It’s Monday, and that means it’s time for another edition of FiveThirtyEight’s NBA Power Ratings. The least you need to know about how these numbers work: Each team is ranked according to a projection of its strength over the upcoming week — and the upcoming week only — using Real Plus-Minus (RPM) player ratings provided […]
If you were camping out on NBA Twitter on Feb. 19 (as I was), essentially watching the transaction scroll unfurl in real time, you would have felt as though this year’s trade deadline had shaken the foundation of the league. The flurry of moves being reported in the hours surrounding the afternoon cutoff was encapsulated […]
If you were camping out on NBA Twitter on Feb. 19 (as I was), essentially watching the transaction scroll unfurl in real time, you would have felt as though this year’s trade deadline had shaken the foundation of the league. The flurry of moves being reported in the hours surrounding the afternoon cutoff was encapsulated […]
Back in March 2011, I wrote a column for The New York Times about how, statistically speaking, Derrick Rose didn’t deserve to win the NBA’s MVP award over Chris Paul (and others). The reaction from Chicago Bulls fans was — how can I put this? — not positive. But in the process of researching Rose […]
Back in March 2011, I wrote a column for The New York Times about how, statistically speaking, Derrick Rose didn’t deserve to win the NBA’s MVP award over Chris Paul (and others). The reaction from Chicago Bulls fans was — how can I put this? — not positive. But in the process of researching Rose […]
