Eric Pincus
@ericpincus.bsky.social
Genaral Manager at Sports Business Classroom; NBA National Writer at Bleacher Report
Latest @BleacherReport Updated NBA Trade Block Big Board with Realistic Landing Spots - Giannis bumped off, for now, to honorable mention. TBD if that sticks before the deadline!
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Updated NBA Trade Block Big Board with Realistic Landing Spots
The NBA's brief drought ended with the Trae Young swap, but with the trade deadline rapidly approaching (February 5), expect more action before the final buzzer.
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January 15, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Latest @BleacherReport Updated NBA Trade Block Big Board with Realistic Landing Spots - Giannis bumped off, for now, to honorable mention. TBD if that sticks before the deadline!
bleacherreport.com/articles/253...
bleacherreport.com/articles/253...
Latest @BleacherReport 3 Trade Ideas To Boost the NBA's Most Surprising Contender - Would Detroit risk messing with chemistry? Should the team push more chips into the pot?
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3 Trade Ideas To Boost the NBA's Most Surprising Contender
Two seasons ago, the Detroit Pistons were among the worst teams in the NBA. The turnaround over the past couple of years has been astonishing, led by the dominance of guard Cade Cunningham. Detroit (2...
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January 13, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Latest @BleacherReport 3 Trade Ideas To Boost the NBA's Most Surprising Contender - Would Detroit risk messing with chemistry? Should the team push more chips into the pot?
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bleacherreport.com/articles/253...
Latest Substack (free): Tra(d)e Season -- the first big item of the regular season. Wizards preemptively chasing the floor! Subscribe... ericpincus.substack.com/p/trade-season
Tra(d)e Season
Discussing trades is a year-round task, but the 2025-26 season hasn’t had any real fireworks until word broke that Trae Young will be dealt shortly (if not already) from the Atlanta Hawks to the Washi...
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January 8, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Latest Substack (free): Tra(d)e Season -- the first big item of the regular season. Wizards preemptively chasing the floor! Subscribe... ericpincus.substack.com/p/trade-season
Latest @BleacherReport Updated NBA Trade Block Big Board with Realistic Landing Spots After Trae Young Deal -- bookmark, as this will evolve leading up to the Feb 5 deadline! bleacherreport.com/articles/253...
Updated NBA Trade Block Big Board with Realistic Landing Spots After Trae Young Deal
Trae Young is officially off our 2026 NBA Trade Block Big Board.
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January 8, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Latest @BleacherReport Updated NBA Trade Block Big Board with Realistic Landing Spots After Trae Young Deal -- bookmark, as this will evolve leading up to the Feb 5 deadline! bleacherreport.com/articles/253...
Latest @SportsBizClass 2026 NBA Draft Watch: Scoring Guards featuring @eliasjeldridge sportsbusinessclassroom.com/2026-nba-dra...
2026 NBA Draft Watch: Scoring Guards - Sports Business Classroom
The NCAA and other worldwide leagues are officially in full swing, and the NBA season is already at the first quarter mark. Scouts are now hard at work looking for their teams’ next potential star and...
sportsbusinessclassroom.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Latest @SportsBizClass 2026 NBA Draft Watch: Scoring Guards featuring @eliasjeldridge sportsbusinessclassroom.com/2026-nba-dra...
Latest @SportsBizClass Alumni Blog featuring @MaximillianDane Scouting BYU Cougars Guard Richie Saunders (part of our 2026 NBA Draft prospect series) sportsbusinessclassroom.com/scouting-byu...
Scouting BYU Cougars Guard Richie Saunders - Sports Business Classroom
Richie Saunders
Frame: 6’5", 200 lbs
Position: Guard
Team: BYU Cougars
2026 Draft Age: 24
Stats via sports-reference.com
Offense
Saunders has developed into one of college basketball’s most efficien...
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January 8, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Latest @SportsBizClass Alumni Blog featuring @MaximillianDane Scouting BYU Cougars Guard Richie Saunders (part of our 2026 NBA Draft prospect series) sportsbusinessclassroom.com/scouting-byu...
