We’re now just one week away from the resumption of the NBA season. On Monday, we reintroduced you to the bottom tier of teams invited to the league’s restart in Walt Disney World. Today, we’ll continue this exercise, with the six teams positioned as potential conference finals party-crashers but that we nevertheless project as long […]
sara.ziegler (Sara Ziegler, sports editor): There’s a little more than a month left in the NBA season, and there is movement afoot in the FiveThirtyEight projections. Let’s start today’s chat by looking at the top of the heap — which teams are looking strong and which teams should be worried. The Los Angeles Clippers are […]
sara.ziegler (Sara Ziegler, sports editor): With the NBA All-Star break almost behind us, we’re finally entering the home stretch of the regular season. Each team has fewer than 30 games to go on a run or solidify its position. It’s put-up-or-shut-up time in the NBA. There’s so much to talk about! But before the games […]
If you take a look at the leaderboard for FiveThirtyEight’s NBA player ratings (RAPTOR), you will see a collection of expected names at or near the top. James Harden leads the league at the moment, contributing +11.5 points per 100 possessions to his team’s performance. Reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, new Miami Heat addition Jimmy Butler […]
During one of the wildest offseasons on record, the Denver Nuggets have largely been an afterthought. Of the other top-five seeds out West from last season, the Warriors lost Kevin Durant and added D’Angelo Russell; the Rockets swapped Chris Paul in a deal for Russell Westbrook; the Jazz dealt for point guard Mike Conley; and […]