I had a chance on Tuesday to look at some advanced numbers from Blake Griffin’s sophomore year at Oklahoma, and posted about it at TrueHoop: The first thing that jumps off the page in Griffin’s report is the percentage of his offense that comes from post-ups — 44%. To put that in p[...]

Marcus Camby has been a somewhat polarizing player in the sphere of NBA discussion since he was named the 2006-07 Defensive Player of the Year.  Camby has built a career as a serviceable offensive player,  but an elite rebounder and help defender. He’ll record his 2,000th block sometime before[...]

The Clippers resorted to zone for a good part of the second half last night against Minnesota, and the results weren’t favorable.  The decision prompted me to pose the following: Someone smart needs to look at the data, but my best guess is that any advantage in defensive efficiency that’s der[...]

This is an exciting time for those trying to find new and compelling ways to understand basketball through analytical means.  The sphere of advanced statistical analytics is experiencing a golden era, and I was fortunate enough to be at ground zero this past weekend — the MIT Sloan Sports Anal[...]

Baron Davis nails 18 3PAs in a minute, beating Steve Nash’s record of 16.  [Hat tip: Skeets via Stern Warning] If you’re scoring at home, that’s 18 for 23 in one minute on ibeatyou.com, and 63 for 224 in 1,425 minutes as a Clipper this season. Makes sense: Baron on catch-and-shoot [...]

Michael Lewis’ piece from the Sunday New York Times on Shane Battier and the Rockets has made the rounds, but I wanted to zero in on a particularly insightful morsel buried deep in the article: I spent the second half with Sam Hinkie, the vice president of basketball operations and the head of[...]

This morning’s scouting report of the Clippers in the Dallas Morning News notes that the Clips “are a pitiful rebounding team.”  The Clippers have a rebound rate of 47.2.  That ranks them 29th in a 30-team league, ahead of only New York.  The Knicks have an easy excuse: Mike D̵[...]

The quality of Marcus Camby’s defense will always be great fodder for statistical debate — he’s like the Adam Dunn of basketball.  There’s no denying the value of Marcus Camby’s presence in the paint against teams that attack with dribble-penetration.  But we’ve a[...]