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 ...

Recently we released my over/under predictions for both conferences: East and West. Now I want to share a dozen more predictions that cut against the grain and address some of the more overlooked ...

As I noted last week in my Eastern Conference predictions, this year is a strange one for win totals. The new rules are different: Teams will be punished for finishing with a bottom-three record, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LAS VEGAS — Let’s rank my top 30 NBA prospects after watching them up close at NBA summer league. This is essentially my updated Big Board, based on career projections for each player. This format is ...

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 ...

Believe it or not, your favorite advanced NBA metric — whether BPM, EPM, LEBRON, DARKO, Net Points or my own xRAPM — is uncertain about the estimates it spits out. In the stats world, measures of ...

In an alternate timeline, Jalen Brunson is still a Dallas Maverick. “I really did want to stay in Dallas,” he would later say. Instead, Brunson is headed to the NBA Finals with the New York Knicks.

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 ...