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,…
Authors: Leo Georgopoulos (McCormick ’22) and Jordi Parry (Weinberg ’22) The NBA’s “one-and-done” rule is one of the most controversial subjects in all of sports. However, elite coaches like John Calipari and Mike Krzyzewski have…
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…
Author: Ben Calkins (Weinberg ’20) In Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Boston Celtics, Ben Simmons recorded a single point in 31 minutes of play. People began to raise the questions, can…
Author: Charlie Goldsmith (Medill ’21) Myke Henry’s spot is in the NBA is essentially fungible, but all you need is a foot in the door. The Memphis Grizzlies forward has been around the world playing…
Author: Jeremy Brooks (Weinberg ’20) In every level of basketball, rebounding is considered in two different lights: on one hand it is the pinnacle of chaos for the sport; as rebounds can ricochet at wild,…