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Andrew Johnson and Jacob Goldstein stopped by to go over their win projection systems and discuss who they were higher or lower on than conventional wisdom and why. Find their projections here: https://fansided.com/2017/09/21/nylon-calculus-projected-win-totals-nba-season-2017-18/ https://fansided.com/2017/09/27/nylon-calculus-highly-plausible-win-…
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Ben Taylor (@ElGee35), founder of Backpicks.com, dropped by the show to discuss his book, "Thinking Basketball," which focuses on the way we think about basketball (often in the wrong way or using the wrong mental lens), as well as the importance of supporting casts, and his new metric for measuring offensive creation using box-score data, the aptl…
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Bo Schwartz Madsen joined me to discuss the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, narratives and how important they are to communicating data-driven results, behavioral psychology, Seth Partnow's presentation on myths surrounding 3 point shooting in the NBA, and much more. Check out Bo's article on Real Plus-Minus: http://nyloncalculus.com/2016/02/19/…
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Andre Snellings joined me to discuss Giannis Antetokounmpo's amazing season, Nikola Jokic's brilliance, Russell Westbrook's dominance, Andrew Wiggins's development, and the Timberwolves' porous defense and the absence of Kevin Garnett. Here are the articles referenced in our discussion: http://fansided.com/2017/01/18/nylon-calculus-giannis-antetoko…
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Krishna Narsu (@knarsu3) dropped by to discuss defending drives and how that correlates with team success, loose ball recovery rates via SportVU data, and his KOBE shot selection metric, among many other things. Here are Krishna's pieces we discussed: http://fansided.com/2016/11/18/nylon-calculus-defending-drives-defensive-correlations/ https://fan…
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Ian Levy (@HickoryHigh) dropped by to discuss DeMar DeRozan and Damian Lillard's hot starts to the season. Additionally, we discussed LeBron's place as possibly the most healthy star in NBA history (while knocking heavily on wood). We also discussed the history of Nylon Calculus and basketball analytics more broadly. Here are Ian's pieces we discus…
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Senthil (@SENTH1S) dropped by the show to discuss his experience at the NBA Hackathon, measuring defensive versatility, the changing center position, and appreciating Ray Allen's all-around superstar game. Articles we discussed: http://nyloncalculus.com/2016/09/30/reflecting-time-nba-hackathon/ http://nyloncalculus.com/2016/10/04/assessing-defensiv…
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Nick Restifo (@nickrestifo) and Andrew Johnson (@CountingBaskets) of Nylon Calculus dropped by to discuss their 2016-17 NBA Season Win Total projections. They dive into their methodologies, the insights that have come from their projection work, and give best guesses as to where their numbers might be wrong. Check out Andrew and Nick's work, discus…
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Senthil Natarajan (@SENTH1S) joins the show to discuss the myth of Team USA participation as an accelerant to development, beating the Warriors (at least on paper), ball movement, and his injury prevention startup, Ziel Solutions. https://nyloncalculus.com/2016/08/23/myth-accelerated-growth-team-usa-experience/ https://nyloncalculus.com/2016/07/27/…
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Max Schimanski (@Schimax) joins to discuss player valuation in the NBA, his time with the analytics teams for Davidson College and the Charlotte Hornets, among other topics. Check out Max's posts discussed on the show: http://nyloncalculus.com/2015/08/14/freelance-friday-grading-2015-nba-free-agent-salaries/ http://nyloncalculus.com/2016/09/01/nba-…
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Andrew Johnson (@CountingBaskets) joins to discuss the draft, his model for projecting rookies forward, his free agency value prediction model, the Celtics, and how to incorporate new information into your prior beliefs, among other things. Check out Andrew's posts discussed on the show: http://nyloncalculus.com/2016/09/06/projecting-2016-rookie-cl…
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Nick Restifo (@nickrestifo) of Nylon Calculus and Fansided dropped by to discuss his NBA draft projection model, his Knicks fandom, Derrick Rose, Ben Simmons, Brandon Ingram, Jaylen Brown, and a few other topics. Check out Nick's work, discussed on the podcast: http://nyloncalculus.com/2016/05/26/draft-projections-and-visualizing-predictors-for-the…
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