Let’s look at what the Rockets are doing here: Houston has really constructed a roster I’ve always wanted to see for KD. A bunch of defensive-minded, athletic, S tier offensive rebounders to ‘go get that shit off the glass’ while the Slim Reaper cooks in the half court. You

We live :D This is lineup explorer It allows you to do a statistical deep dive(offense AND defense) into any lineup a team played during a season. It spans 2001 -2025; and for 21 onwards, it also serves you a clip playlist for the selected lineup. Link Below, lmk what you think!

The advanced stats gap between Manu and Kobe is entirely driven by defense. Roughly 50% of the defensive gap is attributable to Manu forcing *significantly* more turnovers. The other half is attributable to field goal defense and rebounding/boxing out. What's unclear is how

Every single one of OpenAI 's models is unable to identify the biggest issue with this slide. I tried o3 pro, o3, 4.5, 4.1 and 4o. Will GPT-5 be able to? Find out soon. Truly astonishing!

How many rings do you think CP3 would have if he was drafted by the Lakers instead of Kobe? (I know they are different draft years, but this is a hypothetical)

Top 15 Defenders Faced by Giannis in '24-'25... What stands out?

Cam Thomas has more career 40 point games than: - Joe Johnson - Kawhi Leonard - Jimmy Butler - Tim Duncan via/makeshifthoops

Over the past couple of weeks ive dedicated my time to answering a question that no one has probably asked themselves in years: how good was prime Ricky Rubio? I’ve examined this topic via both statistical and film analysis. Link down below and any rt/feedback is appreciated!

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Top 15 Players Guarded by Lu Dort in '24-'25... What stands out?

We’ll never see a shot map like this again. Allan Houston, 2002-03: a pure jump shooter. - 11% rim frequency (38% FG at the rim) - Heavy diet of left elbow → foul-line extended pull-ups - Arguably the toughest shot difficulty in the league yet managed 50.6% EFG. Buckets.

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New hoop-explorer feature: The Player Career page! Text search for players from 2019+, see all their seasons in one place, with the ability to compare their stats across seasons/conf/T100. Future iterations will show on/off and a style-based "similar player finder" ...

Efficiency is worshipped, but volume bends history.

What's also underrated about Michael Jordan is his turnover economy. MJ's turnover percentages rival MVP Shai, yet he did it in an era where teams averaged 15% more turnovers. Chicago Bulls TOV% rankings 91: 3 92: 2 93: 1 94: 15 95: 15 96: 1 97: 1 98: 4

This is an excellent video! There is a discussion about how some fans strongly believe Kyrie has been better than Chris Paul. There is a titanic defensive gap between Chris Paul and Kyrie for their careers. In the neighborhood of +3. As a thought experiment, imagine you could

It is absurd to suggest Kawhi Leonard was defrauded. He gave nothing, lost nothing, and was enriched for nothing.

Green hot sauce is highly underrated.