When I was younger I really wanted to be 6 feet tall, because to 7 year old me that I meant I’d make the NBA. Today I’m 25 years old, 5’9, and not in the NBA.
I still enjoy basketball quite a bit, particularly the quantification of the game. Sometimes I write about those things, and the following are those sometimes.
Expected Value in the NBA Draft
A piece discussing how players have performed over their NBA careers based on their draft slot. I look at things like peak performance, where big drop-offs in quality go, and how the NBA lottery affects these odds.
Age and upside in the NBA Draft
A sort of follow up to the last piece. The age of potential NBA draftees is a crucial variable when discussing draft projections. Here I look at how age drafted affects when and how high each player’s peak is.
Age and upside in the NBA Draft
Leading up to the 2016 NBA Playoffs, the Warriors were on a historic pace. Usually, teams that are that far ahead of the pack rest players, however, the Warriors were not. This led to a debate regarding whether they would be fatigued come playoff time. Here I look at how their minutes played compare historically.