On November 10, 1971, the Knicks acquired legendary guard Earl Monroe from the Baltimore Bullets for Mike Riordan, Dave Stallworth, and an undisclosed amount of cash. The trade is celebrated as helping the Knicks to two straight Finals (and one…
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On NBA Undefeated Starts
What’s a good start worth in an NBA season? It’s obviously better to win than to lose but you can’t help but wonder how real some good starts are. We have no undefeated teams after six games but the Wizards…
A Quick Look at Peak SF Advanced Stats
A few days ago, we did a tweet thread on the career advanced stats for the SFs who made the top 75 and those that likely narrowly missed. I had a couple of requests for how these players rated at…
NBA Title Teams and Opening Night
On opening night, the two presumptive favorites, Brooklyn and the Lakers, started the season with resounding thuds. The Nets were easily handled by that Bucks, before bouncing back with a nice win in Philly. The Lakers, on the other hand,…
2021-22 NBA Preview: Reviewing the Title Contenders
Well, that was a quick off-season. With so much going on, it feels like we didn’t have to miss the NBA for very long. The season officially starts on October 18 and it feels like early 2020-21 again. The Nets…