Skyler examines the Minnesota Timberwolves' past season, playoff story, schematics, and projections for the 2025 NBA season.

Skyler examines the Denver Nuggets' past season, playoff story, schematics, and projections for the 2025 NBA season.

Skyler examines OKC's past season, playoff story, schematics, and projections for the 2025 NBA season.

Skyler explores the roles, impact, and NBA takeaways for each of LeBron James, Steph Curry, and Kevin Durant following Team USA's gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

3:45 - The King

12:24 - The Chef

20:35 - The Durantula

26:24 - Conclusions

skyler examines four key reasons why the fierce backlash to KD's troll by Denver Nugget + Nikola Jokic fans was insecure and hateful.

1:43 - KD trolled anti-USA Americans, not Jokic

3:00 - Game sees game (especially for KD)

3:52 - KD wouldn't even want the Jok smoke

skyler investigates the context & factors surrounding Team USA coach Steve Kerr's decision to bench Jason Tatum for Team USA's opening pool play matchup against Serbia.

0:57 - Team USA's Wing Depth is Too Dangerous

3:27 - Jokic's Greatness Upped the Pressure

4:51 - FIBA Rules Ruin Rotations

8:21 - In Summary

skyler examines OKC's recent playoff analytics to explore the biggest determinants of its playoff ceiling given the new roster changes.

0:42 - foundation: "defense wins championships myth"

3:52 - context: OKC's last postseason

10:45 - factor #1: JDub + Chet offensive leaps

14:52 - factor #2: iHart's offensive integration

20:08 - factor #3: the best of the west got better too

23:24 - OKC 2025 playoff projection

skyler examines the incentives for teams & players to approve the new CBA and potential implications (more than trades/contracts) on the new era of the NBA.

skyler evaluates team USA and specifically grant hill's response & management of jaylen brown's claims that nike throttled his chances of replacing kawhi leonard at the 2024 olympics.

skyler examines implications of DeMar DeRozan signing with the Sacramento Kings on the team's potency on both ends of the court as well as why it can catapult the Kings at or near contention in the NBA's Western Conference.