Solo pod this week! Just wanted to take a look at some notable early season performances and talk about what I'd expect to continue and what will change. I talked about the Heat, 76ers, Lakers, Jazz, Suns, Raptors, Rockets, Kings, and Bulls.

First games and watching film with Mike De La Rosa

Oct 28th, 2019 39m 5s

This week we're joined by Mike De La Rosa who is the video coordinator for Thinking Basketball with Ben Taylor. Mike and I talked about our initial impressions from the first 2 days of NBA basketball and also what it's like breaking down film f

Former Philadelphia 76ers Director of Analytics - Aaron Barzilai

Oct 21st, 2019 48m 43s

This week we're joined by Aaron Barzilai, founder of Her Hoop Stats and former Director of Analytics for the Philadelphia 76ers. We talk about his path to the NBA and different aspects of what it was like to work in an NBA front office. We also

Predictive win %, luck adjustments, SPR, and more with Nathan Walker

Oct 14th, 2019 56m 6s

This week Nathan Walker joins the show to talk about his luck-adjusted net rating model that was used in Jacob Goldstein's PIPM metric, as well as some of the other things he's been working on.You can find Nathan and his work here:Twitter:

Best lineups for the 2019-20 season with Mike Bossetti

Oct 7th, 2019 51m 35s

This week Mike Bossetti joins me to discuss what we think will be the best 5-man lineups for the upcoming season.You can find Mike's work on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikebosportsNylon Calculus: https://fansided.com/author/mbossetti/Tw

PIPM with Jacob Goldstein

Sep 30th, 2019 41m 49s

This week we're joined by Jacob Goldstein! Jacob created PIPM (Player Impact Plus Minus) so we brought him on to talk about how he created the stat and what all goes into it. You can find his work online at https://www.bball-index.com/ and his

5 Most Intriguing Players for the 2019-20 Season with Stevie Cozens and Sam Shin

Sep 23rd, 2019 1h 35m

This week is a departure from the stats series I've been doing. I asked two of my friends from SBC, Stevie Cozens and Sam Shin, to join me and we each go through our 5 most intriguing players for the 2019-20 season. It's a much longer conversat

CARMELO

Sep 16th, 2019 30m 10s

This week we're looking at a statistic by FiveThirtyEight called CARMELO. This stat is a fun projection system used to predict a player's career arc developed by Nate Silver. I didn't do a deep dive article into how the stat is calculated since

BPM: Box Plus/Minus

Sep 9th, 2019 41m 32s

This week on the show, we're looking at a box score stat called Box Plus/Minus (BPM)! Like with each of these, we'll talk a bit about the history of the stat, how it's calculated, and we'll take a look at some player comparisons from past seaso

RAPM: Regularized Adjusted Plus/Minus

Sep 2nd, 2019 30m 38s

This week, we're going to look at our first stat in the plus/minus family called Regularized Adjusted Plus/Minus (RAPM). Like with each of these, we'll talk a bit about the history of the stat, how it's calculated, and we'll take a look at some

PER: Player Efficiency Rating

Aug 26th, 2019 30m

During this episode, we take a look at PER, its place in history, how it's calculated, and what it looks like when you look at past seasons with it. My article breaking down PER: https://basketballstat.home.blog/2019/08/07/player-efficiency-

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Introduction

Aug 19th, 2019 3m 34s

Welcome! We are officially live!This is just an introduction episode to share the idea for the podcast and what to expect going forward. The real first episode will drop next week!Here's a link to the Ben Taylor article I referenced as we

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