See the Game Differently
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Court Vision MVP Race: 2025–26
For the first two months of the season, the MVP conversation looked to be settling before it had fully formed. Joel Scott’s early performances stood out, quickly establishing him as the standard everyone else was measured against. His hamstring injury in early December reopened the race. The players below have shaped the league since, each
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Don Carey Jr and RaeQuan Battle Fit Together
Don Carey Jr leads the league in assists per game. RayQuan Battle leads it in points per game. That alone would make Leicester’s backcourt stand out. What elevates it is how cleanly those roles are defined – and how little they compete with one another. Carey organises and shapes possessions. Battle finishes them. Together, they
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How Europe Helps Young Players Find Minutes
The years after junior basketball are not self-sustaining. Without structure, they break down. Across Europe, leagues respond by building explicit mechanisms for this phase. The examples below show how different rules organise these years, rather than leaving them to chance. Make It Easy To Play Down a Level Lithuania addresses a familiar problem. A young
