John Lichtenstein

@bucks

[Pro Insight @_proinsight]

Malique Lewis has shown improvement throughout his season with the Mexico City Capitanes, playing his way firmly onto the 2024 NBA draft radar.

The 19-year-old slashing wing has an advanced feel for the game: offensively, he possesses great anticipation and timing as a cutter, ranking in the 82nd percentile scoring off cuts, per Synergy. Around the rim, he’s shown flashes of advanced finishes through traffic, and has improved as the season has progressed, up to 63.8% (73rd percentile) at the rim on the year.

The most crucial development has been the jumper. After shooting 25.0% from three in the Showcase portion of the G-League calendar, Lewis is shooting 37.4% from three in the regular season, including 41.9% from the corners. He can leverage this against the defense, attacking closeouts and reading the defense getting downhill.

Defensively, his combination of processing/instincts, athleticism, and length (6’11” wingspan) allows him to make high-level helpside plays as a rim protector. He’s capable of containing opposing wings both on and off the ball, and is averaging over a steal and block per game.

Malique is a name to keep an eye on as a potential late-riser in this class.

[Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn]

The NBA granted the injury-riddled Grizzlies another hardship roster spot and franchise plans to sign Brazilian F Maozinha Pereira on a 10-day contract, sources tell ESPN. Pereira has averaged 10.8 points and 8.8 rebounds for Mexico City of the G League.

[Pro Insight @_proinsight]

We’re proud to officially announce our latest addition to the Pro Insight team:

💡Florian Kurth

Learn more ⤵️
https://t.co/oAKxjokd8N

[NBA G League @nbagleague]

Ethan Thompson (@_ethanthompson5) is headed to Indianapolis! The @CapitanesCDMX guard is a G League selection to play in the #GLeagueUpNextGame presented by @ATT during #NBAAllStar!

[Rafael Barlowe @Barlowe500]

Malique Lewis from the @CapitanesCDMX should be skyrocketing up draft boards over the next few months.

The Trinidad & Tobago native just turned 19 in November and has posted back to back 20 point performances. Lewis also secured his first double-double in his 3rd G League game.

[Pro Insight @_proinsight]

Names to Know for the 2024 NBA Draft (and Beyond)

🔗https://t.co/4Xupespqlf

[Dom Samangy @DSamangy]

Dream come true & incredibly grateful to be joining the New Orleans Pelicans as their Basketball Analytics Coordinator. Will forever be thankful to everyone who helped me get to this position !!

Time to work !! @PelicansNBA

[John Lichtenstein @jtlhoops]

@DSamangy 👀

[NBA G League @nbagleague]

“It was a dream come true, I give a lot of thanks to the G League and the @CapitanesCDMX ” -Justin Minaya

[Capitanes CDMX @CapitanesCDMX]

¡#FamiliaCapitán, hemos ganado dos reconocimientos de la NBA G League! 🏆

¡Gracias por su apoyo durante esta Temporada 2022-23! 👊🏼

Esto es el comienzo de una mejor experiencia para ustedes y un crecimiento significativo como equipo de la G League en México. 🏀

#SomosCapitanes

[Pro Insight @_proinsight]

"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘕𝘊𝘈𝘈 𝘣𝘺𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘴, 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴. 𝘕𝘊𝘈𝘈 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦."

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[Pro Insight @_proinsight]

We’re thrilled to officially announce two new additions to the Pro Insight team:

💡David Hendren
💡John Lichtenstein

Learn more ⤵️
https://t.co/bkyo81XEt2

[Charlie Cummings @klaytheist11]

It’s that time of year again

[John Lichtenstein @jtlhoops]

@fastbreakbreak @DaveDuFourNBA

[John Lichtenstein @jtlhoops]

@MG_Schindler What do you even eat lol

[John Lichtenstein @jtlhoops]

@DaveDuFourNBA I thought you loved airports

[Nate Jones @JonesOnTheNBA]

I think the NBA has gone too far with all of the jerseys and court changes. Need to pull back and dig back in on consistent team identity. It’s already tough for fans to keep up with all the player movement and now there’s no consistent team identity when you turn on games.

[Dom Samangy @DSamangy]

Awesome opportunity for undergrad students. Literally anything from @CuseAnalytics is a goldmine & here’s the chance to work with NBA level data from @SIS_Hoops. Can’t recommend it enough ⬇️⬇️

[John Lichtenstein @jtlhoops]

@DaveDuFourNBA @AthleticNBAShow @SethPartnow @MoDakhil_NBA What’s the next evolution of NBA basketball and how will that impact values of certain archetypes of players?

Example: does the increased emphasis on offensive rebounding this year give more playoff viability to athletic non-shooters that they previously might not have had?