Martim 🏀
@mempire25.bsky.social
Lisbon 🇵🇹. Data science for a living.
Sometimes I like basketball so much I write about it: https://borrachalaranja.pt/category/autores/martim-pardal
Older stuff: https://atlantichoops.substack.com
Open to projects.
Lots of🏀clips & stats on this feed!
Sometimes I like basketball so much I write about it: https://borrachalaranja.pt/category/autores/martim-pardal
Older stuff: https://atlantichoops.substack.com
Open to projects.
Lots of🏀clips & stats on this feed!
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Martim 🏀
@mempire25.bsky.social
· Oct 22
🏀🎞️Alright! The Golden State Warriors got the win against the Lakers.
Here's a lot of my thoughts running through the game:
#NBA #DubNation #LakeShow
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Here's a lot of my thoughts running through the game:
#NBA #DubNation #LakeShow
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🏀🎞️ A lot of what Anthony Black did in his career night against the 76ers was in transition during the 1st half
But he still showed enough as a driver in general that I feel a bit validated for this previous post...
But he still showed enough as a driver in general that I feel a bit validated for this previous post...
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🏀🎞️ A lot of what Anthony Black did in his career night against the 76ers was in transition during the 1st half
But he still showed enough as a driver in general that I feel a bit validated for this previous post...
But he still showed enough as a driver in general that I feel a bit validated for this previous post...
Reposted by Martim 🏀
🏀 With more responsibility, Amen Thompson gets fewer easy looks @ the rim w/o a playmaker beside him. And w/ KD out, spacing suffers further
Still, he went 6/11 from midrange v PHO & also had 8 ast, showcasing this dual role
And his playmaking metrics are quite impressive for one in this new role:
Still, he went 6/11 from midrange v PHO & also had 8 ast, showcasing this dual role
And his playmaking metrics are quite impressive for one in this new role:
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🏀 With more responsibility, Amen Thompson gets fewer easy looks @ the rim w/o a playmaker beside him. And w/ KD out, spacing suffers further
Still, he went 6/11 from midrange v PHO & also had 8 ast, showcasing this dual role
And his playmaking metrics are quite impressive for one in this new role:
Still, he went 6/11 from midrange v PHO & also had 8 ast, showcasing this dual role
And his playmaking metrics are quite impressive for one in this new role:
🏀🎞️ A lot of what Anthony Black did in his career night against the 76ers was in transition during the 1st half
But he still showed enough as a driver in general that I feel a bit validated for this previous post...
But he still showed enough as a driver in general that I feel a bit validated for this previous post...
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🏀🎞️ A lot of what Anthony Black did in his career night against the 76ers was in transition during the 1st half
But he still showed enough as a driver in general that I feel a bit validated for this previous post...
But he still showed enough as a driver in general that I feel a bit validated for this previous post...
🏀 With more responsibility, Amen Thompson gets fewer easy looks @ the rim w/o a playmaker beside him. And w/ KD out, spacing suffers further
Still, he went 6/11 from midrange v PHO & also had 8 ast, showcasing this dual role
And his playmaking metrics are quite impressive for one in this new role:
Still, he went 6/11 from midrange v PHO & also had 8 ast, showcasing this dual role
And his playmaking metrics are quite impressive for one in this new role:
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🏀 With more responsibility, Amen Thompson gets fewer easy looks @ the rim w/o a playmaker beside him. And w/ KD out, spacing suffers further
Still, he went 6/11 from midrange v PHO & also had 8 ast, showcasing this dual role
And his playmaking metrics are quite impressive for one in this new role:
Still, he went 6/11 from midrange v PHO & also had 8 ast, showcasing this dual role
And his playmaking metrics are quite impressive for one in this new role:
I can't even begin to tell you how much I love Kon Knueppel...
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I can't even begin to tell you how much I love Kon Knueppel...
🏀📊 Shoutout Kel'el Ware because there has been a huge leap in his rebounding this season.
It's what one likes to see from someone of his size, coming off his rookie year and learning to use his size and build out his strength.
