[Basketball Books]: List of Top-Rated Books from Sports Writers
@SprtBookReviews polled over 150 sportswriters on which sports books they really love, and here are the best basketball books from those responses along with some other best-of lists for reference.
[NBA Draft]: 2023 Mock Draft Comparison, January 2023
We now have five mock drafts to compare, including Kevin O’Connor/The Ringer, Ricky O’Donnell/SB Nation, Sam Vecenie/The Athletic, Jeremy Woo/Sports Illustrated, Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, Bryan Kalbrosky/USA Today Tankathon, and the first Hoops Distillery mock draft of 2023!
[NBA Draft]: 2023 Big Board Comparison, December 2022 (updated 1/8)
We finally have a few 2023 big boards to stack up against each other. So, here’s our first #bigboardcomp of the year featuring boards from Sam Vecenie/The Athletic, Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, Jonathan Givony/ESPN-Draft Express and Tankathon.
[Archive]: 2022 Big Board Comparisons
An archive of all 2022 big board comparisons for easy reference.
[Archive]: 2021 Big Board Comparisons
An archive of all 2021 big board comparisons for easy reference.
[Archive]: 2022 Mock Draft Comparisons
An archive of all 2022 mock draft comparisons for easy reference.
[Archive]: 2021 Mock Draft Comparisons
An archive of all 2021 mock draft comparisons for easy reference.
[NBA Draft]: 2023 Mock Draft Comparison, Oct/Nov/Dec
Some fresh picks to compare from Jeremy Woo/SI, Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, ESPN-Draft Express/Jonathan Givony, Sam Vecenie/The Athletic, and Tankathon. Wemby + Scoot we know, but then what…
[Analytics]: Why Advanced NBA Metrics Like Jokic’s Defense
Really good food for thought on this thread by Sam Vecenie/The Athletic reacting to a thread by Nate Silver/538. Utilization of defensive metrics is always an interesting debate!
[Reader Mailbag]: Top-Rated Off-Season Consumables
The doldrums of August have come and gone with player movement grinding to a stop after the KD trade demand, so we go to the reader mailbag to answer a great question about the tastiest off-season content.
[NBA Draft]: 2023 Mock Draft Comparison, July 2022 (updated 8/2)
It’s officially Wemby time! Our first 2023 mock draft comparison featuring Jonathan Givony/ESPN-Draft Express, Ricky O’Donnell/SB Nation,, and Tankathon.
[Awards]: Hoops Distillery 2022 NBA Podcast of the Year
NBA Twitter has spoken and the winner of the 2022 NBA Podcast of the Year is….
[NBA Draft]: Comparison of Actual 2022 Draft vs. Final Mock Drafts
A comparison of the final 2022 mock drafts from the top NBA Draft analysts compared to the actual 2022 draft order.