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I probably don’t need to tell you this, but I’m going to anyway: the Los Angeles Lakers are torching the NBA right now. They’re currently 12-1, they rank 3rd in the league in offensive efficiency with an ORtg of 111.4, and they have the NBA’s best defense (96.5 DRtg) — better even than the ...
Lakers' second unit getting restless
Lakers' second unit getting restless
ocregister.com — Kevin Ding: The backups have taken too much of a me-first approach.... (more) Lakers' second unit getting restless
Game to pay attention to: Lakers vs. Suns
Game to pay attention to: Lakers vs. Suns
sports.yahoo.com — Los Angeles Lakers at Phoenix I know we, as basketball junkies, should be looking forward to the... Celtics/Pistons game. Good defense in that one. Slow-down, playoff basketball from two teams who fought for the Eastern Conference crown last ... (more) Game to pay attention to: Lakers vs. Suns
Lakers’ Bench Boasts Hometown Heroes
Lakers’ Bench Boasts Hometown Heroes
hoopsaddict.com — Profile of Jordan Farmar and Trevor Ariza, two local-grown talents that are leading the deepest bench in... the league in Los Angeles. Both overcame early career struggles and look poised to be big parts of LA's future. (more) Lakers’ Bench Boasts Hometown Heroes
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Which colleges produce the most NFL talent?
Pro-football-reference.com blog — ... First a plug: if you’re an NBA fan, you should check out what Neil Paine (with assists from Justin Kubatko) has been doing with the basketball-reference.com blog. It’s good hoops-related reading in the same spirit as this blog. ...

Two things at once
Fanster.com — ... , I recently began reading the Basketball Refererence blog.  I’d encourage you to do the same if you want a different look at the league.  ...

Worth a read
Thunderguru.com — ... Truehoop linked to Basketball-reference.com/blog on Friday and highlighted a couple of old school Dean Oliver articles about pace. As you know, I comment on pace quite a bit here. For us Thunder fans, we’ve seen the whole gamut in just about 1/4 of a basketball season. Coach P.J. ran a very fast paced, run and gun style of play in his tenure with the Sonics/Thunder. He bought into his assistant coach Paul Westhead’s offensive philosophy that won a WNBA title a few years ago, and had a measure of success at the collegiate level with Loyola Maramount. At one time earlier this ...

Basketball Reference rains on my parade
Fanster.com — ... Panthers to advance to the NFC Championship Game…CHECK Eagles stifle the Giants to set up a date in Glendale with the Arizona Cardinals…CHECK score seats to the NFC Championship game…CHECK Suns beat the Clippers (yawn)…CHECK It was a great weekend.  Scratch that, it was a fantastic weekend.  When I thought it couldn’t get any better, it did.  Again and again (except for the Suns/Clips game.  Boring.) Neil Paine of Basketball Reference is having none of my happiness though.  He’s taken me down a ...

Photo fun: Will this madness never end?
Ball Don't Lie — ... by MJD MLB Blog Big League Stew Edited by 'Duk NBA Blog Ball Don't Lie Edited by J.E. Skeets NHL Blog Puck Daddy Edited by Greg Wyshynski NCAAF Blog Dr. Saturday Edited by Matt Hinton NCAAB Blog The Dagger Edited by MJD NASCAR Blog From the Marbles Edited by Jay Busbee GOLF Blog Devil Ball Golf Edited by Jay Busbee FANTASY Blog Roto Arcade Edited by Andy Behrens Blog Roll Basketball-Reference Basketbawful Basketball Prospectus: Unfiltered Dime ...

Photo: Wally Szczerbiak's 2001 All-Star glamour shot
Ball Don't Lie — ... by MJD MLB Blog Big League Stew Edited by 'Duk NBA Blog Ball Don't Lie Edited by J.E. Skeets NHL Blog Puck Daddy Edited by Greg Wyshynski NCAAF Blog Dr. Saturday Edited by Matt Hinton NCAAB Blog The Dagger Edited by MJD NASCAR Blog From the Marbles Edited by Jay Busbee GOLF Blog Devil Ball Golf Edited by Jay Busbee FANTASY Blog Roto Arcade Edited by Andy Behrens Blog Roll Basketball-Reference Basketbawful Basketball Prospectus: Unfiltered Dime ...

BDL's 2-on-2 All-Star Tournament: Hornets vs. Blazers
Ball Don't Lie — ... Game play-by-play, courtesy of Neil Paine: "This is tough; there isn't going to be much defense played in this one. I think it comes down to the Blazers' size advantage and Roy's superior ability to score in the clutch, so Portland ekes out the W in a close one." ...

Bracket assistance
Pro-football-reference.com blog — ... For those of you who don’t get over to the basketball-reference.com blog regularly, you might want to head over there before filling out your brackets. Sports-reference.com’s Sean (with help from Sagarin) and Neil (with help from ...

Advanced Stats For Babblers
CelticsBlog — ... I leave those of you interested in reading further on your own on these topics with the following list of resources and mini-blogroll, as compiled through my own research as well as discussions with Ziller and Third Quarter Collapse's Eddy Rivera: Basketball On Paper by Dean Oliver APBRmetrics forum Knickerblogger.net's seasonal advanced stats page and guide to those stats Basketball-Reference and its blog John Hollinger's player and team stats at ESPN.com ...

Series Prediction Roundup
Hoopinion — ... series preview) My prediction for all the first round series can be found at the TrueHoop Geek Smackdown: Blogger Edition, hosted at Hardwood Paroxysm Cadre of ESPN experts (Adande, Thorpe--Hawks in 6, Abbott, Broussard, Hollinger, Legler, Rose--Hawks in 7, Ford, Stein--Heat in 6, Sheridan--Heat in 7) Wages of Wins (Hawks in 7) Neil Paine at Basketball-Reference Blog: Hawks/Heat (Hawks in 5) ...

Feature Watch: All-Pros and Pro Bowlers by Franchise
Pro-football-reference.com blog — ... First of all, I guess I should say a few words about myself, since I’m new to posting here… I’m a recent graduate of Georgia Tech, I’ve been the primary blogger over at Basketball-Reference for about a year now, and I’m the new User Affairs Coordinator here at Sports-Reference, which means that I answer your e-mail if you find a bug or a data error that needs correcting. Plus, I’ll also be fielding your suggestions about how we can make our family of sites even better. So if you have any questions or problems, don’t hesitate to send a ...

Calculators project Chris Paul as 2010 MVP
Ball Don't LieBasketball-Reference released their Win Shares-based projections on Monday, and after blacking out from trying to comprehend all the numbers, the calculators see Hornets point guard Chris Paul(notes) as a favorite for the MVP award. What's Win Shares? Good question. I have no idea because, unfortunately, I was dropped on my head repeatedly as a small child. (Note: This may or may not be true — Mom isn't talking — but I'm not good at math. Like seafood, I just can't trust it.) RealGM explains the Win ...

200 NBA Sites to Visit Before You Die
Peter Robert Casey - The interplay of basketball, social media, and marketing — ... Hardwood Paroxysm The NBA Breakdown Courtside All Balls Don’t Bounce NBA Obsessed Barkley’s Mouth Basketbawful Binary Basketball Garbage Time All-Stars Hooped Up Low Posts Basketball-Reference You Got Dunked On ...

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