It's what one likes to see from someone of his size, coming off his rookie year and learning to use his size and build out his strength.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
🏀📊 Shoutout Kel'el Ware because there has been a huge leap in his rebounding this season.
It's what one likes to see from someone of his size, coming off his rookie year and learning to use his size and build out his strength.
It's what one likes to see from someone of his size, coming off his rookie year and learning to use his size and build out his strength.
Peyton Watson will have a terrible turnover out of a lazy pass in every half and it's actually impressive that it keeps happening.
Fascinating player because he plays perfectly 80% of the time, but the other 20% can be really "loud" as mistakes go.
Fascinating player because he plays perfectly 80% of the time, but the other 20% can be really "loud" as mistakes go.
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Peyton Watson will have a terrible turnover out of a lazy pass in every half and it's actually impressive that it keeps happening.
Fascinating player because he plays perfectly 80% of the time, but the other 20% can be really "loud" as mistakes go.
Fascinating player because he plays perfectly 80% of the time, but the other 20% can be really "loud" as mistakes go.
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🏀📊 Still on the theme of his impending retirement, a little more love towards Chris Paul, showing how his peak offensive impact ranks along with the other great players of the last 20 years:
➡️X: On Court ORTG
⬆️Y: On / Off ORTG
🟡Color: On / Off Teammate TS%
➡️X: On Court ORTG
⬆️Y: On / Off ORTG
🟡Color: On / Off Teammate TS%
November 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🏀📊 Still on the theme of his impending retirement, a little more love towards Chris Paul, showing how his peak offensive impact ranks along with the other great players of the last 20 years:
➡️X: On Court ORTG
⬆️Y: On / Off ORTG
🟡Color: On / Off Teammate TS%
➡️X: On Court ORTG
⬆️Y: On / Off ORTG
🟡Color: On / Off Teammate TS%
🏀📊 Still on the theme of his impending retirement, a little more love towards Chris Paul, showing how his peak offensive impact ranks along with the other great players of the last 20 years:
➡️X: On Court ORTG
⬆️Y: On / Off ORTG
🟡Color: On / Off Teammate TS%
➡️X: On Court ORTG
⬆️Y: On / Off ORTG
🟡Color: On / Off Teammate TS%
November 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🏀📊 Still on the theme of his impending retirement, a little more love towards Chris Paul, showing how his peak offensive impact ranks along with the other great players of the last 20 years:
➡️X: On Court ORTG
⬆️Y: On / Off ORTG
🟡Color: On / Off Teammate TS%
➡️X: On Court ORTG
⬆️Y: On / Off ORTG
🟡Color: On / Off Teammate TS%
All the respect. Chris Paul at his best is one of the best players of the century. One of the greatest pick & roll operators and playmakers ever. And impact metrics will love him even more than I do.
Also a hell of a rival to always beat for a while in that Warriors run 😁
Also a hell of a rival to always beat for a while in that Warriors run 😁
Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul is retiring after this season – his 21st campaign in the NBA. Paul is a 12-time All-Star, an 11-time member of All-NBA teams, a selection to the 75 greatest players list, nine-time All-Defense and the 2006 Rookie of the Year.
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
All the respect. Chris Paul at his best is one of the best players of the century. One of the greatest pick & roll operators and playmakers ever. And impact metrics will love him even more than I do.
Also a hell of a rival to always beat for a while in that Warriors run 😁
Also a hell of a rival to always beat for a while in that Warriors run 😁
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🏀🎞️ Shoutout to the great (& quickly developed) MPJ / Claxton chemistry.
The Nets also run these trendy 3-man elbow (or higher out) plays where a big passer holds as 2 guys screen for each other. And Nic can find MPJ on cuts or go hand off so he pulls up.
You get lots of in-flow handoffs as well.
The Nets also run these trendy 3-man elbow (or higher out) plays where a big passer holds as 2 guys screen for each other. And Nic can find MPJ on cuts or go hand off so he pulls up.
