Here at the dawn of the NBA’s era of big brains and fancy thinking, basketball statistics are more complicated than ever. The best ones, though, still answer dead-simple questions: Which players are good? Which players are not? And of course: Which players are rarely passed the basketball? I stumbled into the answer to that last […]
Russell Westbrook is a force of nature. Westbrook has wreaked havoc on opposing NBA teams, piling up 17 triple-doubles so far this season, which ties Magic Johnson’s 1988-89 season for the most in the last 33 years. Westbrook sucks opposing defenses into the paint before dishing to Kevin Durant, Serge Ibaka or a Thunder shooter […]
Russell Westbrook is a force of nature. Westbrook has wreaked havoc on opposing NBA teams, piling up 17 triple-doubles so far this season, which ties Magic Johnson’s 1988-89 season for the most in the last 33 years. Westbrook sucks opposing defenses into the paint before dishing to Kevin Durant, Serge Ibaka or a Thunder shooter […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder’s rise from a 20-win zombie franchise in 2007-08 to an NBA finalist just four seasons later seemed to follow a familiar storyline: Team drafts a megastar (Kevin Durant), team shrewdly surrounds him with a talented supporting cast (Russell Westbrook, James Harden, Serge Ibaka, et al.), team waits for the championships to […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder’s rise from a 20-win zombie franchise in 2007-08 to an NBA finalist just four seasons later seemed to follow a familiar storyline: Team drafts a megastar (Kevin Durant), team shrewdly surrounds him with a talented supporting cast (Russell Westbrook, James Harden, Serge Ibaka, et al.), team waits for the championships to […]
