Research, Statistics, & Analytics
DB #1041 - Stats, Draft Workout, Game Ops Changes
Looking at how Myck Kabongo and others did in Saturday's workout with the Jazz, some cool new stat tools, and saying goodbye to a long-time Jazz employee.
Nets fire Carlesimo + a list of all Head Coaches
The Nets fire Carlesimo, and will now be looking for head coach #9. Let's look at each team and all the head coaches they've had in the last 15 seasons. Stability can be good.
If you get a top pick, how much should they play?
A very detailed analysis of how many mpg the #3 pick in the draft has played over their first five seasons in the NBA, based upon the last 40 years, 20 years, 10 years, 5 years, and just Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter.
Comparing Kobe's career minutes to other NBA wings
Taking a look at the career cumulative regular season and playoffs minutes of Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant, and Paul Pierce
Minutes matter if you understand math
Historical, quantitative evidence demonstrating that all four of our high priced lottery picks are below average in actual on-court experience.
DB #1041 - Stats, Draft Workout, Game Ops Changes
Looking at how Myck Kabongo and others did in Saturday's workout with the Jazz, some cool new stat tools, and saying goodbye to a long-time Jazz employee.
Nets fire Carlesimo + a list of all Head Coaches
The Nets fire Carlesimo, and will now be looking for head coach #9. Let's look at each team and all the head coaches they've had in the last 15 seasons. Stability can be good.
If you get a top pick, how much should they play?
A very detailed analysis of how many mpg the #3 pick in the draft has played over their first five seasons in the NBA, based upon the last 40 years, 20 years, 10 years, 5 years, and just Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter.
Comparing Kobe's career minutes to other NBA wings
Taking a look at the career cumulative regular season and playoffs minutes of Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant, and Paul Pierce
A fun, quantitative look at Corbin's career Win %
I think Ty has the potential to be a good coach, let's look at his performance game by game for every game of his career.
82Games.com identifies where we need to upgrade
82games.com looked at every team, and every position on every team, and crunched all the numbers. We're great in some areas. Less than great in others. And then there's our starting backcourt . . .
Perception v Reality: Hate Fish, Love Foye, right?
I hate Derek Fisher. Off the court speaks for itself. On the court we didn't like him either. We like Randy Foye. But on the court is he any better than Fisher was?
Building a winner, & the positive progress we see.
Let's take a look at the last 15 years of Jazz basketball in three distinct periods from 1998 till today. What did we try to do? What was our plan? Did it work? What can we learn from it? And what's happening right now?
Player of the Week: Week 22
Lots of competition for this week's award, as Utah finishes with a 4-1 record.
Did Alec Burks Really Screw Up?
Last Friday, Alec Burks created a Twitter mini-rage when he took a shot at the end of the quarter with enough time for the Blazers to hit a 3 at the buzzer. But was it really a mistake?
Fanpost
Al the Conqueror... or Not
Amar’s post comparing Al Jefferson to other post up scoring options, both contemporary and historical, got me thinking. Jefferson may get more criticism than all the other current Jazz players...
Player of the Week: Week 21
The Jazz went 0-3, but someone had to win the award.
Evaluating the Top30 Bigmen scorers today & Big Al
A look at the Top 30 Bigmen scorers today, and a desire to understand the overt genius of Big Al Jefferson. Let's look at three ideas of what he is, and try to see if the numbers support or disprove where he stands today as a Bigman Scorer.
How Long Should We Expect Enes Kanter Out?
Sure, we could wait for an announcement beyond "indefinitely". But what fun would that be? A quick look at how long other NBA players have been out with dislocated shoulders, and the impact of the injury on the Utah Jazz.
Player of the Week: Week 20
Can Enes win his third straight award?
Bigtime scorers & what we can learn from the Spurs
A look at the Top 20 players in PPG, the Top 20 Bigmen in PPG, the Jazz -- and how well they all get to the line as a portion of their entire scoring attack.
