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2015-16 NBA Preview: The Pelicans Are On The Edge Of Greatness

We’re inaugurating our NBA player projection system, CARMELO, with 2015-16 season previews for every team in the league. Check out the teams we’ve already previewed here. Learn more about CARMELO here. Anthony Davis has arrived. Do the New Orleans Pelicans have enough to ascend with him? The Brow became a bona fide superstar last season, […]

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2015-16 NBA Preview: The Pelicans Are On The Edge Of Greatness

We’re inaugurating our NBA player projection system, CARMELO, with 2015-16 season previews for every team in the league. Check out the teams we’ve already previewed here. Learn more about CARMELO here. Anthony Davis has arrived. Do the New Orleans Pelicans have enough to ascend with him? The Brow became a bona fide superstar last season, […]

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2015-16 NBA Preview: The Hawks Will Be Mostly The Same, But Worse

We’re inaugurating our NBA player projection system, CARMELO, with 2015-16 season previews for every team in the league. Check out the teams we’ve already previewed here. Learn more about CARMELO here. Note: I worked for the Hawks as a statistical consultant during the 2013-14 season. How do you build on what was arguably the best […]

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2015-16 NBA Preview: The Hawks Will Be Mostly The Same, But Worse

We’re inaugurating our NBA player projection system, CARMELO, with 2015-16 season previews for every team in the league. Check out the teams we’ve already previewed here. Learn more about CARMELO here. Note: I worked for the Hawks as a statistical consultant during the 2013-14 season. How do you build on what was arguably the best […]

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2015-16 NBA Preview: The New-Look Spurs Are Gonna Be Really Good

We’re inaugurating our NBA player projection system, CARMELO, with 2015-16 season previews for every team in the league. Check out the teams we’ve already previewed here. Learn more about CARMELO here. The San Antonio Spurs, hoping to make another title run, loaded up on talent in the offseason. They landed coveted free agent LaMarcus Aldridge […]

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