no-trade clause from the Portland Trail Blazers because he meets the criteria for one. To get a full NTC, a player has to have 8 years of service and 4 years with the same team. The 4 years does not need to be consecutive, however. Lillard has 11 years with POR.

Kasparas Jakucionis step back three

The latest on Giddey, Kuminga, Grimes, & Thomas from @jakelfischer.bsky.social

Yang Hansen wants the smoke! 💨

Phoenix Suns payroll breakdown after the Bradley Beal buyout. This doesn’t show cap hit, but rather percentage of the cap a player takes up. Booker (blue) and Beal’s dead cap hit (green) take up a good chunk of the Suns’ books through 2029-30, making it tough to build a contender.

Bradley Beal gave back $13.8 million in his buyout with the Phoenix Suns, sources told @hoopshypeofficial.bsky.social. By using the stretch provision, Phoenix can get below the luxury tax and both aprons, be able to trade future draft picks and save money, giving them roster maneuvering flexibility.

Terrence Shannon Jr corner three followed by a drive finishing through contact on the next possession.

The Wizards won a game? PLAY THE MUSIC.