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NBA Playoffs 2025-26 Quick Thoughts

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The playoffs are here again, and it’s time to examine some of the key questions that stand out—FAQ style…. Yes, the Oklahoma City Thunder are favorites, but are they prohibitive favorites? OKC lapped the field again, going 64–18 despite some key injuries and a general sense that they eased up after their amazing start. Their 2024–25 squad had the best SRS ever.  This team ranks “only” sixth best in NBA history. For a little context, here are the top ten SRS teams and how they fared in the … [Read more...] about NBA Playoffs 2025-26 Quick Thoughts

The NBA Draft Lottery and Luck

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Like life itself the NBA Draft Lottery is random, painful and wonderful. It will remain as such unless they adopt that stupid wheel. This piece looks at what teams have been lucky and/or unlucky in the lottery during its 30 years of existence. What I’m looking at is which teams have had the ball bounce their way the most during the lottery era and which teams just can’t catch a break. What the list below shows is how much each team moved up or down in the draft order during the 30 years of … [Read more...] about The NBA Draft Lottery and Luck

2014 Draft: Grades

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I grade the drafts on a curve. That means 3 As, 6 Bs, 12 Cs, 6 Ds and 3 Fs. I do this because the teams are competing against each other. In talent-rich draft like this it isn’t that big a deal to improve, because several teams have improved. In evaluating draft grades I give the most weight to how much the player(s) drafted will help a team. If a team with a couple of lottery picks makes a nice haul I also consider what was given up for the pick and how much he gave the team. I also give … [Read more...] about 2014 Draft: Grades

The Asterisk Spurs Revisited

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This year's NBA Finals are close to ending and it looks like, for the first time since 1999, the Spurs will be the champs.  Since this will be the Spurs second title it bears stepping back and comparing it to the first title.  It's funny that fours years have passed, but it seems like the Spurs first title came and left with little reflection.  The main thing the 1998-99 Spurs were remembered for were winning the shortened lockout season (it was only 50 games long as opposed to the usual 82 … [Read more...] about The Asterisk Spurs Revisited

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