Latest @SportsBizClass Alumni Blog featuring @MaximillianDane Scouting Duke Blue Devils Guard Isaiah Evans (part of our 2026 NBA Draft prospect series) sportsbusinessclassroom.com/scouting-duk...
Scouting Duke Blue Devils Guard Isaiah Evans - Sports Business Classroom
Isaiah Evans
Frame: 6’6", 180 lbs
Position: Guard
Team: Duke Blue Devils
2026 Draft Age: 20
Stats via sports-reference.com
Offense
Evans brings a smooth, natural scoring profile built around perimet...
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January 8, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Latest @SportsBizClass Alumni Blog featuring @MaximillianDane Scouting Duke Blue Devils Guard Isaiah Evans (part of our 2026 NBA Draft prospect series) sportsbusinessclassroom.com/scouting-duk...
Latest @BleacherReport Blockbuster NBA Trade Idea After Surprise Trae Young Rumor - a theoretical bringing Young to LA(C) - not as outlandish as you might initially think: bleacherreport.com/articles/253...
Blockbuster NBA Trade Idea After Surprise Trae Young Rumor
The NBA rumor mill never stops churning, and our latest reminder of that comes just five days into the new calendar year.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Latest @BleacherReport Blockbuster NBA Trade Idea After Surprise Trae Young Rumor - a theoretical bringing Young to LA(C) - not as outlandish as you might initially think: bleacherreport.com/articles/253...
Latest Substack (free): Happy Holidays, New Year, and a Bucks Trade Idea to Keep Giannis ericpincus.substack.com/p/happy-holi...
Happy Holidays, New Year, and a Bucks Trade Idea to Keep Giannis
Happy New Year (and recent holidays past)!!!
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December 31, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Latest Substack (free): Happy Holidays, New Year, and a Bucks Trade Idea to Keep Giannis ericpincus.substack.com/p/happy-holi...
Latest @BleacherReport I followed the thread of "Milwaukee adds via trade to keep Giannis Antetokounmpo," and this is what came out of it, featuring a big shift for the Cavaliers, plus Warriors, Pacers, Nets: bleacherreport.com/articles/253...
The 1 Trade Milwaukee Bucks Actually Need to Make
While the rest of the NBA world may be contemplating Giannis Antetokounmpo trade ideas, the Milwaukee Bucks seem primarily focused on attaining additional talent to improve their postseason chances an...
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December 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Latest @BleacherReport I followed the thread of "Milwaukee adds via trade to keep Giannis Antetokounmpo," and this is what came out of it, featuring a big shift for the Cavaliers, plus Warriors, Pacers, Nets: bleacherreport.com/articles/253...
If you're interested in our @SportsBizClass All-Star Intensive, hit me up with questions. We're building out something new and exciting (including an expansion draft), different from what we run in Las Vegas each July. Price climbs in January FWIW: sportsbusinessclassroom.com/all-star/
The Business of Basketball Program - All-Star - Sports Business Classroom
The 2025 Sports Business Classroom Business of Basketball Immersive Experience will take place February 9-13 during NBA All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles.
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December 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
If you're interested in our @SportsBizClass All-Star Intensive, hit me up with questions. We're building out something new and exciting (including an expansion draft), different from what we run in Las Vegas each July. Price climbs in January FWIW: sportsbusinessclassroom.com/all-star/
Latest @BleacherReport How 4 Teams Dodge the Tax in a Monster Jonathan Kuminga Trade Concept - Splash Brothers back together, and while at first glance this may seem like madness, each leg is arguable bleacherreport.com/articles/253...
How 4 Teams Dodge the Tax in a Monster Jonathan Kuminga Trade Concept
Reunite the Splash Brothers in Golden State? Steph, we got you...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Latest @BleacherReport How 4 Teams Dodge the Tax in a Monster Jonathan Kuminga Trade Concept - Splash Brothers back together, and while at first glance this may seem like madness, each leg is arguable bleacherreport.com/articles/253...
