What Do Draft Mistakes Cost?
Philip Maymin — from New York University — shares some recent research on the NBA Draft. It appears NBA teams are not behaving optimally!
600,000 Reasons
Jill Harris looks at the difference in pay between what women are paid to play basketball in different markets.
Carmelo Anthony is Overrated (a story at the Atlantic)
My latest for the Atlantic discusses why Carmelo Anthony is overrated.
Money for Nothing
(cross-posted at the ESPN Watch). Forcing Donald Sterling to sell the Los Angeles Clippers would appear to be a complicated proposition. But if such an eventuality were to come to pass, numerous observers believe the sale price could be in the neighborhood of one billion dollars. According to Forbes’ latest …
The Most Underrated in the Playoffs (before the playoffs started!)
Tom Van Riper — of Forbes.com — listed the most underrated in the NBA’s playoffs.
Dirk Nowitzki is NOT an MVP contender in 2013-14
Bill Simmons thinks Dirk Nowitzki is an MVP contender. Jonathan Weiler explains why that is not the case.
To Pay or Not to Pay: Is That the Question?
Jill Harris explains two concepts one needs to understand on the subject of paying college athletes.
The BSG/WoW 2014 NBA Playoff Prediction Contest
Want to participate in the Boxscore Geeks / Wages of Wins playoff prediction contest? Select the team that you think will win each matchup and predict the correct number of games, and you could win*!
*See inside for details (I’ve always wanted to write that!)
Three more items on NCAA
Here are three more thoughts on the NCAA (a popular topic in this forum lately!)
New Writers!
Lately this has been a somewhat odd website. We have some amazingly loyal readers who — judging from the stats WordPress provides — seem to show up on a regular basis. But the content doesn’t seem to be as faithful. Today I am hoping we are going to start making …