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CARMELO NBA Player Projections

FiveThirtyEight UPDATED JUL. 1, 2019 AT 2:00 PM CARMELO NBA Player Projections FiveThirtyEight’s CARMELO* identifies similar players throughout NBA history and uses them to develop a probabilistic forecast of what a current NBA player’s future might look like. More NBA:Every team’s Elo historyAbout our 2018-19 player projections How good will LeBron James (Cavaliers) be? Random […]

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The WNBA Is Uniquely Suited To Survive Its Many Star Absences

When it was announced this week that Seattle Storm point guard Sue Bird would miss the 2019 WNBA season with a knee injury, it was just the latest in a long line of maladies that have struck the league this year. In addition to Bird, the sport has seen absences take out her teammate Breanna […]

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How The Warriors Blew A 31-Point Lead

We could talk all day long about the everlasting debate over competitive balance in the NBA, but perhaps the biggest challenge the Golden State Warriors pose for many die-hard NBA fans is the issue of sleep. Because they play on the West Coast, the two-time defending champions are often playing late at night, leaving East […]

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