Grant Hill: Ageless wonder
He looks the same now… …as he did back in 1994. 1994! For the sake of Hill, I hope the Clippers win a title in the next two years. He was an incredible player in his prime (a better version of Scottie...
View ArticleOverreaction of Week 1: Josh Smith’s shot selection
This post was initially devoted to all sorts of weird happenings over the first week of the NBA’s season. Michael Carter-Williams and the 76ers tanked so hard they ran over every team with their tank...
View ArticleHack-A-Drummond could be wakeup call for Detroit
If there’s a great thing about being a basketball player in a small market, it’s that nobody knows your weaknesses. DeAndre Jordan and Dwight Howard play in two of the biggest markets, unlike Andre...
View ArticleJosh Smith nearly goes documentary, barely misses out on 30-for-30 performance
Erik Drost | Flickr What if I told you two days ago the Detroit Pistons had a 13-point fourth quarter lead against the 20-win Blazers, only to blow it and lose on a buzzer-beater by Damian Lillard? Not...
View ArticleJosh Smith’s shooting has reached it’s low point, or has it?
Keith Allison | Flickr Three months ago I dedicated a post to Josh Smith’s shot selection, back when it wasn’t so rough on the eyes. The newly-signed Pistons forward hoisted 23 threes through the first...
View ArticleWhen Josh Smith makes consecutive threes
Keith Allison | Flickr Over the last four months I’ve posted both optimistic words about Josh Smith’s shot selection and amazement of how bad it’s become. Hopefully this post is somewhere in the...
View ArticleDetroit’s domination and struggle inside the paint
Last night wasn’t exactly a spectacle between the Knicks and Pistons. I spent most of the first half staring at the box score as their combined made field goals, assists, and turnovers were all about...
View ArticleNon-conference update: West back on track for a record winning percentage
The non-conference update follows games pitting the Western Conference’s teams versus the East’s. This season, the West has often held a winning percentage so large it hasn’t been seen in over 50...
View ArticleMonth by month lottery movement in GIFs and tables
About a month ago I wrote about the ongoing battle in the middle of the NBA lottery and how that’s often a spot where a team can increase their odds at a top-3 pick by as much as 33 percent, depending...
View ArticleEast vs. West Week 24: Eh???
Updated week-by-week breakdown with an added column: point differential for the West through each week. The one game left is Detroit taking on Oklahoma City on Wednesday, guaranteed (probably) to be...
View ArticleEast vs. West Week 25: Final standings with offense-defense splits
The East vs. West series started thanks to the West’s usual dominance over the East this season, but also thanks to a post by Basketball-Reference detailing the historical disparity in the conferences...
View ArticleNon-conference standings and point differential since 1951
Flickr | Mark Gstohl During the middle of last season, I started a weekly series devoted to non-conference games. Way back then, the 2014 West was on track for the highest winning percentage against...
View ArticleEast vs. West Week 1: Strong start to the 2014-15 season for the West
One week of non-conference play is in the books, and the West finished 6-1 against the East. The only loss came on Saturday night when Minnesota lost a close one against a Derrick Rose and Taj...
View ArticleEast vs. West Week 10: Pythagorean madness
RIP Stuart Scott, who died Sunday at the age of 49. — A little late with the weekly roundup thanks to having the worst sleep schedule on planet earth. Despite a legitimate Week 10 schedule for...
View ArticleEast vs. West Week 11: Detroit, Atlanta ruin big week for the West
A day late again because, well, I actually like posting on Tuesdays. I’ll be posting Watchability Rankings on Mondays at Nylon Calculus anyway, and it’s kind of cool to already have a small percentage...
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