So initially I planned to talk about a few players here, but when I realized I had written over 1,000 words on the first one I decided to break things up a bit and limit this post to my single most underrated prospect. I’d try to build up the suspense, but I imagine the photo … [Read more...]
How I See The Draft
I know it’s been a while since I posted anything, but with the draft coming up next week it seems like a good time to get started again. My plan is to post 3-4 articles leading up to the draft: (1) what you’re reading, or at least skimming, right now, (2) my annual Most … [Read more...]
Identifying Player Comps using Similarity Scores & Play Index Tools
I always enjoy thinking about player comps. I’ve included them in previous scouting entries, like my posts on underrated and overrated draft prospects and summer league players to watch. For prospects and young pros, a comp is really a form of projection that tends to focus on … [Read more...]
Free Agent Bargain-Hunting: Summer League Players to Watch
The summer free agent frenzy is mostly over. With so much money flooding the market, the only established NBA players to sign apparent bargain contracts are those who did so by rule (e.g. Kevin Durant, limited to the individual max salary) or by choice (most glaringly David West, … [Read more...]
Why Tyler Johnson should be the Bulls’ #1 Target
[Originally posted on Blog-A-Bull] I think by now we all have a fairly good grasp of the team’s strengths and weaknesses entering the off-season. Strengths: Jimmy Butler, an increasingly ball-dominant scorer who can lock down either wing position defensively and who … [Read more...]