NBA Forget Predictable: Projecting These Playoffs Is Anything but Formulaic After simulating the NBA postseason 100,000 times using adjusted team ratings and other data, we're making judgments on where the model could hit and miss. 1 year ago Brett Huston
NBA An Inside Look at How We Calculate Our Adjusted Team Ratings We're using a model that weighs advanced metrics and other factors on both sides of the ball to calculate the final adjusted team ratings of the regular season. 1 year ago Taylor Bechtold
NBA The Robert Williams Experience: Can It Become a Showstopper? The Celtics are hoping their 6-foot-8 center with a 7-foot-6 wingspan can develop into both a terrorizing defender and an exceptionally practical offensive big man. 1 year ago Jackson Frank
NBA Podcast No Tomorrow Energy Those who were around remember when Larry Bird clinched his first NBA title in 1981, but the real battle for playoffs survival came in the Eastern Conference finals against Philadelphia… 1 year ago Kevin Chroust, Chris De Salvo
NBA Is Darius Garland Quietly Rising to Stardom in Cleveland? Is it possible we don't yet know who the best point guard of the 2019 draft class will be? Garland might still have something to say about it. 1 year ago Jackson Frank
NBA ‘Bedlam at Boston Garden’: 40 Years Ago, the Celtics Came From 3-1 Down to Beat the 76ers On May 3, 1981, Bird's Celtics won Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals to complete an improbable comeback against Erving's 76ers. 1 year ago Ethan D. Cooperson
NBA Against the Run of Logic: Trying to Make Sense of Steph’s Latest, Greatest Heater You’ve seen most of the big numbers by now. Steph Curry has thrilled us with a historic performance in April. But how far can he lead the Warriors? 1 year ago Brett Huston
NBA Rising Sun: How Deandre Ayton Has Emerged as the X-Factor in Phoenix For long stretches of his career, the Deandre Ayton Experience has been maddening. But right now, this version of the big man is absolutely starring in his role. 1 year ago Jackson Frank
NBA Podcast The State of Analytics, Part II: Basketball In the second of our three-part series, we turn our attention to how the basketball world followed in the footsteps of its contemporaries. But not everyone has been on board. 1 year ago Justin Sweetwood, Taylor Bechtold
NBA The Nuggets’ Operatic Season Might Have Another Act Left The Nuggets will be without Jamal Murray as they try to make a run at their first NBA Finals appearance. Can they find a way to get it done? 1 year ago Brett Huston