Updated @BleacherReport Ranking the Top NBA Free Agents Available Right Now - G League players pushing some more-experienced vets down or off the list. Holding onto the top-2 for now, but may shift next update bleacherreport.com/articles/252...
Ranking the Top NBA Free Agents Available Right Now
Although the 2025-26 NBA season is underway, several quality free agents are still looking for a home.
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December 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Updated @BleacherReport Ranking the Top NBA Free Agents Available Right Now - G League players pushing some more-experienced vets down or off the list. Holding onto the top-2 for now, but may shift next update bleacherreport.com/articles/252...
Latest Substack (free): ericpincus.substack.com/p/trading-fo... - also includes an invite to our @SportsBizClass webinar on Thursday with @BobbyMarks42
Trading Former MVPs
Over the last week+, I’ve written a pair of trade concepts for Bleacher Report, both of which include former NBA Most Valuable Players.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Latest Substack (free): ericpincus.substack.com/p/trading-fo... - also includes an invite to our @SportsBizClass webinar on Thursday with @BobbyMarks42
Latest @BleacherReport A Blockbuster James Harden Trade Idea to Build a New NBA Contender - solving the Wolves' guard dilemma
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A Blockbuster James Harden Trade Idea to Build a New NBA Contender
The Minnesota Timberwolves have advanced to the Western Conference Finals two years in a row, but the team has a glaring weakness at point guard.
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December 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Latest @BleacherReport A Blockbuster James Harden Trade Idea to Build a New NBA Contender - solving the Wolves' guard dilemma
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bleacherreport.com/articles/253...
Latest @BleacherReport The Definitive Argument For Los Angeles Lakers Trading for Giannis Antetokounmpo - working with a BIG theoretical assumption that Milwaukee is open to sending Giannis to LA for Austin Reaves, etc. bleacherreport.com/articles/253...
The Definitive Argument For Los Angeles Lakers Trading for Giannis Antetokounmpo
The Giannis Antetokounmpo buzz resurfaced when the former NBA MVP deleted Milwaukee Bucks content from his social media.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Latest @BleacherReport The Definitive Argument For Los Angeles Lakers Trading for Giannis Antetokounmpo - working with a BIG theoretical assumption that Milwaukee is open to sending Giannis to LA for Austin Reaves, etc. bleacherreport.com/articles/253...
Latest Substack (free): Scouting for the 2026 NBA Draft ericpincus.substack.com/p/scouting-f...
Scouting for the 2026 NBA Draft
Let’s start with the understanding that I struggle to find bandwidth to watch NCAA/pre-NBA ball.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Latest Substack (free): Scouting for the 2026 NBA Draft ericpincus.substack.com/p/scouting-f...
Latest @SportsBizClass Alumni Blog featuring @MaximillianDane Scouting Arkansas Point Guard Darius Acuff Jr. (part of our 2026 NBA Draft prospect series) sportsbusinessclassroom.com/scouting-ark...
Scouting Arkansas Point Guard Darius Acuff Jr. - Sports Business Classroom
Darius Acuff Jr.
Frame: 6’3", 190 lbs
Position: Point Guard
Team: Arkansas Razorbacks
2026 Draft Age: 19
Stats via sports-reference.com
Offense
Acuff is an advanced three-level scoring guard whose g...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Latest @SportsBizClass Alumni Blog featuring @MaximillianDane Scouting Arkansas Point Guard Darius Acuff Jr. (part of our 2026 NBA Draft prospect series) sportsbusinessclassroom.com/scouting-ark...
