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Dunc’d On Podcast Recap: 2025 NBA Finals Game 2 & Jeremiah Fears Scouting
RealGM summarizes Nate Duncan and Danny Leroux’s possession-level breakdown of OKC’s adjustments plus a draft prospect deep dive with statistical comps.
A Chet Holmgren-Approved Guide to the NBA Finals
Owen Phillips leans on RAPM, usage dispersion charts and Instagram followership data to frame a youth-filled Finals and Haliburton’s volatile Game 5.
The Coolest Basketball Data Visualizations Ever Made
Ryan Kaminski crowdsources the analytics community’s favorite charts—from Synergy animations to DARKO projections—and interviews creators about design philosophy.
Using Data Analytics to Predict the 2025 NCAA Men’s Tournament
Kyle Hinton fuses KenPom, Torvik, EvanMiya and AP poll data into a hybrid “K-Score,” then simulates bracket upset probabilities with binomial models.
All-Time WNBA Play-by-Play Data Added to Basketball-Reference
Mike Lynch announces PxP coverage back to 1997, unlocking lineup, shot-chart and on/off tables plus quirky leaderboards for turnovers, fouls & more.
ESPN’s Western Finals “InsightCast” Adds Avatar Shot Charts & VR Breakdown
Jason Dachman details ESPN’s new alt-cast that layers Hawk-Eye tracking into real-time AR graphics, VR walk-throughs and dunk-metric dashboards.
Shai, Illustrated: Pose-Tracking Shows How SGA Revived the Mid-Range
Goldsberry uses new Sportradar pose-tracking to animate every SGA drive, revealing why 85 % of his playoff points come inside the arc despite modern spacing trends.
Presenting the 2025 Curry Awards for NBA Shooting Excellence
Kirk Goldsberry hands out data-driven honors—best floater, step-back, deep-3, etc.—using shot-quality models, tracking data and custom visualizations.
NBA Player Tiers 2025: Tier 5 Features Former Champions and Vets
Law Murray extends Seth Partnow’s tiering model, ranking 125 players with on/off impact, Synergy play-type data and tracking metrics to close the 2024-25 season.
Victor Wembanyama’s Year 2 Leap | Thinking Basketball #301
Ben Taylor and Cody Houdek use advanced tracking stats and historical comps to gauge Wemby’s defensive impact, passing growth and all-time second-year trajectory.