# 🏀 5x5 | Royce Webb

Real NBA analytics — from former ESPN NBA editor Royce Webb and Jeremias Engelmann, creator of ESPN's RPM

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## [10 Takes: What Jumps Out in the 2026-27 NBA Schedule](https://www.roycewebb.com/p/10-takes-what-jumps-out-in-the-2026)

_2026-08-14 · Royce Webb_

NBA Substack on what the schedule release revealed

## [16 NBA Takes: The Most Fascinating Storylines in the West](https://www.roycewebb.com/p/16-nba-takes-the-most-fascinating)

_2026-08-06 · Royce Webb_

NBA Substack on the contenders and controversies in the Western Conference

## [18 NBA Takes: The Most Fascinating Storylines in the East](https://www.roycewebb.com/p/18-nba-takes-the-most-fascinating)

_2026-07-30 · Royce Webb_

NBA Substack on the East's epic offseason and what happens now

## [Vegas Reshuffled the 2026 Top 4 Rookies — and My Entire NBA Big Board](https://www.roycewebb.com/p/new-nba-rookie-rankings-how-vegas)

_2026-07-22 · Jeremias Engelmann_

What we learned from Las Vegas Summer League, and how it changes my projections for this NBA draft class

## [NBA Summer League, Part 2: The Hits, the Misses, the Question Marks](https://www.roycewebb.com/p/nba-summer-league-part-2-who-impressed)

_2026-07-20 · Jeremias Engelmann_

Evaluating 11 rookies in Vegas, from lottery picks to late first-round sleepers

## [NBA Summer League: My First-Hand Impressions of the Top Draft Picks](https://www.roycewebb.com/p/up-close-in-vegas-my-first-hand-impressions)

_2026-07-15 · Jeremias Engelmann_

Breaking down 12 of the top prospects, with stats and video

## [That’s Gonna Cost You — Featuring Trae, Jaylen Brown, the Lakers, Plus 4 More](https://www.roycewebb.com/p/nbas-7-worst-deals-ranked-trae-jaylen)

_2026-07-11 · Jeremias Engelmann_

Seven NBA deals that didn't make a lot of sense to me

## [Jeremias Engelmann's Jaylen Brown essay was the most-read story on the Boston Globe](https://www.roycewebb.com/p/jeremias-engelmanns-jaylen-brown-ecd)

_2026-07-09 · Royce Webb_

Check out the Globe piece — and the 5x5 original

## [NBA Steals of the Summer — 13 Deals the Numbers Say Are Bargains](https://www.roycewebb.com/p/nba-steals-of-the-summer-13-deals)

_2026-07-07 · Jeremias Engelmann_

Here are the deals that impressed me this summer

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_2026-07-07 · **Sponsored**_

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## [The Numbers Say the Lakers Are Very Ordinary — Unless Walker Kessler Breaks Out](https://www.roycewebb.com/p/another-luka-season-without-a-title)

_2026-07-03 · Jeremias Engelmann_

Big acquisitions offset by painful departures