Isolation plays are the running game of the NBA: stale and ineffective. Only the unimaginative rely on the clear-out, mano-a-mano action. It’s a common play in gyms all across the world, but pickup basketball is where it should stay. I know, I know. Your best player brings
Once upon a time, in the not-so-distant past, before the Age of the Super Team, the NBA-wide trend for elite franchises was to try creating the perfect Big Three. Though there were a few exceptions in the 1980s and ’90s, like the Larry Bird-Kevin McHale-Robert
Standing next to Nik Stauskas for the first time was an awe-inspiring occasion. “Damn, this guy is huge,” I thought to myself. “He looks so much smaller on television, and he’s a guy that never strays inside the three point line.” Casual fans often forget
The 1990s and 2000s were riddled with dominant power forwards. Karl Malone, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett represented the archetypal 4: a dominant big who could score in myriad ways and stall an offense with his impeccable defense. However, another future Hall of Famer broke
By now you have probably read an article, tweet or blurb on the Western Conference’s superiority heading into the 2017-18 NBA season. Why? Because breaking down the new-look Western Conference is one of the most interesting and compelling things to do at this point in
https://media.blubrry.com/nbamath/p/nbamath.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/absolute-value-nba-math-episode-3.mp3Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSOur third episode of Absolute Value with NBA Math features Jacob Bourne (Bleacher Report Quality Editor) talking with NBA Math Editor in Chief Adam Fromal about the league-leading Golden State Warriors. With Kevin Durant out for weeks,
The NBA updates the record books each year, but not every season produces so many teams that stand out when peering through a historic lens. From the San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors to the Philadelphia 76ers, certain squads dotted each end of the