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Your knees don’t hurt because of your knees. They hurt because of what’s around them.

4 exercises. Fix it for good.

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Stop overcomplicating your drills. Master the minimum before the maximum.

Inside-out footwork. Shot-ready on the catch. Every time.

What drill are your favorite shooting drills? 👇

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Minimum movement. Maximum efficiency.

Most players overcomplicate their footwork. The best shooters strip it down.

Diagonal stepback. Side step. Two directions each.

Your center of gravity does the work — not your feet.

Which side is harder for you?

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MVP ceiling. Red-flag concerns.

Darryn Peterson to the Jazz at 2. Day 7 of 8.

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Rondo Fake Progression!

What player has the best signature move?

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WEMBY, WOW!

WHAT A SHOT TO TIE THE GAME AT 108.

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Stability before strength. Balance before power. Control before chaos.

This is what basketball-specific training actually looks like.

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22.5 / 10 / 4 on 58% from the field and 40% from three.

Cameron Boozer to the Grizzlies at 3. Day 6 of 8.

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@BleacherReport Flopping karma

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Elite finishing. Elite defense. The shooting will come.

Caleb Wilson to the Bulls at 4.
Day 5 of 8.

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Is James Harden one of the hardest players to guard in the NBA?

So many defensive concepts have gone out the window, need to see structure in game 6 or there will be no game 7.

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@vsh____ Hunter is a better defender and that may be what you need with that lineup, but Keegan is great

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Sacramento just got their next franchise guard.

Mikel Brown Jr. to the Kings at 7 — highest ceiling at point guard outside the top 4. Swing for the fences.

Day 2 of 8.

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Deep pull-up range that opens up everything else.

Keaton Wagler to the Clippers at 5. Day 4 of 8.

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Higher scoring as a freshman than KAT, AD, Booker, Maxey, and Wall.

Craft over athleticism. Control over chaos. Darius Acuff Jr. to the Nets at 6.

Day 3 of 8.

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Day 1 of 8 — my 2026 NBA Draft predictions start with pick #8.

Aday Mara to the Atlanta Hawks. Not the consensus, but the right fit.

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Most shooting drills are repetitive. Same spot, same form, same reps.

@hoopin_mitch does the opposite with Duncan — every rep is a new problem to solve.

That's the Constraints-Led Approach, and it's why Duncan is in the 98th percentile in catch and shoot.

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If you're building a contender, this is the kind of player you start with.

Jaden McDaniels guards anyone, shoots 41% from three, and never needs the ball to impact a game. Lockdown defense + elite shooting is the most valuable two-way profile in the modern NBA.

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Most NBA players have one skill in the top 10% of the league. Scottie Barnes has eleven.

Five elite offensive skills, four elite defensive skills, plus an elite midrange and finishing game. The rarest profile in the NBA.

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The Pistons just won their first playoff series since 2008.

One of the biggest reasons: 16 blocks and 16 steals from Ausar Thompson — the best perimeter defender in the NBA. Defense wins playoff games.

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