Posts Tagged ‘Dean Oliver’

A Few Reasons 2006 Will Be Better for the Knicks

January 4th, 2006 by David Crockett

David Crockett tries to bring some new year’s joy to Knicksnation.

In Defense of Marbury: Usage Rate and the Ball-Hog

December 6th, 2005 by Mike Kurylo

A New Guest Poster!

Nominee: Worst NBA Article of 2005

August 13th, 2005 by Mike Kurylo

Although I hear it’s an overrated award anyway.

Gnate and Nate?

June 29th, 2005 by Mike Kurylo

My writing this week hasn’t been shedding Isiah Thomas’ latest move in a positive light. However one day after the draft would be a foolish time to continue to rain on the Knicks. Just one day after the draft Channing Frye is a future All Star, Nate Robinson is the backup PG that is better [...]

This Is Not a Stats Primer

March 14th, 2005 by Mike Kurylo

Recently I’ve noticed an influx of new readers to my little corner of the blogosphere. To my new audience I say “Hi mom & dad, sorry for changing your browser start-up page.” Since the basketball stat community is new on the scene, a lot of the numbers I use here are still unknown to the [...]

Steve Nash for MVP? (Part II)

March 2nd, 2005 by David Crockett

[This is Part II of a two-part column by KnickerBlogger Head West Coast Analyst Kevin Pelton analyzing Steve Nash's season and MVP chances. Please read Part I if you haven't already by scrolling down or clicking here. Kevin serves as the Sonics and Storm beat writer for SUPERSONICS.COM and storm.wnba.com. He formerly wrote the APBRmetric [...]

John Hollinger to Join ESPN!

February 16th, 2005 by Mike Kurylo

If they keep this up, ESPN is going to have to change their name to ESPMN. The “M” would stand for Moneyball, for the controversial book that chronicled the stat-centric Oakland Athletics front office. Today Moneyball is synonymous with any type of sports statistical analysis. For years Rob Neyer has been the main attraction of [...]