Welcome to another edition of FiveThirtyEight’s NBA Power Ratings. Teams are ranked according to a projection of their strength over the coming week using Real Plus-Minus (RPM) player ratings provided by Jeremias Engelmann and Steve Ilardi. For a more detailed explanation of the process behind these numbers, see our first rankings post. Some stray thoughts […]
Last week, my colleague Neil Paine wrote about the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Andrew Wiggins, who is probably the favorite to win the NBA’s Rookie of the Year but who has so far been among the least efficient players in the league according to a variety of advanced statistics. The article triggered a lot of objections on […]
Last week, my colleague Neil Paine wrote about the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Andrew Wiggins, who is probably the favorite to win the NBA’s Rookie of the Year but who has so far been among the least efficient players in the league according to a variety of advanced statistics. The article triggered a lot of objections on […]
Basketball’s present and future collided Tuesday night as LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated Andrew Wiggins and the Minnesota Timberwolves, 125-104. Over the summer, Cleveland and Minnesota inked one of the NBA’s biggest blockbuster trades in years, with the Timberwolves shipping frustrated superstar Kevin Love to the Cavs for Wiggins and fellow former No. […]
Basketball’s present and future collided Tuesday night as LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated Andrew Wiggins and the Minnesota Timberwolves, 125-104. Over the summer, Cleveland and Minnesota inked one of the NBA’s biggest blockbuster trades in years, with the Timberwolves shipping frustrated superstar Kevin Love to the Cavs for Wiggins and fellow former No. […]
