Take a look at the NBA’s defensive efficiency rankings, and you’ll notice the Boston Celtics at the very top, allowing just 95.7 points per 100 possessions. That number isn’t merely good; it would be the best defensive rating since the 2011-12 season, when Tom Thibodeau’s
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
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale If only every absurdly hot start to the 2017-18 NBA season could last forever. Sadly, though, life on the hardwood doesn’t work like that. Some blistering beginnings are for real. Others? Not so much. They’re protracted smokescreens—players and teams capitalizing on fiery streaks
YouTube @NBA_Math | @Spinella14 Ever wonder how and why certain tactics are used in the NBA? Now Coach Spins (Coach Adam Spinella of Washington & Jefferson College) can help break it down. Each episode will feature a unique look at NBA strategy, teaching points and more.
Welcome to Buckets with Brock, where NBA analysis will be delivered each week of the 2017-18 season. There will be power rankings. There will be top highlights. One-on-one matchups. Wacky stats. Whether you took the week off from the NBA or watched every game, Buckets with
iTunes | BlogTalkRadio | Stitcher | Google Play (coming soon) @HardwoodKnocks | @AndrewDBailey | @DanFavale Posting the best record in the East and earning a trip to the Conference Finals did not stop the Boston Celtics from wheeling and dealing over the offseason. Team president Danny Ainge overhauled nearly two-thirds of the minutes represented
How does every NBA player stack up heading into 2017-18, based solely on the level at which we expect them to play during the upcoming season? That’s the question 16 NBA Math staff members and contributors sought to answer, ranking each and every player in