Boston Celtics & Portland Trail Blazers Franchise Outlook + Ranking NBA Farm Systems with Charlie Cummings – Portland’s Defensive Identity, Boston’s Tatumless Timeline, NBA Teams’ Best Young Cores

Ep. 90 Learning Basketball with Charlie Cummings @klaytheist11 Charlie Cummings is an NBA Analyst with Swish Theory and Writer for DraftKings Network, Celtics Blog, and Warriors Invite covering the Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics, and NBA at large.Today we learn about the state of the Boston Celtics and their season outlook until Tatum’s return, then we break down the Portland Trail Blazers' team building strategy going all in on their established defensive identity while taking measured dice rolls on talent. Finally, we examine Charlie’s NBA Farm System concept, where we rank the Top-5 “young cores” in the league only including players still on their rookie contracts (2023-2025 NBA Draft Classes)Timeline: 00:00 Introduction & Background03:00 Boston Celtics Franchise Outlook16:00 Portland Trail Blazers Teambuilding Strategy50:00 Warriors sign Al Horford (recorded before Kuminga extension)01:00:00 Ranking NBA Farm SystemsPodcast LINKS:Learning Basketball - Apple Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...⁠Learning Basketball - Spotify Podcast⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/2WPNyHW...⁠Learning Basketball - YouTube Podcast ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...⁠