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2015-16 NBA Preview: The Celtics Are Going To Be Good Again

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 Boston Celtics didn’t just bring back 10 players from a second-half hot streak, they also added veteran big men David Lee and Amir […]

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2015-16 NBA Preview: The Celtics Are Going To Be Good Again

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 Boston Celtics didn’t just bring back 10 players from a second-half hot streak, they also added veteran big men David Lee and Amir […]

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2015-16 NBA Preview: Is This The Thunder’s Last Chance?

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. There are a lot of words you could attach to this Thunder season. The one I’ll go with is “super-duper-important,” because of all the […]

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2015-16 NBA Preview: Is This The Thunder’s Last Chance?

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. There are a lot of words you could attach to this Thunder season. The one I’ll go with is “super-duper-important,” because of all the […]

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We’re Predicting The Career Of Every NBA Player. Here’s How.

Congratulations! You, along with the other 3.2 billion people on the Internet, are now the proud owner of CARMELO, an algorithm that forecasts the future performance of NBA basketball players. The basic premise of CARMELO is simple. For each current NBA player, CARMELO identifies similar players throughout modern NBA history and uses their careers to […]

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