Nothing But Nylon Nothing But Nylon

Andrew Johnson and Jacob Goldstein stopped by to go over their win projection systems and discuss who they were higher or lower on than conventional wisdom and why. 

Find their projections here:

https://fansided.com/2017/09/21/nylon-calculus-projected-win-totals-nba-season-2017-18/

https://fansided.com/2017/09/27/nylon-calculus-highly-plausible-win-projections-2017-18-nba-season/

Make sure to follow Andrew @CountingBaskets, Jacob @JacobEGoldstein, follow me @NBACouchside, and follow the show @NBNylonPod. Thanks and enjoy the show!

 

Ben Taylor (@ElGee35), founder of Backpicks.com, dropped by the show to discuss his book, "Thinking Basketball," which focuses on the way we think about basketball (often in the wrong way or using the wrong mental lens), as well as the importance of supporting casts, and his new metric for measuring offensive creation using box-score data, the aptly named, Box Creation. Finally, we touch on the Kyrie Irving trade and both make our claims as Kyrie optimists. Ben with a bit more data to back his claims. 

Here are the links to the things discussed in the show.

1. Ben's book, "Thinking Basketball" (seriously, if you're listening to this show, buy this book, you'll thank me later): https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Basketball-Ben-Taylor/dp/1532968175

2. "Supporting Casts are More Important Than Stars": http://www.backpicks.com/2017/07/06/supporting-casts-are-more-important-than-stars/

3. "Measuring Creation with the Box Score": https://fansided.com/2017/08/11/nylon-calculus-measuring-creation-box-score/

Make sure to follow Ben @ElGee35, follow me @NBACouchside, and follow the show @NBNylonPod. Thanks and enjoy the show!

http://fansided.com/2017/03/20/nylon-calculus-quantifying-impact-length/

http://fansided.com/2017/02/24/nylon-calculus-statistics-traded-players-teams/

http://fansided.com/2017/02/03/nba-superstars-better-than-ever/

Bo Schwartz Madsen joined me to discuss the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, narratives and how important they are to communicating data-driven results, behavioral psychology, Seth Partnow's presentation on myths surrounding 3 point shooting in the NBA, and much more. 

Check out Bo's article on Real Plus-Minus: http://nyloncalculus.com/2016/02/19/freelance-friday-deconstructing-rpm-the-mighty-prior/

His recent piece on LeBron's heavy minutes: http://fansided.com/2017/02/21/nylon-calculus-lebron-career-minutes-played-astounding/

And check out the Nylon Calculus page for a ton of content on the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. http://fansided.com/nba/the-step-back/nylon-calculus/

Make sure to follow Bo @BoSchwartz, follow me @NBACouchside, and follow the show @NBNylonPod. Thanks and enjoy the show!

Andre Snellings joined me to discuss Giannis Antetokounmpo's amazing season, Nikola Jokic's brilliance, Russell Westbrook's dominance, Andrew Wiggins's development, and the Timberwolves' porous defense and the absence of Kevin Garnett.

Here are the articles referenced in our discussion:

http://fansided.com/2017/01/18/nylon-calculus-giannis-antetokounmpo-most-improved-most-valuable-player/

https://nbacouchside.com/newsletter-sample-giannis-antetokounmpos-limitless-potential-e6586293c8e7#.jph140el1

http://fansided.com/2017/01/16/nylon-calculus-nikola-jokic-trending-up/

http://fansided.com/2016/12/30/nylon-calculus-russell-westbrook-michael-jordan/

http://fansided.com/2016/12/08/nylon-calculus-andrew-wiggins-ceiling/

http://fansided.com/2017/01/05/nylon-calculus-minnesota-timberwolves-missing-kevin-garnett/

Make sure to follow Andre @ProfessorDrZ, follow me @NBACouchside, and follow the show @NBNylonPod. Thanks and enjoy the show!

Krishna Narsu (@knarsu3) dropped by to discuss defending drives and how that correlates with team success, loose ball recovery rates via SportVU data, and his KOBE shot selection metric, among many other things.

Here are Krishna's pieces we discussed: 

http://fansided.com/2016/11/18/nylon-calculus-defending-drives-defensive-correlations/

https://fansided.com/2016/11/30/nylon-calculus-loose-ball-recovery-rate/

http://nyloncalculus.com/2015/09/28/introducing-kobe-a-measure-of-shot-quality/

Be sure to follow the podcast on Twitter at @NBNylonPod, follow Krishna (@knarsu3), follow me (@NBACouchside) and check out all the great content at http://fansided.com/nba/the-step-back/nylon-calculus/.

Thanks for listening!