Ben Couch

3 weeks ago | nba.com | Ben Couch

• Complete 2025 NBA Draft order• Download the NBA AppSome notes in our initial look at the mock drafts from around the web before the 2025 NBA Draft presented by State Farm, where the Dallas Mavericks will be on the clock with the No. 1 pick. The Consensus Mock Draft is a compilation of the best mock drafts around the web. We bring them together to provide a solid estimate of how the Draft could play out (Last update: May 14, 8:44 a.m. ET). There’s consensus at the top.

Mar 4, 2025 | nba.com | Ben Couch

A reminder on The Horry Scale: It breaks down a game-winning buzzer-beater (GWBB) in the categories of difficulty, game situation (was the team tied or behind at the time?), importance (playoff game or garden-variety night in November?) and celebration. Then we give it an overall grade on a scale of 1-5 Robert Horrys, named for the patron saint of last-second answered prayers. * * *February just finished, but for the Grizzlies, every day is Groundhog Day.

Oct 12, 2024 | nba.com | Ben Couch

• Get NBA League Pass TODAY >We’re counting down 24 key storylines heading into the 2024-25 NBA season. Our senior analysts will dissect a new topic each day as we help you get ready for opening night on Oct. 22. Here is storyline No. 9:Everyone saw the highlights and read the stories. You’d have to be under an NBA rock not to know that the stakes are high for Duke freshman Cooper Flagg. And he’s not alone.

Oct 10, 2024 | nba.com | Ben Couch

• Get NBA League Pass TODAY >We’re counting down 24 key storylines heading into the 2024-25 NBA season. Our senior analysts will dissect a new topic each day as we help you get ready for opening night on Oct. 22. Here is storyline No. 11:22. 34. 47. Three seasons. A 25-game improvement. A seven-game slugfest during the first taste of playoff action.

Oct 5, 2024 | nba.com | Ben Couch

• Get NBA League Pass TODAY >We’re counting down 24 key storylines heading into the 2024-25 NBA season. Our senior analysts will dissect a new topic each day as we help you get ready for opening night on Oct. 22. Here is storyline No. 16:For the Timberwolves, anything short of a trip to the NBA Finals is a step backward, right? After a shaky first season, the Rudy Gobert trade has played about as well as could be expected, and suddenly that pick haul to the Utah Jazz doesn’t seem quite so steep.