[NBA Draft]: 2023 Mock Draft Comparison, March (updated 3/28)
March has arrived with updated mock drafts from Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, Jonathan Givony/ESPN-Draft Express, Kevin O’Connor/The Ringer, Tankathon, Ricky O’Donnell/SB Nation. Bryan Kalbrosky/USA Today, Sam Vecenie/The Athletic….and an updated mock from Hoops Distillery.
[Basketball Books]: Review of The Education of Kendrick Perkins: A Memoir
Our friend @SprtBookReviews with his review of Kendrick Perkins new book The Education of Kendrick Perkins: A Memoir. In-stores February 21st.
[NBA Draft]: 2023 Big Board Comparison, March (updated 3/21)
With March Madness on the horizon we have a new batch of big boards to compare including picks from Sam Vecenie/The Athletic, Kevin O’Connor/The Ringer, and the best available from Jonathan Givony/ESPN-Draft Express. Will Brandon Miller overtake Scoot for the #2 spot?
[NBA Draft]: 2023 Mock Draft Comparison, February (updated 2/16)
New mock drafts for February are here–including two updates from Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, Jonathan Givony/ESPN-Draft Express, Sam Vecenie/The Athletic, Tankathon–and fresh picks from Hoops Distillery. Jarace Walker and Gradey DIck moving up in this recent batch.
[Basketball Books]: List of Top-Rated Books from Sports Writers
@SprtBookReviews polled over 150 sportswriters on which sports books they really love, and here are the best basketball books from those responses along with some other best-of lists for reference.
[NBA Draft]: 2023 Mock Draft Comparison, January
We now have five mock drafts to compare, including Kevin O’Connor/The Ringer, Ricky O’Donnell/SB Nation, Sam Vecenie/The Athletic, Jeremy Woo/Sports Illustrated, Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, Bryan Kalbrosky/USA Today Tankathon, and the first Hoops Distillery mock draft of 2023!
[NBA Draft]: 2023 Big Board Comparison, December 2022 (updated 1/8)
We finally have a few 2023 big boards to stack up against each other. So, here’s our first #bigboardcomp of the year featuring boards from Sam Vecenie/The Athletic, Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, Jonathan Givony/ESPN-Draft Express and Tankathon.
[Archive]: 2022 Big Board Comparisons
An archive of all 2022 big board comparisons for easy reference.
[Archive]: 2021 Big Board Comparisons
An archive of all 2021 big board comparisons for easy reference.
[Archive]: 2022 Mock Draft Comparisons
An archive of all 2022 mock draft comparisons for easy reference.
[Archive]: 2021 Mock Draft Comparisons
An archive of all 2021 mock draft comparisons for easy reference.
[NBA Draft]: 2023 Mock Draft Comparison, Oct/Nov/Dec 2022
Some fresh picks to compare from Jeremy Woo/SI, Jonathan Wasserman/Bleacher Report, ESPN-Draft Express/Jonathan Givony, Sam Vecenie/The Athletic, and Tankathon. Wemby + Scoot we know, but then what…
[Analytics]: Why Advanced NBA Metrics Like Jokic’s Defense
Really good food for thought on this thread by Sam Vecenie/The Athletic reacting to a thread by Nate Silver/538. Utilization of defensive metrics is always an interesting debate!
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