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Free Agency Reactions and the Importance of Rebounding from 2022-02-22T10:00:41.470065
This week the crew reacts the first wave of free agency signings, including Kawhi's absence from signing. They also discuss how players earn grades based around offensive and defensive rebounds.. Y...
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Gravity & Lineup Spacing from 2022-02-22T10:00:41.467158
This week, Jacob and Tim welcome new BBall Index data contributor, Andrew Patton, to the pod to discuss his player gravity data and the site's new lineup spacing ratings derived from that baseline ...
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FIBA World Cup & WNBA Playoff Preview from 2022-02-22T10:00:41.464669
Tony joins Tim and Jacob this week to discuss the FIBA World Cup's best teams, how they'd stack up as NBA teams, and cover the WNBA teams poised to make title runs in this year's WNBA playoffs.
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Offensive Role Ladders and EDD Injury from 2022-02-22T10:00:41.461324
This week, the guys discuss what EDD's injury means for the WNBA Finals, and also introduce Offensive Role Ladders to more clearly outline how players grow and what role jumps for players are likel...
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Oasis or Mirage in Phoenix? from 2022-02-22T10:00:41.451364
This week, Mike Vigil from the Timeline Podcast joins Tim to talk about the white hot Suns, why their early season start isn't a mirage, and what the new expectations should be for Phoenix. Be sure...
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Jacob's Process from 2022-02-22T10:00:41.449581
This week Jacob takes you through his process for watching film, watching a game, and what tools he uses to get into advanced information.
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Player Profiles, Badges, & Game 7! from 2022-02-22T10:00:41.441982
Cranjis walks through the 3 talent grades the BBall Index team has revamped, what they and their component ratings say about Houston and OKC ahead of game 7, and introduces talent badges as well.
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Checking In With The Hornets Mid Rebuild from 2022-02-22T10:00:41.437364
Taylor goes in-depth on the Hornets rebuild. He highlights Lamelo Ball, Miles Bridges, Gordon Hayward, and Terry Rozier. Using the B-Ball Index database he highlights key offense and defensive stat...
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The Lakers And The Perils Of Going All In from 2022-02-19T23:32:50
Taylor breaks down the current Lakers roster situation. He examines the last few years and explains how the Lakers have gone all in, and how they are out of options to help improve the team.
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Trade Deadline Recap + Loving & Hating Fake Trades from 2022-02-12T00:54
Taylor reviews the notable trades at the deadline and gives context to the players being moved. He also goes on a small rant about his love/hate relationship with fake trades.
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Scrapping The Blazers For Parts from 2022-01-28T08:03:25
Taylor analyzes Jusuf Nurki?, Robert Covington, and CJ McCollum. He explains their strengths and weakness and the value they could provide to a contender.
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Why The Bulls Fit Together Perfectly from 2022-01-20T00:16:53
Taylor takes a look at the Bulls roster and explains how they are greater than the sum of their parts. He digs into the B-ball Index database to highlight Zach Lavine's offense prowess and Lonzo Ba...
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How Our Perimeter Defense Grades Work from 2021-11-13T04:30:43
Taylor and Tim explain how B-ball indexes new perimeter defensive grades work. They break down the on-ball, off-ball chaser, and ball-handler screen defense grades work. They close out the show hig...
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Preseason impact on the regular season + Vegas win projections vs LEBRON vs DARKO from 2021-10-19T05:31:17
Kostya Medvedovsky stopped by to discuss the preseason impact on the regular season, Vegas vs DARKO vs LEBRON win projections and his best over-under bets for the season.
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WNBA Draft Preview from 2020-04-16T18:02
Tim and BBI WNBA writer Ben Dull discuss the upcoming WNBA draft, top team storylines to watch, and players to keep an eye on.
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Optimizing NBA Lineup Fit from 2020-03-29T09:05:24
This episode, Tim introduces some of the key concepts from a recent article and sets the stage for conversations around optimizing lineup fit.
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Optimization: The Final Frontier from 2020-03-26T07:34:24
This week, Tim breaks down some of the ways we can try to capture optimization of players and win more games.
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Key Questions from 2020-03-10T06:09:13
This week, Cranjis works through a mailbag of key questions to help you have the best fun facts this NBA season. Who are the most talented players and teams? Which role changes haven't worked? F...
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Clutch is Real from 2020-01-30T07:09:35
Nathan Walker joins Cranjis to chat about Stable SPR, Predictive Win %, Replacement On/Off, and how each of those can be used by fans to learn more about the NBA. The duo also discusses Nathan's re...
