NBA Draft 2025: Hand-Tracking The Best Passers in the Draft

Traditional measures of passing struggle to fully capture a player’s level of playmaking. All assists and turnovers aren’t created equally, yet they’re weighed as such in basic stats. I aimed to create hand-tracked, subjective measures of passing quality to better estimate a player’s passing quality. Inspired by Pro Football Focus’s “Big Time Throw” metric, I […]

benpfeifer  •  13 Jun 2025
NBA Executive Anticipates Most Draft Pick Trade Activity Ever

An NBA executive anticipates the most draft pick trade activity in league history at the 2025 NBA Draft. ESPN’s Bobby Marks revealed the information when making an appearance on NBA Today. There is one major reason for this level of trade activity involving draft picks. Several teams in the lottery are expected to be playoff teams […]

Vivek Jacob  •  12 Jun 2025
NBA Draft 2025: Assessing Cooper Flagg’s Fit in Dallas

A wild twist of basketball fate will send Cooper Flagg to Dallas by way of the top pick in 2025. The 2025 NBA Draft is the Cooper Flagg draft and for good reason. He’s one of the very best prospects of the millennium, whose presence will shift the trajectory of his future franchise. That franchise […]

benpfeifer  •  14 May 2025
Cooper Flagg ‘Thrilled’ At Prospect Of Being Drafted By Mavericks

Consensus No. 1 draft prospect Cooper Flagg is “thrilled” by the opportunity to be drafted by the Dallas Mavericks. ESPN’s Jonathan Givony reported the news. Flagg is said to have been initially shocked by how the draft lottery played out. Dallas entered the lottery with just a 1.8 percent chance and won it. The Washington […]

Vivek Jacob  •  14 May 2025
NBA Draft Lottery: Mavericks Win Top Pick Despite 1.8% Chance

With just a 1.8 percent chance, the Dallas Mavericks have won the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery. Cooper Flagg is the consensus top selection and should serve as a major boost to Mavs fans who have been reeling from the Luka Doncic trade. The Mavs entered the lottery with the 11th best odds, making their 10 […]

Vivek Jacob  •  12 May 2025
March Madness 2025: Three Underrated NBA Prospect Performances From Weekend One

The first weekend of March Madness granted us plenty of high-end prospect performances. From freshmen like Cooper Flagg, Jeremiah Fears and Derik Queen dominating to college stars like Walter Clayton Jr. and Nique Clifford, there was no shortage of NBA talent on display. However, there were plenty of underrated performances that won’t make traditional headlines […]

benpfeifer  •  24 Mar 2025
Is Cooper Flagg Playing In March Madness? Why Duke Star Could Face Minutes Restriction In Round 1 & 2

Is Cooper Flagg playing in March Madness? Top-seeded Duke may not have the number one March Madness NBA Draft prospect available in the opening rounds. Is Cooper Flagg Playing in March Madness? Flagg badly sprained his ankle while landing after a rebound against Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament quarterfinal. He was helped off the […]

Vivek Jacob  •  19 Mar 2025
Three Intriguing NBA Draft Prospect Matchups to Look Out For in March Madness 2025

March Madness games can be overly influential for prospects’ draft stock. These are the most visible games of the season and performance in these often shifts the placement of prospects drastically on mainstream boards. Let’s discuss three of the most intriguing NBA Draft prospects matchups in the first few rounds of the tournament. NBA Draft […]

benpfeifer  •  17 Mar 2025
Cooper Flagg Expected to Return: Duke’s Championship Hopes Get a Boost

It was the image no one in Durham wanted to see. Cooper Flagg, the 6-foot-9 freshman phenom and centerpiece of Duke’s national title aspirations, being wheeled off the court after spraining his right ankle in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals. The immediate concern was palpable, the silence in Charlotte’s Spectrum Center deafening. But now, just days […]

Colin Lynch  •  17 Mar 2025