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John Stockton's Utah Jazz had a reputation for underperforming in the playoffs relative to their regular-season performance.This thread examines that reputation. During Stockton's 19 years, the Jazz had many good

This thread examines LeBron's teams' performance in the playoffs relative to their regular-season performance.This is a *TEAM* stat. A better *INDIVIDUAL* stat is examining how a star's teammates actually played

This thread examines Jordan-era Bulls' performance in the playoffs relative to their regular-season performance.This is a *TEAM* stat. A better *INDIVIDUAL* stat is examining how a star's teammates actually played

Great thread on Kobe vs. West by @Wilts_GOAT My thread is a little different. For both players, I'll adjust from their era to median era of the 1955-2020 period. West

Thread on the importance of shooting efficiency.Casual fans typically focus more on scoring, which tends obvious, than on shooting efficiency, which is less obvious.Shooting efficiency is ALL points per ALL

Dolph Schayes and Bob Pettit: ThreadI love NBA history. But even I think of these guys (esp Schayes) as obscure. But they were the greatest PF of the first 40

Part 8 of my re-picking NBA MVPs, 1994-96.1947-54:https://twitter.com/grisingTRS/status/12584506330922967051955-61https://twitter.com/grisingTRS/status/12585037256073461761962-68https://twitter.com/grisingTRS/status/12585666368245227521969-

Picking Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY).First DPOY was 1983.This thread will pick a DPOY each year (1950-1982) and re-pick actual DPOYs (1983-2020).For my picking/re-picking of MVPs, see this thread:https://twitter.com/grisingTRS/status

Today, I'm going to start a tweet thread that re-picks the NBA's MVPs.I have two criteria: 1) The year's best player, based on stats, especially advanced stats.2) A player's TEAM's

Jordan vs. Kobe: Regular Season statsA thread ... MJ and Kobe were similar players with Kobe consciously modeling himself on MJ's game.Most MJ fans argue that he's the GOAT &

Identifying the "greatest" career scorers in NBA history.Thread.Elements involved:Amount ("volume") of scoringEfficiency (TS Add)Adjust for context:Adjust for era (adjust volume & efficiency)Adjust for minutes played

True NBA fans all know that Hakeem outplayed Robinson in 1995 POs. Rockets beat Spurs 4-2.Interestingly, that is the only time the two ever met in the POs!What's the H2H