The BBall Index

Taylor and Tim/Cranjis McBasketball, dive deep into the data and analytics to provide detailed and contextualized analysis of the broader NBA. bball-index.combluewirepods.com

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Eastern Conference Preview

Taylor goes through each team in the Eastern Conference and discusses their season outlook. He's skeptical of the Knicks championship aspirations

Oct 20, 2024•33 min•Ep. 215

Western Conference Preview

Taylor Wyman previews every team in the Western Conference. He forecasts every team's regular season

Oct 16, 2024•34 min•Ep. 214

Which Metrics Should You Trust?

Taylor Wyman goes through Basketball Index's key metrics explaining what they do. You need to understand how something works before you can make an informed decision on trusting it

Oct 08, 2024•33 min•Ep. 213

Trade Reaction! KAT for Randle

Taylor Wyman reacts to the blockbuster trade between the Knicks and Timberwolves. He loves the talent upgrade for the Knicks but not the change to their financial situation

Oct 03, 2024•20 min•Ep. 212

Taylor Wyman explains the difference between impact vs talent. Impact is the ability to affect the game while on the court. Talent is the theoretical value a player has. Balancing the two can be tricky

Sep 18, 2024•22 min•Ep. 210

Ranking the Last 10 Championship Runs By Difficulty

Taylor Wyman looks at the last decade of champions and ranks their path to a ring by difficulty using LEBRON

Sep 14, 2024•24 min•Ep. 209

Ranking The Top 15 Two Way Impact Players

Taylor Wyman ranks the top 15 two-way impact players in the league right now. He looks at players who are clear positives on both offense and defense.

Sep 03, 2024•39 min•Ep. 207

Perimeter Isolation Defense & Defensive Playmaking Rankings

Taylor Wyman unveils Basketball Index's Perimeter Defense and Defensive Playmaking for 2024. He explains how they work and who the top players in the league are

Aug 28, 2024•26 min•Ep. 206

Players I Underrated

Taylor Wyman talks about the players he misevaluated. He explains what his concerns were with these players and how they improved and exceeded his expectations

Aug 19, 2024•39 min•Ep. 205

Olympic Basketball

Taylor goes through the Olympic roster highlighting what each player brought to the table on their gold medal run

Aug 12, 2024•23 min•Ep. 204

Does Positionless Basketball Work?

Taylor evaluates if positionless basketball even works. He looks at the rosters of the last 10 teams to play in the finals to determine if the trend has led to success.

Jul 29, 2024•24 min•Ep. 203

The Top 10 Free Agent Values + A Caitlin Clark Rant

Taylor gives his top 10 contract values of the off-season and rants about Caitlin Clark

Jul 24, 2024•28 min•Ep. 202

Recapping Every Off-season Trade

Taylor Wyman goes through every off-season trade picking winners and losers. He Starts with the Caruso/Giddey trade and finishes with the DeRozan trade

Jul 10, 2024•34 min•Ep. 201

Free Agency Extravaganza

Taylor covers all 42 free agent signings that have happened this offseason. He talks about player fit, player skill set, and contract value

Jul 02, 2024•46 min•Ep. 200

The top 10 Playoff Scorers + The Caruso Trade

Taylor Wyman ranks the top 10 scorers in the postseason by looking at volume and efficiency. Then he talks about the impact of Alex Caruso heading the OKC and Giddey going to Chicago.

Jun 24, 2024•31 min•Ep. 199

ALL-NBA Teams

Taylor Wyman compares the NBA's ALL-NBA teams and the BBI ALL-NBA teams.

Jun 10, 2024•25 min•Ep. 198

Ranking The 10 Best Scorers In The Conference Finals

Taylor Wyman ranks the top 10 best scorers in the Conference Finals by scoring volume and efficiency relative to the series they played in.

Jun 01, 2024•21 min•Ep. 197

2nd Round Recap

Taylor recaps each of the four series from the second round. He looks at each player's points/75 and relative shooting efficiency compared to the series they played in

May 24, 2024•32 min•Ep. 196

Round 2 Analysis

Taylor Wyman touches on each series in the second round

May 12, 2024•17 min•Ep. 195

The Top 10 Scorers In The First Round

Taylor ranks the top 10 scorers with the help of his modern playoff scoring run app. Link to the app: https://shorturl.at/fsAL3

May 08, 2024•29 min•Ep. 194

10 Lessons Learned From The First Round

Taylor discusses the 10 things he learned watching the first round of the playoffs

May 05, 2024•24 min•Ep. 193

Lakers & Suns Eulogy + More First Round Analysis

Taylor Wyman explains what went wrong for the Lakers and Suns and gets you up to speed on the rest of the playoff series

May 01, 2024•28 min•Ep. 192

Initial First Round Reactions

Taylor reacts to how the first round is unfolding

Apr 25, 2024•15 min•Ep. 191

Playoff Predictions (Round 1)

Taylor gives his picks for every matchup in the first round

Apr 21, 2024•18 min•Ep. 190

The 2024 Season In Review

Taylor goes over the top storylines from each team this season

Apr 16, 2024•22 min•Ep. 189

Who Has The Greatest Modern Scoring Playoff Run?

Taylor Wyman had Filippos Polyzos on to explain their new app, "Modern Playoff Scoring Runs". It lets you compare the greatest scoring runs since 2000 adjusting for scoring environment The app: https://filippos-pol.shinyapps.io/modern-playoff-scoring-runs/

Apr 13, 2024•29 min•Ep. 188

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