Despite the fact that it has only been a week since the start of the 2015-2016 season, Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors have already reached a point where their dominance in the early going is causing a pandemonium around the league. Mostly, though, it’s been the greatness of Curry and the ease in which he has owned the competition that has everyone shaking their heads in disbelief. Heading into Monday’s contest against the Memphis Grizzlies – a team that took the
The way we look at scoring has changed over the last 10 seasons. No longer is points per game the best offensive storytelling metric. Instead, we can look to offensive rating, offensive win shares or offensive points per play. [Read more…]
It’s go time. The NBA season finally opens up tonight and it has snuck up on me more than any season I can remember. Anyway, here are my over/under picks for the win totals for each team based on the numbers set at Pinnacle Sports. Atlanta Hawks, 49.5 wins: UNDER This team was simply lights out against the spread last season, and they’ll be a solid team again, but I’m projecting them to fall slightly under 49 wins. Boston Celtics, 45.5 wins: UNDER I love Brad
Stephen Curry is at the forefront of the NBA’s statistical efficiency revolution. SC30’s ability to pull-up off the bounce (from anywhere on the court, at any time, with above-average efficiency) has transformed what it means to be a point guard in the modern NBA. When you combine his shooting and playmaking abilities with a Golden State Warriors team that is hellbent on efficiency at the offensive end, you are left with a player (and team) that might be entering their primes. [Read
As the Los Angeles Lakers slowly and painfully transition away from the Kobe Bryant era, the franchise actually did the right thing in bottoming out last season. The Lakers went a franchise-worst 21-61 last season under first-year coach Byron Scott, losing 29 games by double digits. Forward Julius Randle was lost for the season with a foot injury in the opener, and everything went pretty much downhill from there. Los Angeles had the second-worst defensive rating and scoring defense while finishing 24th
It’s been said that Stephen Curry is the best shooter of all-time. He set the NBA record with 286 made three-pointers last season, leading the league in made three-pointers for the third straight season. [Read more…]
Every four decades, the basketball galaxy is in alignment for the Golden State Warriors. And on cue, last season was one of those moments as the Warriors won their first NBA championship since the days of Rick Barry 40 years ago. Last season’s Warriors were a talented group, particularly deep and immune to significant health problems, which they managed to avoid. In a breakthrough season, Stephen Curry achieved NBA Most Valuable Player status. Even their postseason matchups seemed to be hand-picked. And they did all of this with a rookie coach, no less. Now comes
After scoring an impressive 26 points in just 21 minutes of action in his first preseason game against the Los Angeles Clippers, Kyle Lowry took the night off against the Golden State Warriors due to a sore groin. The point guard was with the team for the game against the Warriors on Monday, though, and noticed an incredibly impressive crowd he saw standing outside of the arena hours before the game. Fans were lined up by the hundreds to enter the team’s