Anticipating breakout candidates requires assessing opportunity and ability. Those two lanes are merging in Los Angeles with Tobias Harris, the scoring swing forward now playing with the Clippers. Harris was phenomenal for the team after being acquired at the trade deadline in the Blake Griffin
As a college basketball coach, I’ve always found a strange and symbiotic relationship between statistical analysis and informing what actions are taken on the court. Ben Falk over at Cleaning the Glass, as well as many others, has written extensive and eloquent pieces on the
I’m not big on zodiac signs, but I’m pretty sure 2018 is the year of the tank. The bottom third of the league has been scratching and clawing its way to the bottom for the better part of the last month, and there’s no sign
Hard to believe there’s only about one month remaining in the NBA regular season, but here we are. Down the stretch come the horses, and they’re sorted realistically into three different categories: the front-runners for the title (top teams in each conference), those jockeying for
The slate is full this week as we come back for our first post-All-Star Break edition of Coach Spins’ Clipboard. From some key play over the last 15 games to musings on defensive statistics after the Sloan Conference, we dabble in every type of topic
Last week on the clipboard, we noted some of the players most likely to be traded and some of their strengths. Whether because of under-the-radar positives or simple areas that positively impact the game, these are veterans or youngsters who would benefit from a change
The NBA Twittersphere is abuzz with rumors of who may go where at next month’s trade deadline. Yes, even coaches like me still enjoy a good mock-trade scenario from time to time. The first half of the 2017-18 NBA season has helped separate the teams
More NBA games mean more observations from around the league that can be supported by the data. Some of the topics in this week’s edition of Coach Spins’ Clipboard are ones that buck many of the trends taking place in the NBA and show there’s