What happens in the beginning of the NBA season always seems to leave a larger indentation in our minds than the happenings of the middle portion, much of which has to do with a sudden rush of data points to overanalyze after a few months
The new-look Oklahoma City Thunder have big aspirations. Russell Westbrook has transformed himself from a one-man band into a more distribution-focused point guard, while Paul George is getting comfortable working off the ball, slinking off pin-downs and nailing spot-ups. Carmelo Anthony is carrying the second
Statistics are a great part of the basketball. They can tell you all kinds of stories. With traditional stats, we can see who scores a lot of points, gets boards and shoots at a high percentage. With advanced numbers, we can tell tell how much
With the bright lights of an ESPN nationally televised contest against the Los Angeles Lakers drawing eyeballs from the NBA’s general populace on Nov. 8, second-year forward Jaylen Brown was a relative non-factor offensively, scoring nine points on 3-of-11 shooting, including an 0-of-3 showing from
As an avid Detroit Pistons fan, watching Andre Drummond walk to the free-throw line in previous seasons evoked a feeling of fear. It was the same feeling that came from being called on in class when you failed to do the reading. You knew it
First-year Milwaukee Bucks general manager Jon Horst is lucky. He adopted a team that already conquered the most difficult aspect of roster building. Whether through internal development or via the open market, basketball evaluators will search all ends of the earth to find a world-class
Some lessons are learned the hard way. The Washington Wizards front office knows this well after offering former star Gilbert Arenas a six-year, $111 million contract in 2008 that now ranks as one of the worst contracts in NBA history. “What I did to get
In 1979, a young rookie out of Michigan State took the NBA by storm. Listed at 6’9″, Magic Johnson had the ability to play center and, on the very next possession, direct the offense as a point guard and see the court in a way shorter