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Is It Getting Harder for NBA Superteams to Win?
Moving beyond anecdote, some recent evidence suggests yes.
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🏀 2024 WNBA Elo Team Power Rankings and Player Rankings 📈
Power ratings for every WNBA team this season.
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The 2011 Finals Sabotaged LeBron’s GOAT Case before It Had a Chance
We can quibble around the margins of LeBron James' all-time résumé, but his flop in the 2011 NBA Finals cost him more than he can add back.
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Paul George Makes the Sixers Serious NBA Title Contenders, If History Is a Guide
...But is history a guide right now?
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Which NBA Teams Get the Most Bang for Their Free-Agency Buck?
Sometimes, you only get what you pay for. Sometimes, you're the Miami Heat... or the San Antonio Spurs.
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Do We Know a Weak NBA Draft When We See It?
And how sure can we be that 2024 is one?
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🏀 2023-24 NBA Estimated RAPTOR Player Ratings and Wins Above Replacement 🦖
Do you miss the old FiveThirtyEight RAPTOR ratings? I sure do. But while those are no longer updating via Disney (I don’t know their long-term future…
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The Year Of The Celtics
Wire to wire, Boston just finished off an NBA championship season that ranks among history's most dominant.
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🏀 2023-24 NBA Elo Power Rankings 📈
Power ratings for every NBA team this season.
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🏀 2023-24 NBA Forecast 📈
Track how I'm forecasting every team’s chance to make — and win — the NBA Finals, all season long.
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Jerry West Was Basketball’s Greatest Lifer
The Lakers legend, who died at age 86 on Wednesday, was successful at every level of the game.
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The NBA Finalists Who Went Down 0-2 on the Road... And Won Anyway
It's rare, but it can be done.
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