The NBA’s late-2010s era of small ball dependency and decreasing minutes to traditional centers forced the tallest basketball players on the planet to adapt their game to the times. Now one full season into the 2020s, the NBA MVP, Nikola Jokic, was a Center for the first time Shaq one it in 1999-2000 (Tim Duncan,Continue reading “First Line Podcast: Ep. 2 – Bigs and Ben, the Value of the Modern NBA Big Man”
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First Line Podcast: Ep. 1 – The Triple Double and Russell Westbrook is One of a Kind
Many people regard the Triple-Double the most complete stat line in an NBA game. Russell Westbrook has AVERAGED a Triple-Double FOUR TIMES in the last five seasons. Putting together that long of a stretch of complete games never being done before may suggest it as being the greatest stretch of basketball the NBA has everContinue reading “First Line Podcast: Ep. 1 – The Triple Double and Russell Westbrook is One of a Kind”
What are Offensive, Defensive, and Net Rating in Basketball?
VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION: In this video, we’ll be discussing team offensive, defensive, and net rating in basketball. We’ll be offering our explanations of what the ratings are and how they’re typically used, while also briefly discussing some of the assumptions made when using the metrics. As a formula, the ratings are not too complicated: Take theContinue reading “What are Offensive, Defensive, and Net Rating in Basketball?”
Why the NBA Draft System has Failed and Why They Should Adopt a Youth-Academy System
By Rob Weber SECTION I: The NBA Draft System has Failed The generally agreed upon problem with the current NBA draft system is that too many teams are not trying to win so that they stay at the bottom of the standings and get better draft-picks, a process commonlyContinue reading “Why the NBA Draft System has Failed and Why They Should Adopt a Youth-Academy System”