Excellent stuff here emailed in by a reader. I’m a bit of a stat guy myself, but I don’t think there’s anything that can judge “Can the guy ball?” And like I wrote about

Update: David Thorpe has a really cool Rookie Watch out – which player should each rookie study? For Russell Westbrook, he says Dwyane Wade: ”When Wade is at his smoking-hot best, he’s both a dynamic athlete

Defense is one of the most difficult things to quantify in basketball. It’s not as simple as just figuring out how much the guy a certain player is guarding scores and then you have

Sort of surprising when I first read this, but I am starting to see some logic in it.  Darnell Mayberry reported today: Rookies D.J. White and Kyle Weaver have been assigned to the Tulsa

That right there is what you want to look like. Deadly shooters, excellent defense, strong rebounding, an elite superstar, top-notch contributing role players and overall awesome team basketball. Bold statement: The Lakers are a

vs. L.A. Lakers (55-14, 24-9 road) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (20-50, 14-22 home) TV: FS Oklahoma HD (Cox 37, HD 722) Radio: WWLS The Sports Animal (98.1 FM, 640 AM) Time: 7:00 CST Offensive

Chad Ford has a list of all the players he anticipates going pro, the 50/50 guys and the unlikelies: “Last year at this time, Derrick Rose said he’d definitely be returning to Memphis. He’s

The best way to gauge team progress is to take a number and compare it to what the team had at the same time last year. Pretty straightforward and simple. And what better to