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How Coaches Use Data from 2020-01-27T08:00
Cranjis is joined by Brazilian 2nd League Champion and Unifacisa coach KJ Smith to discuss what US basketball can learn from int'l basketball, and KJ's relationship with data as a coach for a champ...
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DARKO Introduction from 2020-01-25T06:28:38
Cranjis chats this week with creator of the DARKO projection system, Kostya Medvedovsky. They cover how DARKO works, what it tells us, and what it says about some key players this season.
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Watching Film with Tim from 2019-12-13T06:13:11
This week, Tim takes us through how he watches games live and on film, pointing out what he looks for on offense and defense, what sources he uses for his film, and what stats he mixes in to stay s...
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Mailbag with Cranjis from 2019-11-22T18:15:19
On this week's pod, Tim answers your questions to talk through shooting variance and teams hot from 3, how basketball styles of play may impact injury frequency, the real ways to apply lessons from...
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Rookie Extensions from 2019-10-24T17:19:06
Tim and Jacob are joined this week by Eric Griffith to discuss Eric's upcoming BBall Index article on rookie extensions and dive into what Jaylen Brown will need to do to provide value on his new d...
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Measuring Zion from 2019-10-17T05:50:11
This week, Tim and Jacob share the results of a study estimating the 2019-20 talent grades for Zion Williamson, what those say about his most effective roles, and the likelihood of the Pelicans usi...
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Preseason (Sort of) Matters! from 2019-10-10T09:00
This week, the guys break down which preseason data is predictive of future performance in real games, walk through some of the players and teams that have stood out to them so far, and predict wha...
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Optimizing Opportunity Cost & Averaging Stats from 2019-09-26T18:18:09
In this pod, Cranjis shares some of the players who BBall Index's data said were misused this past season in their deployed roles and are primed to break out, and then chats about the idea of ratin...
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Overall Talent Grades from 2019-09-19T14:20:47
This week, the guys showcase the brand new overall offensive and defensive grades the team developed for the NBA. Players who made role changes that helped or hurt are touched on, along with role c...
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Ranking Players & We Lost! from 2019-09-13T14:01:14
Jacob and Tim talk through SI's top ranked players compared to how the guys would (or wouldn't) order players, then mourn the USA team's losses in the FIBA World Cup, and discuss what future implic...
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Off-Screen Shooters & Basketball Analytics Career Pathing from 2019-08-29T19:16:57
This week, Tim and Jacob discuss a next-level application of the NBA player talent grades along with other data sources to identify players in a niche skill set, then talk about their journeys to d...
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Pickup Comps & International PIPM from 2019-08-15T23:35:15
This pod, the guys share whom the math says each of them play most similarly to in games of pickup, then introduce PIPM data for international leagues and what it means for a couple of the top inte...
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Win Totals & Free Agency Ratings from 2019-07-25T14:40:11
In episode 7, the guys discuss which team season win totals grade out as best bets based on the site's projections, as well as what the math says about which teams made out best and worst with thei...
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Player Development Ratings & Mailbag from 2019-07-18T16:44:40
This week, the guys break down the site's Player Development Ratings, discuss how to best apply that math to analysis on players and coaches, and answer your burning questions on the next market in...
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Playmaking and Offensive Roles from 2019-07-11T07:00
In episode 4, Tim and Tony are joined by Alex Regla to introduce BBall Index's Playmaking grades and some of the best and worst playmaking teams of 2018-19, discuss the 11 offensive roles the site ...
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Free Agent Bargains and Defensive Grades from 2019-06-28T01:29:22
In episode three, the crew breaks down their top value free agents, the biggest projected overpays, break down the site's defensive grades, and Cranjis attempts to end Jacob's undefeated streak of ...
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Talent Grades and PIPM from 2019-06-13T07:00
In the podcast’s first episode, the crew introduces player talent grades and PIPM, the idea of “luck” in data and matching players with roles, and Tony and Jacob square off in a competition to name...
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Blue Wire Intro from 2019-06-10T16:00
Tim introduces you to the BBall Index Podcast. Listeners can expect a unique perspective based around statistics. For more podcasts, check out bluewirepods.com.
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Blue Wire Intro from 2019-06-10T16:00
Tim introduces you to the BBall Index Podcast. Listeners can expect a unique perspective based around statistics. For more podcasts, check out bluewirepods.com.
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Blue Wire Intro from 2019-06-10T16:00
Tim introduces you to the BBall Index Podcast. Listeners can expect a unique perspective based around statistics. For more podcasts, check out bluewirepods.com.
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