Hey everyone -- If I were to do a podcast episode that compares 2 superstars, who would you want to hear me discuss? This would expand or explore on any content I've already produced on these playe...
2019-07-15 19:15:23 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone -- I've updated the GOAT valuations to include this prior season. I've pulled out 2019 into its own tab along with a few additional players I looked at this year. It's not technically ...
2019-07-12 21:51:08 +0000 UTC View PostSpreadsheet is updated with the final 2019 BPM results. Working on a longer post-mortem on the Finals that I will post on Backpicks.com
Hi all - quick update, I'm trying to move more posts to my website in order to support more content/multimedia in the content. You should be able to unlock posts with your Patreon account. 2019-05-15 19:04:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Many of you have asked for playoff leaders in my BPM model and some have specifically inquired about Nikola Jokic. Jokic leads the NBA in postseason BPM at +8.2, well ahead of the next best mark so...
2019-05-11 19:54:04 +0000 UTC View PostOne of the major issues with plus-minus based metrics is that they are super noisy. Even single-year RAPMs, put through the mathematical magic of "regularization," are still kind of noisy for my ta...
2019-04-27 15:15:59 +0000 UTC View PostI couldn't fit every notable player in the latest video on changes in the playoffs -- I'll have more in-depth videos on plenty of these players in the future -- but there were a few big names that ...
2019-04-13 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostMy latest video asks the question: Is Giannis Antetokounmpo now the best player in basketball?
I'm not entirely sure yet, and I always find it tricky to pinpoint emerging players withou...
2019-04-07 18:41:27 +0000 UTC View PostThere's a legendary poster on realgm (who has worked for NBA teams) with the handle TrueLAFan -- as in, a Clippers fan, not a Lakers fan -- and many years ago he put together a guide on estimating ...
2019-03-23 20:42:00 +0000 UTC View PostIn my Trae Young video this week I talked about his propensity for long 3s. Per basketball-reference's play-by-play, more than half of Young's 3s (!) were from 27 feet or longer.
As we'...
2019-03-09 18:56:07 +0000 UTC View PostSo I often have random little thoughts that don't necessarily make it to publication, and I'm trying to find more ways to share them with patrons. Interested to see if you guys like this quick-hit ...
2019-02-24 21:46:50 +0000 UTC View Post
There's a lot of variability in outside shooting numbers, so to increase sample I prefer to look at 2-year numbers. Here, I've filtered for at least 250 attempts, which is still a bit on the small ...
2019-01-27 19:44:43 +0000 UTC View PostHappy New Year everyone!
It took a few months of patronage, but as you know, I was finally able to start making video-based content, and not only was it immediately satisfying to stitch...
2019-01-13 18:24:53 +0000 UTC View PostI've gone ahead and updated the data in the shared spreadsheet. It now contains all player-seasons since the shot clock (1955) with some notable additions, mainly:
-My BPM model (overall and d...
2018-12-16 17:45:13 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone -- just a quick update. I've started a YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3HPb...
2018-12-13 16:35:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone -- first podcast is up. It's all about scoring -- its value compared to playmaking, the value of high-volume seasons, and the best regular season scorers ever.
I definitely wouldn...
2018-08-16 15:38:33 +0000 UTC View Post