Today, Scottie Barnes won the Rookie of the Year over Evan Mobley in the closest vote in over 20 years. According to the NBA, Barnes received 378 voting points and Mobley got 363 (the current voting format gives 5 points…
Tag: Carmelo Anthony
Linsanity Revisited
Roughly ten years ago, on February 4, 2012, Jeremy Lin came off the bench to lead the Knicks to win against the New Jersey Nets. Lin, who had not previously played more than six minutes one time all year, had…
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…
HOF Review: Atlantic Division
Over time, I have become less enthused about the concept of choosing Hall of Famers. The exercise of trying to perfectly quantify the order of entry into the Hall of Fame of outsiders seemed somewhat futile. The tipping point to…
Quick Thoughts (Melo’s Return Edition)
1. Melo, Requiem for a Chucker?: One of the bigger stories of the last few weeks was the return of Carmelo Anthony to the NBA. Melo’s ending with the Rockets last season was tough. He played poorly (as did the…