How long does a rebound take? March 27, 2016 A deep dive into the minutiae of NBA timekeeping. I'm working on a post on endgame strategies in the NBA that I hope to roll ...
Gregg Popovich is a Timeout Trendsetter March 20, 2016 In a post on the length of NBA games , I noted a trend in the length of each minute. The average length of the 5:00 minute in the 1st quar...
The odds for a perfect bracket this year are 1 in 12 billion March 17, 2016 As I did last year , I have used my betting market rankings to calculate an "optimal" NCAA tournament bracket. My ranking system ...
Steph Curry is the MVP even if he doesn't play another game this season March 13, 2016 MVP debates across all sports tend to devolve into tiresome semantics. What does "most valuable" mean? Is it the best player? The ...
Free Throw Deep Dives: Launch Angle March 09, 2016 This is the first post in a planned series of deep dives into free throw shooting (and shooting in general). Using SportVU data , w...
Hero Ball follow up - Inequality and Efficiency March 06, 2016 As a follow up on last week's hero ball post , here is how inequality correlates with shooting efficiency. In that original post, I used...