Latest @SportsBizClass Alumni Blog featuring @MaximillianDane Scouting Florida Guard Boogie Fland (part of our 2026 NBA Draft prospect series)
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Scouting Florida Guard Boogie Fland - Sports Business Classroom
Johnuel “Boogie” Fland
Frame: 6’3", 185 lbs
Position: Guard
Team: Florida Gators
2026 Draft Age: 19
Stats via sports-reference.com
Offense
Fland is a multifaceted offensive guard who blends playmaki...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Latest @SportsBizClass Alumni Blog featuring @MaximillianDane Scouting Florida Guard Boogie Fland (part of our 2026 NBA Draft prospect series)
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Latest @SportsBizClass Alumni Blog featuring @eliasjeldridge 2026 NBA Draft Watch List: Lead Guards - our first post of the season, looking ahead to the draft!
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2026 NBA Draft Watch List: Lead Guards - Sports Business Classroom
The NCAA and other leagues worldwide are officially in full swing, and the NBA season is approaching the first-quarter mark. With that, NBA scouts are hard at work looking for their teams’ next potent...
sportsbusinessclassroom.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Latest @SportsBizClass Alumni Blog featuring @eliasjeldridge 2026 NBA Draft Watch List: Lead Guards - our first post of the season, looking ahead to the draft!
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sportsbusinessclassroom.com/2026-nba-dra...
Latest Substack (free): Thankful
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Thankful
Happy Thanksgiving for those celebrating, and just a general “thank you” for those who do not.
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November 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Latest Substack (free): Thankful
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Latest @BleacherReport A 3-Team Trade Idea to Land DeMar DeRozan with the LA Clippers - playing off rumored interest: bleacherreport.com/articles/253...
A 3-Team Trade Idea to Land DeMar DeRozan with the LA Clippers
Neither the LA Clippers nor the Sacramento Kings expected to be near the bottom of the Western Conference standings nearly 20 games into the season, but the 2025-26 campaign has not been kind. Be it i...
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November 29, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Latest @BleacherReport A 3-Team Trade Idea to Land DeMar DeRozan with the LA Clippers - playing off rumored interest: bleacherreport.com/articles/253...
ICYMI @BleacherReport Ranking the Top NBA Free Agents Available Right Now - updated for recent signings bleacherreport.com/articles/252...
Ranking the Top NBA Free Agents Available Right Now
Although the 2025-26 NBA season is underway, several quality free agents are still looking for a home. Opportunities can be limited initially, as teams look to find their footing in the playoffs/lotte...
bleacherreport.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
ICYMI @BleacherReport Ranking the Top NBA Free Agents Available Right Now - updated for recent signings bleacherreport.com/articles/252...
Latest @BleacherReport A 3-Team Trade Idea to Save Klay Thompson from the Dallas Mavericks - not sure Brooklyn is about saving Klay, but really this is a theoretical "keep AD, still try to win" path for DAL
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bleacherreport.com/articles/253...
A 3-Team Trade Idea to Save Klay Thompson from the Dallas Mavericks
The Dallas Mavericks are off to a terrible start to the 2025-26 campaign, but even at 4-11, the season remains salvageable. Assuming Anthony Davis (calf) gets back quickly and Kyrie Irving (knee) boun...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Latest @BleacherReport A 3-Team Trade Idea to Save Klay Thompson from the Dallas Mavericks - not sure Brooklyn is about saving Klay, but really this is a theoretical "keep AD, still try to win" path for DAL
bleacherreport.com/articles/253...
bleacherreport.com/articles/253...
Latest @BleacherReport The Best Way to Get Anthony Davis to the Chicago Bulls (best being subjective!) - we can certainly argue the pros/cons of Dallas wanting to add White/Ayo, but I posit otherwise bleacherreport.com/articles/252...
The Best Way to Get Anthony Davis to the Chicago Bulls
The Dallas Mavericks are off to a terrible start to the 2025-26 campaign. With former top basketball executive Nico Harrison fired, Kyrie Irving (knee) out for several months, and an intriguing 2026 d...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Latest @BleacherReport The Best Way to Get Anthony Davis to the Chicago Bulls (best being subjective!) - we can certainly argue the pros/cons of Dallas wanting to add White/Ayo, but I posit otherwise bleacherreport.com/articles/252...