The first two rounds of the NBA playoffs were relatively shaky for the Atlanta Hawks. After winning 60 games and posting a +4.8 Simple Rating System (SRS) score during the regular season, the Hawks have played at only a +2.7 SRS level in the playoffs, having been taken to six games by both the Washington […]
We made it. For the past month or so, our sports podcast, “Hot Takedown,” has been asking you to submit your ideas for how to fix the NBA draft and prevent teams from tanking. After receiving almost 7,000 entries and reading all of them (or at least giving them all a heavy skim), we’ve picked […]
We made it. For the past month or so, our sports podcast, “Hot Takedown,” has been asking you to submit your ideas for how to fix the NBA draft and prevent teams from tanking. After receiving almost 7,000 entries and reading all of them (or at least giving them all a heavy skim), we’ve picked […]
On Sunday afternoon, LeBron James offered another reminder of how silly it was to ever doubt his performance in the clutch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz-3ItHYeiQ After the game, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst tweeted that James has now made more go-ahead shots at the end of playoff games than Michael Jordan. (It’s not the only area in which James is Jordan’s […]
On Sunday afternoon, LeBron James offered another reminder of how silly it was to ever doubt his performance in the clutch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz-3ItHYeiQ After the game, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst tweeted that James has now made more go-ahead shots at the end of playoff games than Michael Jordan. (It’s not the only area in which James is Jordan’s […]
