NBA Retrospective

Finally talking about PLAYOFFS! We had some epic Western conference clashes; especially Lakers-Spurs in second round. Also an epic matchup in the Eastern Conference Finals that unfortunately invokes a painful memory for the NBA.

We continue to explore the dichotomy between the East and that Wild Wild West. Specifically, we look at the Atlantic Division in the East and Pacific in the West. We discuss an absurdly high number of overachievers, underachievers, and accurate achievers for the season. Your host then leaves to tutor statistics before he can talk about PLAYOFFS! You'll hear about those in the next episode.

We discuss the 2003-04 Lakers team who went for it all and missed this season. We also talk about some major overachievements in Elo projection and an extremely elite Western conference.

We break down the 76ers season using Elo and Four Factors metrics. Does it matter that AI and Brown didn't get along? Did the 76ers make the right decision to trade Ratliff for Mutombo? We break that down too.

We continue to chronicle the 2001 76ers season from the big Dikembe Mutombo trade to the historic Game 1 Finals win over the Lakers. You'll hear player reactions from Theo Ratliff, Allen Iverson, Shaq, and others.

We discuss the 2001 Philadelphia 76ers, particularly the relationship between Allen Iverson and Larry Brown, the massive trade that never was, and one of the greatest NBA All Star Games of all time.

We discuss Four Factors metrics for the 2001 Lakers, Clippers, and Wizards and explain how they achieved the records they did. We also offer concluding remarks on the season.

We discuss the Four Factors metrics for the 2001 NBA season and some notable discrepancies from Elo. Take care of the basketball!

Talking about PLAYOFFS?! We're definitely doing it. Plus some unusual regular season results and a surprise overachieving team. Hint: the team is in California, but it's not the California team you're thinking.

We break down the actual and Elo simulated playoff seedings for the 2001 NBA season. Simulation was surprisingly accurate. We also note extremely strong correlation in the Atlantic Division between simulated and actual performance.