You get lots of in-flow handoffs as well.
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🏀🎞️ Shoutout to the great (& quickly developed) MPJ / Claxton chemistry.
The Nets also run these trendy 3-man elbow (or higher out) plays where a big passer holds as 2 guys screen for each other. And Nic can find MPJ on cuts or go hand off so he pulls up.
You get lots of in-flow handoffs as well.
The Nets also run these trendy 3-man elbow (or higher out) plays where a big passer holds as 2 guys screen for each other. And Nic can find MPJ on cuts or go hand off so he pulls up.
You get lots of in-flow handoffs as well.
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🏀📊 Visualizing NBA offenses through behaviors of ball movement.
Plotting, at both team and player-level, passes attempted per ball touch x how many of those passes are directly leading to shot attempts.
Patterns of ball-swings vs pass-to-shot approaches - and how those mix - become visible.
Plotting, at both team and player-level, passes attempted per ball touch x how many of those passes are directly leading to shot attempts.
Patterns of ball-swings vs pass-to-shot approaches - and how those mix - become visible.
November 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
🏀📊 Visualizing NBA offenses through behaviors of ball movement.
Plotting, at both team and player-level, passes attempted per ball touch x how many of those passes are directly leading to shot attempts.
Patterns of ball-swings vs pass-to-shot approaches - and how those mix - become visible.
Plotting, at both team and player-level, passes attempted per ball touch x how many of those passes are directly leading to shot attempts.
Patterns of ball-swings vs pass-to-shot approaches - and how those mix - become visible.
🏀🎞️ Shoutout to the great (& quickly developed) MPJ / Claxton chemistry.
The Nets also run these trendy 3-man elbow (or higher out) plays where a big passer holds as 2 guys screen for each other. And Nic can find MPJ on cuts or go hand off so he pulls up.
You get lots of in-flow handoffs as well.
The Nets also run these trendy 3-man elbow (or higher out) plays where a big passer holds as 2 guys screen for each other. And Nic can find MPJ on cuts or go hand off so he pulls up.
You get lots of in-flow handoffs as well.
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🏀🎞️ Shoutout to the great (& quickly developed) MPJ / Claxton chemistry.
The Nets also run these trendy 3-man elbow (or higher out) plays where a big passer holds as 2 guys screen for each other. And Nic can find MPJ on cuts or go hand off so he pulls up.
You get lots of in-flow handoffs as well.
The Nets also run these trendy 3-man elbow (or higher out) plays where a big passer holds as 2 guys screen for each other. And Nic can find MPJ on cuts or go hand off so he pulls up.
You get lots of in-flow handoffs as well.
🏀📊 Visualizing NBA offenses through behaviors of ball movement.
Plotting, at both team and player-level, passes attempted per ball touch x how many of those passes are directly leading to shot attempts.
Patterns of ball-swings vs pass-to-shot approaches - and how those mix - become visible.
Plotting, at both team and player-level, passes attempted per ball touch x how many of those passes are directly leading to shot attempts.
Patterns of ball-swings vs pass-to-shot approaches - and how those mix - become visible.
November 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
🏀📊 Visualizing NBA offenses through behaviors of ball movement.
Plotting, at both team and player-level, passes attempted per ball touch x how many of those passes are directly leading to shot attempts.
Patterns of ball-swings vs pass-to-shot approaches - and how those mix - become visible.
Plotting, at both team and player-level, passes attempted per ball touch x how many of those passes are directly leading to shot attempts.
Patterns of ball-swings vs pass-to-shot approaches - and how those mix - become visible.
🏀🎞️ The Nuggets took care of business in New Orleans but it wasn't a cakewalk and part of that was the play from Derik Queen.
He posted 30 points on 69.7 TS%, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 'stocks'.
Here's some quick throughs with clips 🧵⏬:
#Pelicans
He posted 30 points on 69.7 TS%, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 'stocks'.
Here's some quick throughs with clips 🧵⏬:
#Pelicans
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🏀🎞️ The Nuggets took care of business in New Orleans but it wasn't a cakewalk and part of that was the play from Derik Queen.
