NBA stars... do they get favorable treatment? The answer is some, not all. We are going to look at the overall distribution for some of the NBA's biggest stars from 2015 to 2018. The results may or may not surprise you. https://soundcloud.com/david-hyde/last-2-mins-pt-iv
Michael Lewis is one of the most well known authors of our generation. You know his work, Moneyball, The Big Short, and The Blind Side. In his podcast, Against the Rules, he introduces the purpose of his podcast, fairness, by using NBA refs. He peels back the curtain on the $15 million dollar investment the… Continue reading Last Two Minutes Pt. III
In the previous post we have established that referees in the NBA get calls correct in the most crucial part of close games 90% of the time or better. Fouls are snap decision and somewhat subjective (feel free to read this post on take down of basketball here). So for me this is a pretty… Continue reading Last 2 minutes PT. II
NBA's last two minute report https://soundcloud.com/david-hyde/last-2-mins-pt1 https://twitter.com/dav1dhyde/status/1367705629398233088 Traveling is called incorrectly 45% of the time. However, personal and shooting fouls have the most frequency and are called the most accurate. Defensive 3 seconds is incorrectly called 64% of the time! In other words, they aren't watching.... Player NameNumber of ReviewsCorrectly Called %Hassan Whiteside11682%Russell Westbrook12083%Marcin Gortat21183%James Harden15084%Rudy Gobert14685%Andre Drummond13685%Markieff Morris10285%Blake Griffin10286%Brook Lopez14986%Robin Lopez12387%Excluded players with less… Continue reading NBA’s Last Two Minutes: Pt. 1
Kirk Goldsberry tweeted the below image (I added some notes on there) out a few days ago. (He is a great follow on Twitter and has some cool illustrations. He made a really cool map of the NBA's most important moments, players, etc. Anyway.) And it caught my attention. This image coupled with the "Steph… Continue reading Mid-Range dead? Pickup always knew…
