Welcome to this week’s episode of Hot Takedown, our podcast where the hot sports takes of the week meet the numbers that prove them right or tear them down. On this week’s show (Nov. 3, 2015), we ask whether the Kansas City Royals won the World Series or the New York Mets lost it. We […]
Here at FiveThirtyEight HQ, we’ve been pretty excited about the upcoming 2015-16 NBA season. OK, that’s a bit of an understatement. For starters, we rolled out CARMELO, our system for predicting the career of every NBA player, and we’ve been encouraging all who will listen to check out their favorite player’s projection. (Yes, our friends […]
Here at FiveThirtyEight HQ, we’ve been pretty excited about the upcoming 2015-16 NBA season. OK, that’s a bit of an understatement. For starters, we rolled out CARMELO, our system for predicting the career of every NBA player, and we’ve been encouraging all who will listen to check out their favorite player’s projection. (Yes, our friends […]
NBA player rankings, from ESPN’s #NBARank to Bill Simmons’s annual trade value column, are like the honey butter chips of sportswriting: just way too hard to resist. So — with the regular season starting today — here’s our special recipe, fueled by CARMELO, our new NBA player projection system. What makes our version a little […]
NBA player rankings, from ESPN’s #NBARank to Bill Simmons’s annual trade value column, are like the honey butter chips of sportswriting: just way too hard to resist. So — with the regular season starting today — here’s our special recipe, fueled by CARMELO, our new NBA player projection system. What makes our version a little […]
