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Does the James Harden Trade Make the Clippers a Title Contender?

The NBA season of blockbuster trades continues. Not wanting to wait until the trade deadline, Daryl Morey and the Philadelphia 76ers found a way to trade James Harden on Halloween…

1 month ago Mat Issa

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Explaining TRACR for College Basketball

The model measures the team strengths from last season and adjusts for the current roster.

1 month ago Opta Analyst

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NBA Notebook: Five Takeaways From the First Week of the 2023-24 Season

At long last, the NBA season is finally upon us. Every team has played at least one game (some have even played two). And while that isn’t a big enough…

1 month ago Mat Issa

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Western Conference X-Factors: Seven Swing Players Who Could Impact the Playoff Race

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: the Western Conference is a gauntlet. The projected bottom feeders of the conference are the Portland Trail Blazers, who have an exciting young…

2 months ago Donald Kolakowski

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NBA Breakout Teams 2023-24: The Five That Appear Poised to Take a Big Step Forward

You know when you’re sitting on your couch, angrily screaming at your television screen after your favorite team has just lost its fifth in a row, and the person next…

2 months ago Mat Issa

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Eastern Conference X-Factors: Seven Swing Players Who Could Impact the Playoff Race

The NBA has never been as deep with talent as it is now. When you take the league on a team-by-team basis, it becomes evident that there are fewer automatic…

2 months ago Donald Kolakowski

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NBA Breakout Players 2023-24: Five Who Appear Ready to Make a Big Leap Forward

There’s nothing like the smell of anticipation prior to the start of a new season. Every team’s record is 0-0, and every NBA player’s statistics are wiped clean in the…

2 months ago Mat Issa

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Holiday in Boston: How Does the Acquisition of Jrue Impact the Celtics?

Yes, Holiday makes the Celtics better. But how much better? Does this move push them past the Bucks in the East?

2 months ago Mat Issa

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Grade the Trade: All the Angles of the Blockbuster Damian Lillard Deal

After months of speculating about whether the Miami Heat would unleash all their assets on the Portland Trail Blazers in a Damian Lillard trade (and a couple of days of…

2 months ago Mat Issa

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Can Utah’s Taylor Hendricks be the Best Rookie Not Named Wemby?

Welcome to our offseason series “Immediate Impacts.” Most rookies don’t provide positive value to their teams right out of the gate. But as we saw last season with guys like…

3 months ago Mat Issa