Welcome to The Lab, FiveThirtyEight’s basketball podcast. On this week’s show (Nov. 1, 2017), Neil, Chris and Kyle discuss the NBA’s recent changes to the player rest policy and San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich’s response. In September, NBA owners approved new rules that would let commissioner Adam Silver impose fines for resting healthy players. […]
The recent history of M-V-P chants in Madison Square Garden is almost exclusively sarcastic. Recent recipients include but are not limited to: backup guard Ron Baker, disintegrating guard Derrick Rose, backup big man Quincy Acy, and Metta World Peace, in a game in which he played two minutes, went 1-for-3 from the floor, missed two […]
The recent history of M-V-P chants in Madison Square Garden is almost exclusively sarcastic. Recent recipients include but are not limited to: backup guard Ron Baker, disintegrating guard Derrick Rose, backup big man Quincy Acy, and Metta World Peace, in a game in which he played two minutes, went 1-for-3 from the floor, missed two […]
In this bonus episode of The Lab, FiveThirtyEight’s NBA podcast, Charlotte Hornets general manager Rich Cho joins Chris Herring to talk about what to expect from the Hornets this season. They discuss what Dwight Howard needs to work on (not his 3-point shooting), how Kemba Walker is developing, and how Cho approaches his food blog. […]
In this bonus episode of The Lab, FiveThirtyEight’s NBA podcast, Charlotte Hornets general manager Rich Cho joins Chris Herring to talk about what to expect from the Hornets this season. They discuss what Dwight Howard needs to work on (not his 3-point shooting), how Kemba Walker is developing, and how Cho approaches his food blog. […]