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ESPN NBA Rank: Dirk Nowitzki, Deron Williams, and Russell Westbrook

11. Dirk Nowitzki, F, Dallas Mavericks: One of the league’s poster children for returning from the work stoppage out of shape (and to his credit, admitting it), Nowitzki struggled early as a result…Read More

ESPN NBA Rank: Blake Griffin, Andrew Bynum, and Rajon Rondo

14. Blake Griffin, F, Los Angeles Clippers: Griffin improved measurably in 2012, upping his PER and field goal percentage while continuing to develop his mid-range jumper and exerting more effort on the…Read More

ESPN NBA Rank: Carmelo Anthony, Tony Parker, and Pau Gasol

17. Carmelo Anthony, F, New York Knicks: Depending on the eventual place of Kobe Bryant, there may not be a more hotly contested and argued ranking than Anthony’s, and it makes a lot of sense.  On…Read More

ESPN NBA Rank: LaMarcus Aldridge, Steve Nash, and Chris Bosh

As our own Sonny Giuliano continues counting down his estimable list of the top 50 players in the NBA, the folks over at ESPN are doing the same.  And finally, after weeks of slowly cutting the fat,…Read More

Kobe Bryant No Longer Among Game’s Elite

Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest basketball players of all time. That’s obvious and hardly revelatory stuff, but before we get into the meat of this article that fact bears repeating.  There’s…Read More

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Super Secret Stats: Avery Bradley’s Awesome Defense

Super-Secret Stat: With Avery Bradley on the floor last season the Boston Celtics defensive rating 92.9,…Read More

Super Secret Stats: Taj Gibson’s Changing Role with the Chicago Bulls

  Super-Secret Stat: In the 747 minutes they played together last season for the Chicago Bulls,…Read More

Super Secret Stats: The Utah Jazz and Extra-Big Lineups

Super-Secret Stat: In the 113 minutes they played together in the 2012 regular season, Paul Millsap,…Read More

Super Secret Stats (in Graphs): JaVale McGee and the Denver Nuggets

Super-Secret Stat: JaVale McGee’s on-court/off-court splits as a member of the Denver Nuggets…Read More

Super Secret Stats: Andrew Bynum and the Los Angeles Lakers in the Clutch

Saving the Skyhook was recently granted access to the NBA’s super-secret advanced statistics page,…Read More

Super Secret Stats: LeBron James and Playoff Shot Distribution

Saving the Skyhook was recently granted access to the NBA’s super-secret advanced statistics page,…Read More

ESPN NBA Rank: Analyzing Players 360-341

ESPN’s annual NBA Rank has commenced, an exercise that ranks every player in the NBA from 500 all…Read More

ESPN NBA Rank: Analyzing Players 380-361

ESPN’s annual NBA Rank has commenced, an exercise that ranks every player in the NBA from 500…Read More

Washington Wizards: John Wall, Nene, and a Reason for Cautioned Optimism

Perusing the basketball web into the earliest hours of the morning before bed last night led me to this…Read More

ESPN NBA Rank: Analyzing Players 400-381

ESPN’s annual NBA Rank has commenced, an exercise that ranks every player in the NBA from 500…Read More

ESPN NBA Rank: Analyzing Players 500-401

ESPN’s annual NBA Rank has commenced, an exercise that ranks every player in the NBA from 500…Read More

Brooklyn Nets: 10 Highlights of New York Times Profile on Jay-Z

The New York Times published a fantastic profile on Brooklyn Nets minority owner Jay-Z today, detailing…Read More

Sacramento Kings: The Anti-Denver Nuggets

We tackled the Denver Nuggets here yesterday, a team far along and still trudging on its journey to…Read More

Denver Nuggets: The New Team-Building Model?

Dwight Howard forced his way to the Lakers and Kobe Bryant, and Pau Gasol, and Steve Nash.  Chris Paul…Read More

USA Basketball 2012: Team USA 109–Argentina 83

LeBron James lost Manu Ginobili in delayed transition after feeding Kevin Love for a Team USA layup,…Read More