How Good Is Damian Lillard Right Now?
Taylor uses Adjusted Big-Time Scoring and BBI data to determine how good Dame is right now.
Sep 24, 2023•23 min•Ep. 153
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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The Top 10 Players In Wins Above Contract
Taylor uses Wins above contract to see which players outperformed their contract value last season.
Sep 21, 2023•26 min•Ep. 152
Team USA's Flawed Roster Construction
Taylor goes through Team USA's roster construction and points out 3 glaring flaws: their youth, lack of playmaking outside of their guards, and lack of rebounding and high-end drop coverage defenders.
Sep 14, 2023•31 min•Ep. 151
Incorrect Assumptions About Analytics
Taylor talks about some incorrect assumptions people make about analytics. People often say any player who takes a lot of 3s is an "analytics guy". That's not always true.
Sep 09, 2023•17 min•Ep. 150
Listener Submitted Q&A + Christian Wood Signing With The Lakers
Taylor answers listener questions and reacts to Christian Wood signing with the Lakers
Sep 06, 2023•26 min•Ep. 149
The Top 5 Offseasons Of 2023- By Franchise
Taylor ranks the top 5 offseasons by franchise Here is a link to the article sighted in the ep: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10081526-grading-every-nba-teams-offseason-so-far
Sep 02, 2023•21 min•Ep. 148
How Good Is Austin Reaves Right Now?
Taylor uses BBI data to determine how good Austin Reaves in right now
Aug 30, 2023•29 min•Ep. 147
How Good Is Anthony Edwards Right Now?
Taylor uses BBI's data to determine how good Anthony Edwards is right now
Aug 28, 2023•31 min•Ep. 146
Which Players Had the Best/Worst Teammate Situations Last Season
Taylor Uses BBI's new teammate stats to determine who had the most and least amount of help in the league last season
Aug 23, 2023•21 min•Ep. 145
The Top 10 Rookie Seasons Of The Last Decade
Taylor uses LEBRON WAR to determine the top 10 most impactful rookie seasons of the last decade
Aug 20, 2023•23 min•Ep. 144
Navigating The Sports Analytics Industry - With Steve Palazzolo
Taylor chats with Steve Palazzolo about his career in sports analytics. Steve talks about the different hats he wore while helping build Pro Football Focus.
Aug 16, 2023•34 min•Ep. 143
New Metric! - Defensive Playmaking
Taylor explains a stat he co-created, Defensive Playmaking. Its made up of steals, deflections, offensive fouls drawn, blocks recovered, and blocks not recovered.
Aug 11, 2023•22 min•Ep. 142
Anthony Davis Contract Extension Analysis
Taylor uses regular season and playoff LEBRON to evaluate AD's value
Aug 09, 2023•22 min•Ep. 141
The Top 10 Best Contracts In The NBA
taylor uses age, length of deal, and AAV to determine the 10 best deals in the league. No rookies or top 20 players
Jul 28, 2023•26 min•Ep. 140
The Top 10 Worst Contracts In The NBA
Taylor ranks the top 10 worst contracts in the league. He takes into account, age, years, and AAV
Jul 26, 2023•34 min•Ep. 139
The Real 3&D Players from Last Season
Taylor uses BBI data to create a criteria for what makes a 3&D player. 24 players made the list this season
Jul 22, 2023•18 min•Ep. 138
How Good Can A Player Be In Their Late 30's?
Taylor looks at the top age 36+ seasons over the last decade to find out how likely high-level play is for current aging stars
Jul 20, 2023•26 min•Ep. 137
Adjusted Big Time Scoring
Taylor and Filippos Polyzos co-created a stat that compares the big time scoring seasons from across the different era's of the NBA
Jul 13, 2023•41 min•Ep. 136
The Top 10 Rim Protectors Last Season
Taylor uses BBI's new rim protection stat to define the top 10 rim protectors from last season
Jul 11, 2023•15 min•Ep. 135
The Best Free Agent Bargains This Offseason
Taylor lists the top 10 best free-agent bargains this year. The criteria is the players had to make less than 10 mil next season.
Jul 10, 2023•22 min•Ep. 134
Grading The Top Contracts In Free Agency
Taylor gives a letter grade for each of the top contracts in free agency
Jul 05, 2023•56 min•Ep. 133
Free Agent Preview
Taylor hits on the top 20 free agents giving a lighting quick recap of what they bring to the table
Jun 29, 2023•29 min•Ep. 132
Draft Recap - With Chip Jones
Chip Jones joins the show and recaps the top of the 2023 NBA draft
Jun 28, 2023•27 min•Ep. 131
Revisiting The 2019 NBA Draft
Taylor uses LEBRON WAR to revisit the 2019 draft. He looks at which players were the most productive on their rookie deals.
Jun 22, 2023•30 min•Ep. 130
Evaluating The Bradley Beal Trade
Taylor was stunned by the details of this trade.
Jun 21, 2023•22 min•Ep. 129
Bradley Beal's Trade Value
Taylor digs into Bradley Beal's data and establishes what his trade value should be
Jun 17, 2023•28 min•Ep. 128
The Denver Nuggets Championship Retrospective
Taylor traces the roots of the Nuggets championship from the 2020 playoff run to the present. He ranks Jokic historically He ranks Jamal Murray in the league He ranks NBA players as Slamball players
Jun 15, 2023•37 min•Ep. 127
Finals Analysis With TJ McBride
Taylor and TJ talk about the finals
Jun 09, 2023•30 min•Ep. 126
Ranking Every Perimeter Defender In The Finals
Taylor ranks every perimeter defender in the playoffs with a new cutting-edge BBI tool
Jun 07, 2023•37 min•Ep. 125
Finals Preview
Taylor previews the finals by talking about why nobody wants to talk about this series
Jun 02, 2023•24 min•Ep. 124
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