He posted 30 points on 69.7 TS%, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 'stocks'.
Here's some quick throughs with clips 🧵⏬:
#Pelicans
He posted 30 points on 69.7 TS%, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 'stocks'.
Here's some quick throughs with clips 🧵⏬:
#Pelicans
ensive rebounding component to their game: They are now 4th in the NBA in OREB%!
Right now, 8 of their 10 players >=100 MP are at least in the median of positional OREB Score, and half of them are above the 80th percentile!
Right now, 8 of their 10 players >=100 MP are at least in the median of positional OREB Score, and half of them are above the 80th percentile!
November 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
ensive rebounding component to their game: They are now 4th in the NBA in OREB%!
Right now, 8 of their 10 players >=100 MP are at least in the median of positional OREB Score, and half of them are above the 80th percentile!
Right now, 8 of their 10 players >=100 MP are at least in the median of positional OREB Score, and half of them are above the 80th percentile!
🏀As a Warriors fan, allow me the small happiness of seeing Harrison Barnes get to this late stage of his career and still be such an efficient piece for the Spurs offense.
Weird to think he'll have spent almost 3/4 of his career out of Golden State by the end of the season.
Weird to think he'll have spent almost 3/4 of his career out of Golden State by the end of the season.
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 AM
🏀As a Warriors fan, allow me the small happiness of seeing Harrison Barnes get to this late stage of his career and still be such an efficient piece for the Spurs offense.
Weird to think he'll have spent almost 3/4 of his career out of Golden State by the end of the season.
Weird to think he'll have spent almost 3/4 of his career out of Golden State by the end of the season.
🏀📊After a positive Anthony Black post, let's balance it out with this:
Even with a couple of makes in the last Orlando win, it's a difficult start to the season for Tyus Jones on all fronts.
The shooting is the bit that really is a total outlier, so it is worth visualizing.
Even with a couple of makes in the last Orlando win, it's a difficult start to the season for Tyus Jones on all fronts.
The shooting is the bit that really is a total outlier, so it is worth visualizing.
November 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
🏀📊After a positive Anthony Black post, let's balance it out with this:
Even with a couple of makes in the last Orlando win, it's a difficult start to the season for Tyus Jones on all fronts.
The shooting is the bit that really is a total outlier, so it is worth visualizing.
Even with a couple of makes in the last Orlando win, it's a difficult start to the season for Tyus Jones on all fronts.
The shooting is the bit that really is a total outlier, so it is worth visualizing.
🏀In his 3rd year for the Magic, Anthony Black seems to be improving his driving game in visible ways. I really like to see it.
Handle looks fluid, with more horizontal shiftiness as he controls the pace with fakes, decelerations and adjusts his finishing angles.
Some data in the reply📊⏬
Handle looks fluid, with more horizontal shiftiness as he controls the pace with fakes, decelerations and adjusts his finishing angles.
Some data in the reply📊⏬
November 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
🏀In his 3rd year for the Magic, Anthony Black seems to be improving his driving game in visible ways. I really like to see it.
Handle looks fluid, with more horizontal shiftiness as he controls the pace with fakes, decelerations and adjusts his finishing angles.
Some data in the reply📊⏬
Handle looks fluid, with more horizontal shiftiness as he controls the pace with fakes, decelerations and adjusts his finishing angles.
Some data in the reply📊⏬
🏀📊I know 2nd-year players are meant to improve... but we can all agree that this sort of offensive juice from Kyshawn George is well beyond expected, right?
I was sure of his value as a Wizards core piece as at least a defender + connector. But this production is far beyond that.
I was sure of his value as a Wizards core piece as at least a defender + connector. But this production is far beyond that.
November 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
🏀📊I know 2nd-year players are meant to improve... but we can all agree that this sort of offensive juice from Kyshawn George is well beyond expected, right?
I was sure of his value as a Wizards core piece as at least a defender + connector. But this production is far beyond that.
