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A Full Season of Top Plays
Everyone loves top plays – fact. Admit it, even if you were removed from the womb to hate the Lakers, the hair on the back of your neck stands up and your heart rate increases when the clock ticks down to zero and Kobe launches a 20-foot fadeaway that splashes through the net. It’s hard not to feel the emotion of those moments. If I could pose the question to you, what was the … Continue reading
Five Players Stepping Up, Post All-Star Weekend
With this year’s All-Star Weekend nearly a month past, a handful of players have taken their games to new heights since the festivities concluded. Whether it be the much-needed rest, a shot of motivation following a confounding snub, or the realization of a disappointing season needing a 180-degree turnaround, these five players have stepped up big time. Stephen Curry Although his Golden State Warriors team have taken a nasty dive since the break, Steph … Continue reading
Weekly Stats Recap
This week, thanks to the suggestion of David Vertsberger (@_Verts), I decided to take a look at the top assist men on each team and how they contributed to each game this week in terms of percentage of total points scored (PS%) and percentage of total assists handed out (A%). I constructed a spread sheet that detailed the top dime dropper on each roster along with the PS% and A% for that player entering … Continue reading
Weekly Stats Recap
Thanks to the All Star Break, we’ve got a Weekly Stats Recap with 43% more stats for you to enjoy. But before we dive into the week’s oddities, let’s determine how important the distribution of assists is to a team’s success rate. Jared Dubin (@JADubin5), the founder of HoopChalk and Co-EIC of Hardwood Paroxysm, was curious as to the impact of having many good distributors. To answer this question, I charted the number of … Continue reading
Video Playbook: Jeff Teague’s Developing Playmaking
Even with last night’s loss to Miami, the 12-6 Atlanta Hawks have been one of the biggest early-season surprises. They have the league’s eighth best Net Rating this season, third best in the Eastern Conference. New additions Kyle Korver, Lou Williams, Devin Harris, Anthony Morrow and DeShawn Stevenson have gotten most of the attention; but the development of point guard Jeff Teague has been one of the biggest driving forces. Like many of the … Continue reading
Daily Dribble for December 10, 2012
The Daily Dribble is a somtimes-daily feature here at Hickory-High. Matt Cianfrone offers his thoughts on a handful of the previous night’s NBA games, and then turns to Twitter to fill in the gaps. This was a pretty fun night of basketball, at least in two of the three games I caught parts of. Heat 101 – Hawks 92: The Heat defense is just so much better with Joel Anthony in the game. He … Continue reading
Game of the Week: Denver Nuggets at Atlanta Hawks
Apparently David Stern is in the business of picking lineups now. Perhaps he’d like to set my fantasy lineup this week too? I know he’s injured, but would benching Kyrie Irving be detrimental to the league since he’s a rising star? Send me an email as soon as you can, commissioner. I can’t afford the $250,000 fine. Enough of this bitterness. There are a lot of good games on national television next week, and … Continue reading
Daily Dribble – November 28th, 2012
Editing Transparently: Last Night’s Numbers is no more and we’re still searching for a daily format that works here at Hickory-High. Matt Cianfrone is trying out this new (sometimes) Daily Dribble thoughts/storify set-up. Let us know what you think, what works and what doesn’t. What would you like to see added? Now, back to Matt: What an ugly night of basketball for the most part, including by my Bucks who got their doors blown off by the … Continue reading
Weekly Stats Recap
This week I decided to study the connection between a high scoring starting unit and winning games. In order to do this, I simply recorded the total number of points scored by each starting five and found the average for winning teams and losing teams. There were 50 games this week, providing a decent sample size. The starters of winning teams averaged 72.48 points while the losing team’s starters tallied an average of 61.88 … Continue reading
