Real NBA analytics — from former ESPN NBA editor Royce Webb and Jeremias Engelmann, creator of ESPN's RPM ...

On a per-minute (or per-possession) basis, Jerome is one of the NBA’s most impactful offensive players, as measured by metrics like xRAPM. Assuming good health, Jerome is on pace to garner lots of ...

The NBA has some of the best-paid coaches in sports. Steve Kerr, Erik Spoelstra and Ty Lue all rank among the top 25 in the world in salary. But which NBA coaches actually make their teams better, and ...

Jeremias Engelmann’s essay “Why the Celtics actually won the Jaylen Brown trade“ ran at the Boston Globe this week and led the site’s most-read list all day Wednesday. (Read it here — subscription ...

Is the East really and truly back? That’s my overriding curiosity. Is the East as good as it looks on paper? I can’t wait to find out. I feel like the East has been subjected to Leastern Conference ...

Statistical draft models have several big advantages, compared to scouts: They are not swayed by aesthetics or random events, such as game-winning shots in the NCAA tournament. And they can “analyze” ...

If you’ve followed NBA win-total predictions in the past, you’ll notice that this year is a strange one, and the reason is simple: The newly implemented anti-tanking rules have one major and several ...

AJ Dybantsa is the consensus No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, or at worst top three. He’s got a unique combination of size and scoring ability, and the team that drafts him is likely to thrust him into a ...

Player stats are fairly volatile — more volatile than fans realize — as they depend on many external factors and lots of random chance. Some statistics stabilize quickly, such as 2-point percentage ...

About a month ago, Nate Silver published his “Future of the Franchise” rankings — his annual feature covering all 30 teams and how they rank in NBA championship equity over the next decade. This year, ...

Have the Spurs truly passed up the Thunder? Would Oklahoma City actually have repeated as champions if Jalen Williams had just stayed healthy? What about Luka Dončić's post-LeBron, drastically ...