Looking for the best NBA minds weighing in on the trials and tribulations of players throughout the Association? Want insights into the statistical side of the sport? Trying to identify sleepers and overrated players? Just hoping to increase your basketball knowledge? We’ve got you covered at Crunching Numbers—NBA Math’s weekly roundtable that will feature a handful of writers …
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By the end of the 2016-17 NBA season, the Cleveland Cavaliers will reassert themselves as bona fide contenders. But January continues to be a rough month for the defending champions, as they’re falling outsid the top 10 in the NBA Math Power Rankings for the first time this campaign. Their offense has come apart, to the point …
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When Andre Drummond fights for a board with three members of the opposition and successfully corrals it, he gets credit for a single rebound. The same is true when he hauls in the ball with no one in the immediate vicinity. But should those plays really hold equivalent value? Similarly, the league’s supreme board-crashers aren’t all …
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With Rudy Gobert protecting the rim and Gordon Hayward playing like an unabashed superstar, the Utah Jazz are on fire. Sure, they dropped games to the Memphis Grizzlies, Toronto Raptors and Boston Celtics within their last 10 outings, but a victory over the defending champions and a blowout at the expense of the overmatched Detroit …
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