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Absolute smooth-brained amateur statistician
Nets fan in the winter
Yankees fan in the summer
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My prediction model has the Knicks taking the cup today, but my heart says it's the Spurs and my brain says who cares it's a regular season game.

#nba #nbasky
December 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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I'm trying to use advanced statistics to come up with a rookie ladder. This is what it came up with for the season so far:
1. VJ Edgecombe
2. Cedric Coward
3. Kon Knueppel
4. Danny Wolf
5. Derick Queen

I went a bit deeper in the article.

Anyone you want to ask about?

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Using Stats to determine ROTY
An attempt to measure the best rookie in a season using a blend of advanced statistics
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December 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Happy Monday! Here's my picks for today:
Celtics
Heat
Mavericks
Rockets
Grizzlies

#nba #nbasky
December 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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The #brooklynnets were a Danny Wolf layup away from having 10 players in double digit points. Three of them were rookies.

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December 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Finally Friday, and a day with a good amount of games! Here's my picks for today:
Pistons
Sixers
Hornets
Cavs
Grizzlies
Mavericks
Timberwolves

#nba #nbasky
December 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Happy Friday eve! Here's my predictions for today:
Trail Blazers
Rockets
Celtics
Nuggets

#nba #nbasky
December 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Are the OKC Thunder Going for The Warriors' Record?

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Are the OKC Thunder Going for The Warriors’ Record?
Projecting whether or not the Thunder has what it takes to win yet another award, "best regular season team"
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December 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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The NBA cup is really taking the wind out of my sails
Here's my picks for the day:
Thunder
Spurs
December 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Even less basketball than yesterday!
Here's my picks:
Magic
Knicks

#nba #nbasky
December 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Wrote a breakdown of another advanced stat, Pythagorean expectation:

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Stats Breakdown - Pythagorean Expectation
A predictive model that attempts to project the outcome of the current season
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December 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Not a lot of hoops to start the week, here's my picks for today:
Pacers
Timberwolves
Spurs
December 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Happy Friday!
Here's my picks for today
Celtics
Heat
Spurs
Raptors
Nuggets
Knicks
Pistons
Grizzlies
Rockets
Sixers
Bulls
Thunder

#nba #nbasky
December 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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New day, new NBA picks:
Warriors
Celtics
Jazz
Raptors
Timberwolves

#nba #nbasky
December 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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The Brooklyn Nets have a win streak.
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Interestes to see what happens to Chris Paul next. Here's my picks for today:
Magic
Nuggets
Cavs
Knicks
Hawks
Rockets
Pistons
Bulls
Heat
December 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Wrote up something on the Nets rebuild process if anyone's interested:

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How Are the Nets Rookies Doing?
A kiddie-pool deep look into the production of their crop
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December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Hope everyone had a good holiday! Here's my picks for today:
Sixers
Raptors
Knicks
Spurs
Timberwolves
Thunder
December 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Starting a series on substack that breaks down some statistics I use. First one is up and covers SRS:
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Stat Breakdown - SRS
Simple Rating System used to get a general idea of how good a team is
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November 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Danny Wolf breakout game last night?!
November 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Was that an Egor breakout game?
November 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Egor Demin hits the NBA rookie ladder at number 9, let's see it go up! 😤

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Kia Rookie Ladder: Cooper Flagg, Cedric Coward gain ground in chase to top
Kon Knueppel keeps hold of No. 1 as a few new names join the Top 5 fray in this week's Kia Rookie Ladder.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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I'm a bit reluctant for the Nets to trade Claxton. It really looks like he's bought in to what Jordi is trying to build and Marc Stein is predicting a lot of centers will be on the move.

I'm thinking keeping him could possibly be more valuable than what we might get back.

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November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Ah, yeah, and here are my picks for today:
Pistons
Knicks
Heat
Thunder
Raptors
Grizzlies
Spurs
Rockets
Suns
November 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Since we're 20 games into the season I decided to get a more detailed power ranking going. I plan to do this every 10 games or so. Check it out here:
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Power Rankings 20 Games in
I intend to do this every 10 games. This is the start of it.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Not a lot of hoops today. Here's my picks for the few games that are on:
Hawks
Magic
Lakers
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM