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Carmelo: Subtraction by Addition (So Far)
Mike Vaccaro of the New York Post doesn't exactly offer a resounding endorsement of the February 21 NY Knicks acquisition of Carmelo Anthony, but he does reply to detractors (Tepid ... -
Racism Behind Lack of NBA Interest?
The NBA's popularity vaulted during the 1980s and 1990s with Bird as MVP but also with Moses, Magic, Michael, Charles, David, Hakeem, and Karl -- all African American. -
Clippers -- Lessons from Losers
Recently, on the NBA Network I caught the tail end of a conversation between Kenny Smith and another announcer about the LA Clippers. Maybe there are less successful franchises by ... -
How We Develop Basketball Talent
Today's WSJ has a review of the book, Play Their Hearts Out, by SI reporter George Dohrman. The book examines the world of elite youth basketball in the U.S. I'm ... -
An Economist's Quick Thoughts on the LeBron James Decision
LeBron James is catching a torrent of criticism over his decision to leave his "hometown team", the Cleveland Cavaliers, for the Miami Heat. As an economist, and a sports fan, I ... -
Overstating King James' Impact on the Cleveland Economy
Meghan Barr, an AP correspondent from Cleveland, needs a lesson in economics in this article about LeBron James. "James has been with Cleveland since he was drafted in 2003 but ... -
MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
Watching NBA highlights last night on NBATV, I stumbled across this video story on the 2010 MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Daryl Morey, GM of the Houston Rockets, helped establish ... -
The Short Supply of Tall People is Getting Longer
From a past entry from Dave Berri's Wages of Wins Journal: The statement about competitive balance reflects an argument offered in The Wages of Wins. Specifically, we argue – following ... -
NBA Locks Out Referees
Labor relations in professional sports are notoriously contentious. Nobody gets along. Players strike, owners lock out players, referees strike, owners lock out referees; it happens all the time. Labor disputes ... -
Cool video on point differences in the NBA
At the end of regulation, tied scores are about twice as frequent as what you would expect from a strategy-free, i.i.d. scoring model. Using data from the last 13 years ...
