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Does Playoff Rondo Exist?

December 22, 2014
by harvardsports
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By Julian Ryan In the first blockbuster trade of the season, former Celtics star Rajon Rondo was swapped for a first-round pick and some useful role players– Brandan Wright, with his high field goal percentage, has been a...

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  • NBA Basketball

Can Kobe Catch the Mailman?

December 15, 2014
by harvardsports
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By Julian Ryan This past weekend Kobe Bryant passed Michael Jordan for third on the career NBA points scoring leaderboard. While perhaps he has never quite been the player MJ was, his resume is undeniably impressive and he will...

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  • NBA Basketball

How Long Will the Philadelphia 76ers Keep Losing?

November 13, 2014
by harvardsports
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By Julian Ryan The Philadelphia 76ers are really bad at basketball. It’s starting to get awkward. We thought last year’s version of random dudes that actively tanked was bad, but is it possible this season’s team is even...

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Will The Oklahoma City Thunder Make the Playoffs?

November 6, 2014
by harvardsports
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By Kurt Bullard The Oklahoma City Thunder came into this season already facing adversity, as it was revealed that Kevin Durant would be sidelined with a foot injury for at least the first four-to-six months of the season. But the...

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  • NBA Basketball

The Value of Player Movement in the NBA

November 4, 2014
by harvardsports
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By Harrison Chase and Carlos Pena-Lobel  In a post we wrote last spring, we looked at the teams with the best passing and movement over the course of the 2013-2014 NBA season. Having done this, we will now attempt to determine...

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The Cavaliers’ Championship Window

September 9, 2014
by harvardsports
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By Julian Ryan The monster three-team trade (Philadelphia snagging picks and tanking…again) centered around Kevin Love and Andrew Wiggins has sparked much of the NBA chatter this past summer. Central to the debate is how many...

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NBA Franchise Valuations: The Business of Basketball

July 31, 2014
by harvardsports
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By Austin Tymins As a result of the Donald Sterling controversy, the Los Angeles Clippers went up for sale in what quickly descended into a bidding war. Former Microsoft executive Steve Ballmer ended up with the highest bid for...

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  • NBA Basketball

NBA Finals: Is There a Heat-Refs Conspiracy?

June 9, 2014
by harvardsports
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Following in the footsteps of rigged lotteries and expelled superstars, the NBA conspiracy theory du jour holds that referees work their magic to help the Miami Heat win games. Paul George has griped about it and The Onion has...

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NBA Role Players: Do They Actually Make a Difference? (Part 1)

March 7, 2013
by harvardsports
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By Ty Aderhold When one looks at the NBA, it is easy to see that it is a superstar-driven league.  Most experts will tell you it is almost impossible to win the championship without at least one superstar.[1] At the same time...

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Ohio Basketball Streaks: Which Was More Improbable?

February 16, 2011
by harvardsports
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By Arjun Modi and Daniel Adler Going into this past weekend, two Ohio basketball teams were streaking, but within just 24 hours, both streaks were over.  On Friday evening, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 26 game losing streak...

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