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Analysis · 3 min read
Why a short season changes everything
A compressed calendar turns every result into a larger share of the whole, and that single fact reshapes rotations, risk and how the standings should be read.
Analysis · 3 min read
The value of a settled starting five
Continuity is the cheapest advantage in basketball, and in a league with tight rosters it is often the difference between a good team and a coherent one.
Analysis · 3 min read
How spacing created the modern game
Spacing is not a shooting strategy. It is a way of deciding where defenders are allowed to stand, and everything else follows from that.
Analysis · 3 min read
What a good defensive scheme actually hides
Every defence chooses which shots it is willing to concede. Reading a scheme means finding the concession rather than admiring the pressure.
Feature · 3 min read
The case for watching the off-ball player
Broadcast coverage follows the ball because the ball is where the outcome is. Most of the cause, though, is happening somewhere else.
Feature · 3 min read
Why veteran leadership is a real tactic, not a cliche
The word leadership gets used to avoid explanation. In basketball it has a concrete meaning that shows up in specific moments.
Feature · 3 min read
How a league grows without losing itself
Expansion, scheduling and broadcast reach all pull in slightly different directions, and the tension between them is the interesting part.
Blog · 3 min read
Nobody agrees what a playoff is for
Every format argument is really a disagreement about whether the postseason should identify the best team or produce the best contest.
Blog · 3 min read
Efficiency is a context, not a character trait
Shooting percentages describe circumstances at least as much as they describe players, and the difference matters when judging anyone.
Blog · 3 min read
We judge rookie seasons on the wrong timescale
A first professional season is mostly an adjustment to speed and physicality, and almost none of that shows up in the numbers people quote.
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