Introducing a new metric that demonstrates the positional versatility of NBA players, examining the versatile and the productively versatile.
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Guest poster Thomas O'Farrell looks at which states have produced the most players who under and overperformed their high school recruiting rankings.
Senthil Natarajan brings this guest post, mapping the ball movement from each game for both teams in the 2016 NBA Finals.
This edition of Freelance Friday comes from Cory Jones who provides us with a convenient visualization of all the moves from the 2016 NBA free agency period
Jasper Wu discusses the effects of birthday bias in terms of the birth dates of players drafted or who become All-Stars at the NBA level.
How do state income taxes affect the actual value of NBA contracts different teams can hand out?
A look at age and upside in the NBA Draft, do younger players really offer more value? And if so, when is that value realized?
Saurabh Rane brings us this Freelance Friday offering concerning the expected value of every draft slot ahead of next week's NBA Draft.
Guest poster Michael Lopez (Stats By Lopez) finds there to be more to home court advantage than simple referee bias.
A look at how the Cleveland Cavaliers turned the tide in Game 3 against the Golden State Warriors.
Guest poster Daniel Frank details the problem of inequality in the NBA, and discusses why the abolition of the individual max is one way to fix it.
Guest Poster Chris Pickard discusses how the success of Kyle Lowry against the Cavs reveals their weakness against opponents with dynamic point guard play.
Guest poster Ryan Chen examines whether the move to a best-of-seven format has reduced first round upsets and finds that it has largely not done so.
Guest Poster Bo Schwartz Madsen demonstrates why Jamal Crawford winning the 2015/16 Sixth Man of the Year award was not at all surprising.
Guest poster Kyle Schmitt outlines scenarios in which a team's late game defense should choose to foul in a tie game in addition to when trailing.
In today's edition of Freelance Friday, Bryan Grosnick dives into the numbers behind the phenomenon of the home-court assist.
Bo Schwartz Madsen submits this Freelance Friday piece discussing the measures and techniques involved with ESPN's RPM stat.
In this edition of Freelance Friday, Devin Kharpertian of the Brooklyn Game looks into the versatility of many led by Paul Millsap.
In this edition of Freelance Friday, guest author Brian Skinner examines optimal basketball theory and ponders how closely NBA teams adhere to it.
In this edition of Freelance Friday, Neil Johnson introduces Salary Value Rating, a measure of player productivity relative to the portion of a team's cap.