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The Whiteboard: Joel Embiid is the NBA’s last great post-up behemoth

The Whiteboard: 4 charts to explain Steph Curry’s shooting slump

Nylon Calculus: The numbers behind the Cavaliers’ impressive start

The Whiteboard: Which NBA players are shooting better and who is just more open?

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Seth Partnow on The Midrange Theory, analytics and more

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Nylon Calculus: Playing real or fake with early season NBA trends

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NBA season preview: One crucial stat for every NBA team

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Nylon Calculus: Damian Lillard and a history of playoff highs and lows

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Nylon Notebook: Sabrina Ionescu and early-season WNBA outliers

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Nylon Calculus: Play-in tournament favorites for each matchup

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Nylon Calculus: Is fourth-quarter scoring overvalued in the NBA?

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Nylon Calculus: Which NBA offenses have changed the most this season?

Nylon Calculus: Categorizing NBA teams by offensive style for 2020-21

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Nylon Calculus: How will Villanova replace an All-American point guard?

Nylon Calculus: The rise of third-year players in the NCAA Tournament

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Nylon Calculus: The (original) James Harden trade was worse than you thought

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Nylon Calculus: Comparing LaMelo Ball to the greatest NBA rookies ever

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Nylon Calculus: The impact of passing on offense and winning

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Nylon Calculus: Trae Young is more James Harden than Steph Curry

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Nylon Calculus: How much draft capital do the Thunder, Rockets and Pelicans hold?

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Nylon Calculus: KD, Kyrie and James Harden are a historic Big 3

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Nylon Calculus: Who are the best NBA stat-stuffers at their dimensions?

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Nylon Calculus: How to build NBA lineups stronger than the weakest link

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Nylon Calculus: How does Mitchell Robinson block so many jumpers?

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Nylon Calculus: Where do catch-and-shoot 3s come from?

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NBA Draft 2020: Should we trust measurements from the virtual combine?

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Nylon Calculus: The NBA’s best low-reaching rebounders

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Nylon Calculus: The NBA Draft class no one can agree on