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Each Wednesday of the NBA season, we’re analyzing a grab bag of topics from around the league. This week: Tyrese Maxey’s humongous leap, further Nikola Jokic absurdity, red alerts for the Bucks defense and Zion Williamson, and more. This is the Kram Session. The most important development of the first few weeks of the 2023-24 season is Maxey’s ascension as Philadelphia’s full-time point guard. It didn’t take long for the 23-year-old to answer the first key question the 76ers faced this season: W…
2 months ago
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Each Wednesday of the NBA season, we’re analyzing a grab bag of topics from around the league—from the essential stories to the wacky moments, from statistical analysis to obscure minutiae. This week: the viability of the Clippers’ old, new Big Four, five young players who are potentially making the leap, the Grizzlies’ winless start, and more. This is the Kram Session. The oldest team in the NBA just got older. That’s one of the many ripples of the latest James Harden trade, which (finally) sen…
3 months ago
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Each Wednesday of the NBA season, we’re analyzing a grab bag of topics from around the league—from the essential stories to the wacky moments, from statistical analysis to obscure minutiae. First up: The Denver Nuggets remind the world they’re the true championship favorites, Victor Wembanyama prepares for his NBA debut, and the Golden State Warriors find the silver linings in their opening-night loss to the Phoenix Suns. This is the Kram Session. All the top-tier title contenders were active on…
3 months ago
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For the third time, we’re running our All In-dex formula to measure which NBA teams are the most all in to win a title right now. And for the third time, there’s a new team atop the rankings. For a more thorough explanation of our methodology, read our original story from last year or our midseason update from February. But for a quick summary, All In-dex scores have two components: (1) draft index, accounting for all first-round picks and swaps between now and 2030, and (2) money index, based o…
3 months ago
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The start of the 2023-24 NBA season is nigh, with just one weekend left to cram in preseason studying. As was the case last season, though, we’re here to help. Here is one key number that will help explain every team’s outlook this season, for better or for worse. Teams are listed in order of their over/under win totals from FanDuel. This iteration of the Celtics should have won a title by now. NBA history says so. Over the past seven seasons, Boston has won 61 playoff games—the most for any tea…
3 months ago
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Five teams finished the 2023 MLB regular season with more than 90 wins. And all five have since been eliminated from the postseason, before the league championship series even begin. First went the Tampa Bay Rays and Milwaukee Brewers, swept in the wild-card round. Next went the Baltimore Orioles, the 101-win no. 1 seed in the American League, falling to the 90-win Texas Rangers; then the Los Angeles Dodgers, the 100-win no. 2 seed in the National League, against the 84-win Arizona Diamondbacks,…
3 months ago
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The 22nd annual survey of NBA general managers went live on NBA.com Tuesday. As is the case every year, it offers a delightful preseason peek into the minds of the league’s top decision-makers. This year, general managers mostly see a three-team title race between the defending champion Denver Nuggets, the Boston Celtics, and the Milwaukee Bucks. They believe Nikola Jokic will win his third MVP award in four seasons. And they think Victor Wembanyama is a generational talent, already placing him…
3 months ago
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Atlanta was a surprise winner of the 2021 World Series. The 88-win NL East champions had the worst record of any division winner and entered every playoff series as the underdog: the NLDS against the Brewers, the NLCS against the Dodgers, and the World Series against the Astros. But if the franchise wins its second title of the 21st century this year, it will do so as a favorite. As of Wednesday, FanGraphs playoff odds give Atlanta a 26.9 percent chance to win the 2023 World Series—nearly as hig…
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Just days after Damian Lillard was sent to Milwaukee, the former Bucks guard is now headed to Boston, upping the NBA’s offseason arms race and setting up a potential must-see showdown
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Dame is headed to Milwaukee in a stunning three-team blockbuster, potentially solving both the Bucks’ present and future problems
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Most potential three-way races fizzle before the finish, but the Houston Astros, Seattle Mariners, and Texas Rangers are trying to make the AL West interesting to the end
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