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 ...

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 ...

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” ...

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 ...

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 ...

“The No-Stats All-Star” is a famous 2009 headline describing the hidden value of Shane Battier. In the New York Times Magazine article by Michael Lewis, the author illuminated how Battier impacted NBA ...

Last week, Nate Silver published his “Future of the Franchise” rankings — his semiannual feature covering all 30 teams and how they rank in NBA championship equity over the next decade. Nate asked me ...

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 ...

Jaylen Brown is a divisive player: His supporters point to a Finals MVP trophy, deep playoff runs, and generally strong performance by the Celtics over the years. On the other hand, his impact numbers ...