Last night Rudy Gay did something few people in NBA history has ever accomplished. He took 37 shots from the field and managed to get only 11 to go through the hoop. Many people took to Twitter to celebrate this accomplishment. Here is some of what people said: @TheNBAUpdate Rudy …
The field of sports economics has grown dramatically over the past few years. Unfortunately, much of this research (being published in academic journals and/or presented at academic conferences) is often not accessible to non-academics. To help remedy this issue, the Wages of Wins Journal has elicited the help of Jill …
Eric Goldwein – of Hoop76 – says we (as in the BoxScoreGeeks and myself) are wrong about tanking. He acknowledges what I said at Freakonomics about the generally poor outcomes achieved in the future by NBA teams. But he has an explanation: In first place, with 10 “tanks,” is the …
Once upon a time, I wrote virtually everything that appeared at the Wages of Wins Journal Journal. During the NBA season – which lasts from late October to June (or much of the year) – posts followed this format: Data would be collected and analyzed for a specific team. With …
Dave recounts his encounter with former professional basketball vagabond Paul Shirley.
Thanks to Brian Burke, Devin adds football to the list of professional sports where coaches are largely interchangeable.
Devin summarizes a ton of research on the subject of tanking.
Dave reviews the history books to see what this year’s Lakers can learn from the 2010-11 Knicks.
Dave shares some places where you can find Wins Produced based analysis for the 2013-14 NBA season.
Introducing the Boxscore Geeks Fan 2014 Prediction Challenge! Can you predict the 2013-2014 NBA season? Prove your mettle.