Month: July 2019

Goga Bitadze

The Analytics of International Players

July 26, 2019 R. C. Harris 0

International players always bring an element of intrigue to each NBA draft – relatively, they’re unknown quantities.  The average NBA fan in the United States has little-to-no exposure to prospects playing abroad.  Even more sophisticated fans, who enjoy diving into the numbers, probably don’t completely understand the context, and find interpreting international stats complicated and confusing.  However, for those who do understand metrics and analytics [ . . . ]

Shamorie Ponds

Lessons Learned

July 1, 2019 R. C. Harris 0

The NBA Summer League kicks off today, and many of the rookies who will be participating are discussed in this article. Foremost, however, I examine the lessons learned from June’s wacky draft by breaking the players into three groups: 1) those who were valued more than expected, 2) those who were drafted but fell further than expected, and 3) the best players who went undrafted. [ . . . ]