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By Andrew Puopolo As 2016 winds to a close, we take a look back on 55 reasons why this year was a particularly crazy year in the world of sports. NFL 1.) Both teams that made the Super Bowl failed to make the playoffs the...
By Andrew Puopolo In the last couple of years, the level of parity in the NBA has diminished with the Golden State Warriors setting a record for regular season wins and the Philadelphia 76ers nearly setting a record for regular...
By Adam Gilfix and Henry Johnson Twitter and the NBA go together like Jordan and Pippen. Not only has the NBA made Twitter an open highlight repository, the site also serves as a public forum for major announcements, conspiracy...
By Kurt Bullard With last night’s slate of games in the books, the 2016 NBA season has officially begun. While at the beginning of each season, each fan base is usually filled with some feeling of hope and optimism for the...
By Kurt Bullard It’s crazy to think that the world is only one week removed from the instant classic that was Game 7 of the NBA Finals. But with the draft having come and passed, the basketball world has all but moved on to...
By William Ezekowitz Making layups is what Ty Lue’s Cavs do best. Under David Blatt, the Cavs shot a perfectly respectable 60% on layups. Since Lue took over, though, the Cavs have shot 64.7% from five feet and in, a mark that...
by Harrison Chase Almost exactly a year ago people were saying that LeBron should be Finals MVP no matter how his Cavs did against the Warriors (they ended up losing in 6), and with his stellar play this year it seems that people...
By Kurt Bullard There is no denying the importance of home-court advantage in the NBA. During the regular season, we saw the Warriors and Spurs combine to go 79-3 on their home floors. But this is especially true come playoff...
With “The Rematch” of the 2015 NBA Finals finally upon us tonight, we in the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective wanted to take a look at the upcoming series á la old Grantland shootarounds (RIP), using a predominantly...
By Kurt Bullard With Brandon Ingram and Ben Simmons slated to go with the first two picks of the 2016 NBA draft, a lot of the pre-draft talk—at least in the Boston area—has centered around what the Boston Celtics should do...