Author: Nathan Andriessen, nathanandriessen2023@u.northwestern.edu, Weinberg, 2023 This is the second article in a series about advanced basketball statistics. The first article on individual statistics can be found here. The 2020-2021 NBA season is now in…
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Author: Nathan Andriessen (nathanandriessen2023@u.northwestern.edu),Weinberg, 2023 With the 2020-2021 NBA season just around the corner, narratives begin to form around basketball media: LeBron James chasing his 4th ring to bolster his case for the basketball GOAT,…
Authors: Hunter Zhang (hunterzhang2024@u.northwestern.edu), Weinberg; Ian Braud (ianbraud2022@u.northwestern.edu), Weinberg “That’s a bad shot,” said Paul George about the 36-foot buzzer-beater that his opponent Damian Lillard hit to eliminate his team from the playoffs last year….
Author: Nicholas Parekh, nicholasparekh2022@u.northwestern.edu, (Weinberg ‘22) Love him or hate him, Jimmy Butler defied expectations and brought the Miami Heat to the NBA Finals where they pushed a loaded LA Lakers team to a Game…
Author: Rohan Balakrishna (Weinberg ’22) True Shooting Percentage (TS%) has become a widely measured metric to describe a player’s shooting efficiency. The stat is calculated similarly to traditional FG%, but it accounts for differences in…
Author: Jeremy Brooks (Weinberg ’20) During the 2013-2014 NBA regular season, 46 triple doubles were recorded, and the league leader was Lance Stephenson with 5. In stark contrast, 127 triple doubles were recorded during the…
Author: Chibuzo Ikonte (Weinberg ’20) Opening Statement Being inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame is one of the highest attainable individual honors that a player can achieve. It holds the power of having the…
Author: Stefano Gamba (’21) Throughout Steph Curry’s career, he has often been characterized by both NBA fans and sports aficionados alike for being worse in the playoffs than he has been in the regular season,…
Author: Chibuzo Ikonte (Weinberg ’20) Father time is the term used to denote when age and mileage has caught up to an NBA player, and their level of production begins to decline. This is a…
Author: Jeremy Brooks (Weinberg ’20) Two possible pathways to quality defense in basketball are to force opponents to miss their shot attempts (regardless of what area of the court they shoot from), or force opponents…