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NBA Summer League: My First-Hand Impressions of the Top Draft Picks
Breaking down 12 of the top prospects, with stats and video
That’s Gonna Cost You — Featuring Trae, Jaylen Brown, the Lakers, Plus 4 More
Seven NBA deals that didn't make a lot of sense to me
Jeremias Engelmann's Jaylen Brown essay was the most-read story on the Boston Globe
Check out the Globe piece — and the 5x5 original
NBA Steals of the Summer — 13 Deals the Numbers Say Are Bargains
Here are the deals that impressed me this summer
The Numbers Say the Lakers Are Very Ordinary — Unless Walker Kessler Breaks Out
Big acquisitions offset by painful departures
The Jaylen Brown Trade — The Celtics Bet on Analytics, while the Sixers Bet on Old-School Basketball
Why the consensus might be wrong
Analytics vs. Jaylen Brown
As a debate rages, let's look at Brown's impact
Miami Smashed the Giannis Trade — and Boston Should Sell High on Jaylen Brown While It Can
A new powerhouse in the East, and a big Celtics trade that needs to happen now
7 Teams That Made the BEST, WORST & MOST CONFUSING Picks at the NBA Draft
My favorite and least favorite NBA draft picks
NBA Draft Best Fits: Who Your Team *Should* Take Tuesday — and Plan B if He's Gone
Best Player Available? Best Fit? Here's how I'd play the first round, team by team
My FINAL NBA Draft Big Board: Who I'm Buying, Who I'm Fading, and the Lottery Pick I Don't Believe In
Ranking the top 30 NBA draft prospects: From the stars to the likely busts
My NBA Draft Model Has Rarely Loved a Draft Class This Much
All-Stars incoming? My draft model sees a 2026 class with generational upside
An NBA first: Introducing standard errors for box-score metrics
Your favorite advanced metrics are missing this basic statistical information
Karl-Anthony Towns Is Now the Best Anti-Wemby Center in the NBA — and Only One Other Comes Close
How KAT is blunting the biggest force on the planet
Why Caleb Wilson Belongs in the Top 3 — My Latest NBA Mock Draft
Pick by pick, based on my draft model and game film
Cameron Boozer over AJ Dybantsa and Darryn Peterson? Yes, According to This Advanced Metric
RAPM shows which draft prospects helped their teams the most, which struggled to make a difference — and why Yaxel Lendeborg could be a difference-maker in the NBA
How the Mavs Blew It With Jalen Brunson — From Someone Who Was There
I was in the Mavericks’ front office during Brunson’s Dallas years. Here’s how the Mavs gifted the Knicks one of their franchise’s greatest players ever.
How Wemby’s Meditation Training Could Change the NBA
My experience with meditation, and what it says about Wemby's journey to the Shaolin Temple
NBA Draft Combine: What Matters and What Doesn’t — According to My Draft Model
Which stats are actually valuable?
NBA Draft: Predicting 3 Massive Trades That Shake Up the Lottery
Here’s why I think 5 of the top 6 picks could change hands
Everyone Loves AJ Dybantsa. My NBA Draft Model Doesn’t.
Dybantsa scores in the 99th percentile for one of the most damaging predictors in my draft model
My 2026 NBA Draft Big Board: The Top 30 Prospects, Ranked
Here's how I see the top players available, based on stats and film
How to build an NBA box-score metric
Modern NBA metrics consist of two parts ...