I was sure of his value as a Wizards core piece as at least a defender + connector. But this production is far beyond that.
🏀📊 It's been a particularly bad start, with the noise of the early season probably explaining the outlier nature of his On/Off offensive impact.
But there is a consistent trend of Zach LaVine never really having elite values here, contrasted to how effective he is as a scorer.
But there is a consistent trend of Zach LaVine never really having elite values here, contrasted to how effective he is as a scorer.
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
🏀📊 It's been a particularly bad start, with the noise of the early season probably explaining the outlier nature of his On/Off offensive impact.
But there is a consistent trend of Zach LaVine never really having elite values here, contrasted to how effective he is as a scorer.
But there is a consistent trend of Zach LaVine never really having elite values here, contrasted to how effective he is as a scorer.
🏀📊 Overperforming expectations, these new Phoenix Suns have a ton of attacking and generating ball movement from that penetration.
This is evident when looking at the changes in Drives v Passes Per Drive for Goodwin, Booker, Allen, Brooks - as well as the addition of Gillespie
This is evident when looking at the changes in Drives v Passes Per Drive for Goodwin, Booker, Allen, Brooks - as well as the addition of Gillespie
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🏀📊 Overperforming expectations, these new Phoenix Suns have a ton of attacking and generating ball movement from that penetration.
This is evident when looking at the changes in Drives v Passes Per Drive for Goodwin, Booker, Allen, Brooks - as well as the addition of Gillespie
This is evident when looking at the changes in Drives v Passes Per Drive for Goodwin, Booker, Allen, Brooks - as well as the addition of Gillespie
I am seen raising my hands in disbelief watching that insane shot. I miss Litos playing on our side...
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Fui apanhado pelas câmaras a levar as mãos à cabeça quando o Litos fez esta loucura. Saudades de o ver neste pavilhão mas do nosso lado
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Fui apanhado pelas câmaras a levar as mãos à cabeça quando o Litos fez esta loucura. Saudades de o ver neste pavilhão mas do nosso lado
November 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I am seen raising my hands in disbelief watching that insane shot. I miss Litos playing on our side...
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Fui apanhado pelas câmaras a levar as mãos à cabeça quando o Litos fez esta loucura. Saudades de o ver neste pavilhão mas do nosso lado
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Fui apanhado pelas câmaras a levar as mãos à cabeça quando o Litos fez esta loucura. Saudades de o ver neste pavilhão mas do nosso lado
I the love G-G PnR from Knueppel & LaMelo. Mostly due to Kon being such a smart off-ball mover and a real shooter.
They usually run it with flat spacing across the baseline and just opening up the floor for the play, but there's also quick wing ghost screens, or plays where they have the -
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They usually run it with flat spacing across the baseline and just opening up the floor for the play, but there's also quick wing ghost screens, or plays where they have the -
[1/2]
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I the love G-G PnR from Knueppel & LaMelo. Mostly due to Kon being such a smart off-ball mover and a real shooter.
They usually run it with flat spacing across the baseline and just opening up the floor for the play, but there's also quick wing ghost screens, or plays where they have the -
[1/2]
They usually run it with flat spacing across the baseline and just opening up the floor for the play, but there's also quick wing ghost screens, or plays where they have the -
[1/2]
🏀📊 Lauri Markkanen has been an absolute elite play-finisher so far this season.
This is exactly the best version of himself: Moving a ton off the ball, constantly coming off a screen or looking for a cut. And a ferocious finisher with space to ramp up.
This is exactly the best version of himself: Moving a ton off the ball, constantly coming off a screen or looking for a cut. And a ferocious finisher with space to ramp up.
November 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
🏀📊 Lauri Markkanen has been an absolute elite play-finisher so far this season.
This is exactly the best version of himself: Moving a ton off the ball, constantly coming off a screen or looking for a cut. And a ferocious finisher with space to ramp up.
This is exactly the best version of himself: Moving a ton off the ball, constantly coming off a screen or looking for a cut. And a ferocious finisher with space to ramp up.