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NBA 2025 Summer League Standouts: TCH Roundtable

I recently asked The Center Hub contributors to pick someone who stood out to them at this year’s NBA 2025 Summer League. Here’s who they went with: Caleb Mueller: Koby Brea can flat out shoot the ball & shows an understanding of where to get his shots in the flow of the Phoenix Suns’ offense. He…
USA’s U19 Roster Dominates World Cup, Top NBA Prospects Shine

A 7-0 World Cup for the United States dominate U-19 roster ends with a 109-76 triumph of Germany. The USA mostly ran through their opponents besides a close six point victory against Canada in the Quarterfinals led by 20 point performances from AJ Dybantsa and Mikel Brown Jr. For the purpose of this article, I…
Initial Impressions of 2026 Draft Class

With the 2025 NBA Draft in the books, it’s time to turn the page and begin looking ahead to the 2026 draft. I do want to make it clear that in this article, I’m just dipping my toes in the water with regards to the 2026 draft class – and that’s intentional. We’re in July,…
An Examination of Fit: What Can Knueppel, Thiero, and Richardson Bring to Their New Teams?

The 2025 NBA Draft cycle is now beyond us. As expected, Cooper Flagg went to the Mavericks, Dylan Harper headed to San Antonio, but the rest of the first round served up plenty of shockers and head-scratchers. I thought some teams drafting in the late 1st or early 2nd round got excellent value for their…
Ford’s Focus: NBA Draft Night 1

The NBA Draft kicked off last night with Round 1, marking the culmination of a significant amount of draft work, podcasts recorded, and articles consumed. The event itself did not disappoint, with a mix of expected can’t-miss selections, some more dubious surprises, and a few picks that were…let’s just say, a few that came a…
The Nine Most Intriguing Contract Situations this Offseason

This offseason will be interesting to say the least. There’s only one team with substantial cap space (the Brooklyn Nets), and the free agent class as a whole is underwhelming. In this article, the nine most intriguing contract situations this offseason will be discussed. Here is the list of players that’ll be discussed in this…
2025 NBA Draft Guide

Welcome! Here is our 2025 NBA Draft Guide. Downloadable link below! Thanks for reading!
The NBA Finals’ five most interesting things

The NBA Finals are upon us. Tomorrow, the Indiana Pacers will begin their battle with the Oklahoma City Thunder for basketball supremacy. There should be highlights galore. The Pacers sprint around the court at top speed, playing with the controlled chaos of a top-tier jazz ensemble. The Thunder are a menacing band of highwaymen, harassing…
The Parallels Between Cooper Flagg And ….. Tyrese Haliburton?!

Towards the end of April, The Athletic dropped an anonymous NBA player survey in which Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers was somehow named as the most overrated player in the NBA by his peers. With Indiana being on the verge of an NBA Finals appearence, the notion that Haliburton is somehow overrated seems as…
Music and Basketball

Music has the ability to draw so many different emotions out of a person. It has the power to change a generation of people in so many ways. It also has the power to literally change the world around us. So much so that it influenced me to also dabble into the music industry as…
My Big Fat Greek 8 Giannis Trades

The writing on the wall certainly adds up when it comes to Giannis’ potential exit from the Milwaukee Bucks. After losing the series 4-1 to the Indiana Pacers, a series in which co-star Damian Lillard tore his Achilles, the Bucks now have failed to get out of the first round of the playoffs for three…
Deep Dive: Jumbo Initiators As Shooters

This is a follow-up to the shooting projection article I did earlier in the season. That other piece was more broad and touched on many different concepts, ideas, and research related to shooting projection. This one focuses on the shooting projection of “Jumbo Initiators.” For the purpose of this article, I’ll loosely define jumbo initiators…
More Shooters = Better Offense? It May Not be as Simple as That

The 2014-15 Golden State Warriors team won 67 games in the regular season and breezed through the NBA playoffs en route to the first title in their glorious dynasty. They were spearheaded by the greatest shooting duo of all time, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, who caused basketball and offensive scheming to change monumentally. Phrases…
GBN Tier: Part 2 – Cost-Benefit Analysis for High-Potential vs. Immediate-Impact Contributors

The 2025 NBA Draft promises to be a rollercoaster of potential, where teams will weigh the fine balance between risk and reward, the known and the unknown. At the heart of this class lies a collection of players who stand at various crossroads — some ready to contribute from day one, while others possess such…
Ford’s Focus: A Week in Review

Welcome to Ford’s Focus, a weekly column that I will use to cover my thoughts in basketball based off of the news and games that I consumed over the week. Now, I know, I know, this is coming out during the last week of the NBA regular season. What horrible timing, right? I would agree-except…