Anthony Davis’s 59/20 Game Was a Throwback to the 1960’s
Neil Paine
2/22/2016

Anthony Davis had an amazing game during the Pelicans’ win against the Detroit Pistons on Sunday, February 21. Davis posted 59 points and 20 rebounds in his 43 minutes of play. On Monday an article was posted that highlights Anthony Davis’s performance in relation to all-time great performances in basketball history. The article was posted on a website called FiveThirtyEight, which is an online publication that reports on issues such as election results, sporting events and economics, but all within the confines of statistical analysis. Neil Paine wrote the article for FiveThiryEight and he really emphasized on the efficiency in which Anthony Davis played with on Sunday night. Paine’s conclusion is that not only did Anthony Davis put up an impressive stat line, but more impressively he put up those numbers efficiently. Even more so Anthony Davis put up a true shooting percentage of 77 percent on a team that plays a fast paced offense which inherently accounts for a lower efficiency. The article is a good read and while the math seems a bit overwhelming, there are plenty of great info-graphics to help the digestion of some good points.

Nylon Notebook: Trade Deadline Recap
Ian Levy
2/20/2016

The NBA trade deadline has come and gone and while everyone was expecting a big named to be moved a majority of the NBA just did some spring cleaning. Most of the trades made were to improve the foundation in order to build a better future. Some teams got younger like the pistons, but most dumped a lot of money in order to avoid taxes and better position themselves for the 2016 off-season. There were some trades that were made to make this year’s playoff push easier for some teams and Ian Levy has written a detailed article about them. Ian Levy is an editor for a column known as NylonCalculus, which is a basketball analytics site, and known as the premier publication for advanced metric stats. In this article Levy discusses the two trades that he thought were made with intentions of affecting this year’s playoff chances. The Jeff Green trade, and the Donatas Motiejunas trade were the highlights of this article and Ian breaks down each advantage and disadvantage of these newly acquired players. The analysis you will find here is not your typical sports analysis, you will not find clichés or measurements of an individual’s determination on this website, instead you will find trends over time based on factual numbers that aid in understanding the game of basketball.