By Julian Ryan The new NBA season brings promise and hope. Mathematically speaking, any team could be the champion and any player could win MVP (including Jason Kidd, who according to ESPN Fantasy basketball projections is...
Category - NBA Basketball
By Fri Lavey A while back HSAC examined the (in)accuracy of projecting the NFL draft, but how hard is it for the NBA? I decided to find out by analyzing various NBA mock draft sites, including that of the famous Chad Ford, to try...
By Julian Ryan The current San Antonio Spurs team, despite winning the NBA Finals in a dominant fashion, are getting some flak from the internet community for being too old and past their prime. Even the statistical community is...
By Harrison Chase In the summer of 2012, the World Champion Miami Heat convinced Ray Allen, the all-time league leader in 3-pointers made and one of the best shooters in the league, to leave Boston for deal worth roughly three...
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...
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...
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...
By Julian Ryan What matters more for winning games in the NBA: offense or defense? This question vastly oversimplifies the game and is somewhat moot as of course they both matter. More interesting, for GMs building rosters on a...
By Harrison Chase and and Carlos Peña-Lobel As the postseason begins, the Spurs once again are in the driver’s seat of the Western Conference. This a familiar sight – since the 1999-2000 season the Spurs have amassed...
By Henry Johnson Nobody likes a ball hog. Neglected pickup teammates mutter under their breath about the hero at the local gym. The sentiments extend to the collegiate and professional levels, where post-game analysts regularly...