NBA Valentines 2013: There’s No Better Way To Say “Yao Complete Me”
- 0 comments - NBA - posted by Tom Federico on February 14, 2013
Just because we’re data geeks doesn’t mean we can’t have some fun over here at TR. So when our NBA-loving colleague Austin Link busted out a Facebook post this morning with some homemade NBA Valentines, we immediately realized the incredible impact these could have on the love lives of our loyal users.
If you haven’t bought your special someone a Valentine yet, the ones below are lead pipe locks to win over his/her heart. You’re welcome. And ladies, if you just can’t get enough of these, as far as we know Austin is currently available. He likes the NBA, Angus third pounders, and anything that has to do with Iowa.
2012-13 NBA Preseason Projections: Can The Lakers’ Big Three Top LeBron James & Miami?
- 0 comments - NBA - posted by David Hess on October 29, 2012
The NBA season is upon us, with the Cavs and Wizards tipping things off Tuesday evening, and the slightly more enticing Heat-Celtics and Lakers-Mavs matchups getting underway later that night. That means it’s time to post our preseason projections, before the word “preseason” is no longer accurate.
The main purpose of these ratings is to provide a data-driven starting point for our NBA projected standings page. This will automatically update every day this season, to reflect the latest results and the most up to date power ratings.
Comparing Tim Duncan & Kevin Garnett? | TR on ESPN
- 1 comments - NBA - posted by David Hess on May 23, 2012
So, have you heard? Tim Duncan hates Kevin Garnett.
In light of that, and with the possibility of a Spurs-Celtics NBA Finals matchup looming, our Austin Link took a look at the careers of the two greats, to try to determine which player holds the edge.
Will Andrew Bynum Surpass Dwight Howard? | TR on ESPN
- 0 comments - NBA - posted by David Hess on May 18, 2012
If the LA Lakers want to have any shot at coming back from a 2-0 deficit to knock off the Oklahoma City Thunder, they’ll need Andrew Bynum to step up and carry the load.
Bynum has developed into one of the game’s top young centers, but does his performance stack up to the truly elite NBA big men? And if not, will he ever get there? Austin Link reads the tea leaves and tells us what he sees in the young Laker center’s future.
We Now Have Box Scores | Site Update
- 4 comments - > Site Updates, College Football, MLB, NBA, NCAA Basketball, NFL - posted by David Hess on May 15, 2012
Last week we added a feature that’s been on our to-do list for a long time: box scores for all the sports we cover. It’s nothing groundbreaking, but it’s a small step toward exposing as much information as possible.
For the most part, these box scores should look similar to those you see on other major sport sites or in your daily newspaper. (Those still exist, right?) All the basics are there. However, we have added a few pieces of valuable info to each sport’s box score that you won’t be able to get from your typical ESPN report.
Is LeBron James The Best Since Michael Jordan? More Data & ESPN Reaction
- 2 comments - NBA - posted by David Hess on May 9, 2012
In an ESPN Insider article published Tuesday, our Austin Link laid out evidence in support of the claim that LeBron James is the best NBA player since Michael Jordan, despite LeBron’s big fat zero in the most important statistic of all: championship rings.
Reactions from commenters were mixed, but those of Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless weren’t.
Has The Compacted NBA Season Resulted In More Injuries?
- 2 comments - NBA - posted by Doug VanDerwerken on May 1, 2012
This is a guest post by Doug VanDerwerken, a PhD student in Statistics at Duke University and a lifelong basketball fan. If you’re interesting in writing a guest post, please email us at support@teamrankings.com.
A few months ago I wrote an article about the effects of the 2011 NBA lockout on league-wide injury rates. The tentative conclusion was that while injuries per week had increased due to the compacted schedule, injuries per game had not. I predicted that the number of injuries which would be incurred by the end of this season would be approximately equal to the number of injuries incurred by Game 66 in the previous two seasons.
In light of the tragic playoff injuries to young stars Derrick Rose and Iman Shumpert, the question of the lockout’s effect on injuries has again come to the forefront of basketball commentary.
Commissioner David Stern weighed in on this issue as recently as Monday, explaining that while it was certainly something to study in the off-season, he didn’t think the compressed season had increased the number of injuries. According to ESPN.com, Stern argued, “In most years we average about five [torn] ACLs [in the league], and prior to this year’s playoffs we had three.”
Do the numbers agree with him?
How Derrick Rose’s Injury Affects The NBA Playoffs
- 2 comments - NBA - posted by Austin Link on May 1, 2012
Usually the most important game of the NBA playoffs is the last one, but in 2012 it was the very first.
With one bad landing, reigning MVP Derrick Rose is now out until next year, leaving the overall #1 seed Bulls without their greatest offensive weapon.
Going in to the playoffs there were four serious contenders: Miami, Oklahoma City, San Antonio, and Chicago. Without their only true star, the Bulls no longer seem to belong in that group. The debate has shifted from whether they could be champions to whether they can make it out of the first couple rounds.
2012 NBA Playoff Predictions | Our Champ May Surprise You
- 7 comments - NBA - posted by David Hess on April 27, 2012
The NBA Playoff seeding was set last night, with the Chicago Bulls clinching home court advantage throughout the playoffs, even in a potential Bulls-Spurs series, and both Memphis and Atlanta securing a home playoff series in round one.
Today is the only day of rest, and the playoffs get underway Saturday afternoon with the Sixers taking on the Bulls in Chicago. That means it’s time to get our official 2012 NBA playoff predictions recorded here on the blog for posterity.
NBA Playoffs: Series Win Odds & Matchup Pages For Every Projected Possible Pairing
- 3 comments - NBA - posted by David Hess on April 20, 2012
We added a new section to the site today that’s designed to be an automatically updating and very comprehensive NBA Playoffs preview.
There are a lot of new pages, but the basic idea is that we’re using our projected NBA standings to seed the NBA playoffs, then creating detailed forecasts and matchup pages for not only every first round series, but every possible future series (given the projected final standings).
