Unexpected Points

Unexpected Points

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Unexpected Points episodes

  • Thinking Basketball's Ben Taylor
    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.unexpectedpoints.com

    Ben Taylor (@ElGee35) joins the pod to talk:

    * His method of valuing players

    * What the stats and eye test are missing

    * Is height less important in the NBA?

    * His GOAT list of the 40 most value players of all time

    * Why Shaq and Kareem are underrated

    Check out Ben’s highly successful YouTube Channel, his website and purchase his book.

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    45 min
  • Working in basketball & football analytics: Seth Partnow, Statsbomb
    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.unexpectedpoints.com

    Seth Partnow (@SethPartnow) joins the pod to talk through his vast experience in multiple sports.

    Topic covered include:

    * Why he hates what the term “analytics” has come to mean

    * His book “The Midrange Theory”

    * Did Jokic and the Nuggets help dispel notions of great regular season teams not finishing in the playoffs

    * How to build an effective front office to inte…

    36 min
  • PGA-LIV Merger, Early Best-Ball Favs, NBA Finals Talk: Davis Mattek
    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.unexpectedpoints.com

    Davis Mattek (@DavisMattek) joins the pod to talk about a variety of topics, including the implications of the PGA-LIV merger, which players he's targeting in early best-ball drafts, and thoughts on the NBA finals and state of the league.

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    45 min
  • "Net Gains" author Ryan O'Hanlon, ESPN
    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.unexpectedpoints.com

    Ryan O'Hanlon (@rwohan) Writer, ESPN; author, NET GAINS: INSIDE THE BEAUTIFUL GAME’S ANALYTICS REVOLUTION.

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    45 min
  • OTA News, plus Q&A: Hopkins cut, Rodgers all-in

    Kevin talks through what matters in early offseason news, why the Celtics-Heat series is instructive and takes subscriber questions.

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    47 min
  • NFL Awards Predictions, Subscriber Q&A

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    45 min
  • Ranking NFL Front Offices w/ Ben Baldwin
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    Follow Ben on twitter (@benbbaldwin)

    Ben and Kevin give their top- and bottom-5 front office after digesting the 2023 NFL draft and offseason.

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    31 min

About Unexpected Points

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Unexpected Points takes a look at the NFL through a uniquely analytical lens and challenges our assumptions about the game. Each week, data scientist Kevin Cole discusses the topical and macro issues…