By Julian Ryan As the Oklahoma City Thunder head into the playoffs, the team remarkably has both of the highest usage players in the league this season: Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant. Both players are obvious superstars and...
Category - NBA Basketball
By Julian Ryan On draft night June 28th 2013, Sixers GM traded away All-Star Jrue Holiday for the sixth overall pick (which became Nerlens Noel, who is yet to play a minute in the NBA due to a pre-existing torn ACL) and a top-5...
By Harrison Chase Years ago, in a time when basketball analytics didn’t yet exist, determining the best scorer in the NBA was easy: it was simply whoever won the scoring title. It was decided by points and points alone...
By Harrison Chase Golden State’s offense is one of the best in the NBA, ranking fourth overall in offensive efficiency, per ESPN. They have two of best shooters in league in Steph Curry and Klay Thompson, or as they as...
By Harrison Chase A year ago, Monta Ellis was regarded as one of the less efficient shooters in the NBA, a player who put up a lot of unwise shots and didn’t make enough of them. Now, seven games into the new NBA season, he...
By Julian Ryan and Barrett Hansen To this unbiased observer, European soccer has unequivocally the fairest system when it comes to deciding a league champion: by the end of the season, each team has played all the others both at...
By Julian Ryan The Lakers have risen from the grave. Seemingly destined to hand over their lottery pick to the Suns for much of the season, the team has turned their season around and are now furiously battling it out with the...
It’s been a while since our last set of links, but we’re back in force to bring you the best reads from around the web for your weekend reading. – Jeff Sullivan analyzes Justin Verlander’s $180 million...
William Marks As of this writing, the Miami Heat have won 22 consecutive games. Meanwhile over in the NHL, from January 19th through March 6th, the Chicago Blackhawks earned at least one point in 24 consecutive games. While the...
By Ryan Fortin Throughout Rajon Rondo’s career, he has always shone under the spotlight. He is, of course, Boston’s best point guard and arguably the best player on the team. But as Grantland’s Bill Simmons has...