spotting-the-stars
August 7, 2024
With this study I wanted to keep it simple and start from the top: what do the best of the very best have in common? Rather than take a statistically-minded…
July 11, 2024
Great playoff scoring runs are some of the most exciting things in sports, but how do they stack up to each other? Comparing playoff stats has always been difficult. Players…
denver-nuggets-defense
February 27, 2024
“Can you be porous defensively and win a championship? No, I don’t think you can be. [But] can you be adequate and be able to ramp it up when you…
peyton-watson-finding-a-role
November 9, 2023
The Denver Nuggets (specifically general manager Calvin Booth) made waves this offseason by being utterly indifferent to Bruce Brown’s exit. This was followed by Vlatko Čančar tearing his left ACL…
October 17, 2023
Alex Caruso is elite at screen navigation. Not only has he mastered a precise technique for efficiently getting around screens, he’s also developed ways to avoid getting screened in the…
June 5, 2023
The Miami Heat managed to steal a game in the infamous altitude against the Denver Nuggets and even the NBA Finals at a game apiece. I’m sure you heard about…
clash-of-titans-wcf-preview
May 16, 2023
A rematch of the 2020 “Bubble” Playoffs. A duel between the #1 playoff offense vs the #1 playoff defense. A heavyweight bout between two of the league’s best big men,…
Nikola-Jokic-Destroyer-Worlds
May 5, 2023
If an alien with a baseline understanding of basketball had descended from the heavens just in time for the 4th quarter of Monday’s playoff bout between Phoenix and Denver, they…
Swish-Roundtable-Playoffs-Reimagined
April 24, 2023
Every season during the NBA playoffs, from April to June, we argue. All of us do. Not just who’s the best team, but who is responsible for their team’s flaws,…