The Rise of High Scoring Games in the NBA
On March 17th, 2022, Detroit Pistons 2nd year player Saddiq Bey scored 51 points vs the Orlando Magic. This was pretty shocking for all NBA fans as Bey was only a sophomore and wasn’t a high-volume scoring machine. The NBA is full of surprises anything can happen in this league. This game made me think…
How Good Was Manu Ginobili at his Peak
Manu Ginobili is one of the best examples of “impact beyond the box score” and “the box score can’t measure a player’s true value”. One of the best players in the league at the apex of his career, Manu was super valuable to the Spurs and their title runs. Here’s a breakdown of him as…
Kevin Garnett’s case to be the 2002/03 MVP
Kevin Garnett finished 2nd in the 2003 MVP voting, 17 first place votes short of the winner, Tim Duncan. This was Duncan’s 2nd MVP, back to back, and he was arguably the best player in the world at that point. Now these were 2 all time great seasons and the players were similar in a…
Brooklyn’s Role Players and their impact
The Brooklyn Nets are currently the best team in the playoffs with a +15.5 net rating 8 games into the playoffs (as of 12th July). Kyrie, Harden and Durant have been performing and producing at all time rates in the regular and people season, and this isn’t surprising at all. But a big and underrated…
How NBA Teams perform in Clutch Situations this season (2020-21)
Here’s how NBA teams do in clutch minutes this year. Instead of using NBA stats “clutch” I used leverage filters on https://www.pbpstats.com/. I’m not a fan of the definition of clutch on the NBA site as I find it too arbitrary. Not a fan of clutch being ‘<5 points, <5 minutes’, or any other <x points…
Karl Anthony Town’s Elite Passing
Karl Anthony Towns, over the last 2 years, has become one of the best offensive players in the league and the second-best offensive center today. His scoring and shooting is already amazing, he’s probably the greatest big man 3 point shooter in league history already. But a big part of what makes him so special…
Zach Lavine – Chicago’s New Star
Zach Lavine made his first all star game this year, and rightfully so, he’s taken a big leap in his game to make him one of the better offensive players in the league. Lavine’s an insanely athletic 6’5 shooting guard who creates most of his value from his scoring, shooting and scoring gravity. Zach is…
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