Nathan Walker

currently: data science / optical @ NFL

prev: data science @ GSW

sometimes bball analytics

moreso on bsky:

[Basketball Poetry @bballispoetry]

Karl-Anthony Towns was never an underdog.

Finally, however, he’s no longer underappreciated.

More here: https://t.co/TjwfDD1Jj7

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@thelowballgod @kpelechrinis @knarsu3 PIEPER

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@yonann If they are backlogged they aren't doing that at $80 a card.

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@WB_Baskerville They blow up the death star.

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@MichaelFKane @sp4reR1bs Science hole, not a plot hole

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@calebgamman whoa

[Sean Grande @SeanGrandePBP]

The final numbers on OKC’s title defense…

4-8 against the Spurs
71-14 against everyone else

36.4% of their losses (8 of 22) were to San Antonio.

[Automatic @automaticnba]

For the FIRST time in NBA history, there will be 8 straight unique champions across an 8-year span.

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Rebounds and assists? Don't you mean assbounds?

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please
steals + blocks should not be 'stocks'
they are so different
like not even close
please

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tanking teams racing for 12th

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

The NBA makes an unprecedented move in American pro sports league by punishing the very worst teams in the draft lottery and creating a new system to incentivize winning — after months of meetings and conversations among league, ownership and team stakeholders. A radical response from the NBA to radical behavior, with nearly 8-to-10 teams jockeying for lottery odds down stretch of this season. The new “3-2-1” lottery starts next Draft and lasts through at least 2029.

[Basketball Poetry @bballispoetry]

Story: https://t.co/YFsywGB4xu

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Probably lots more.

* assuming you've correctly adjusted for OREBs and TOVs

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Things that legitimately affect the outcome of basketball games, beyond what 'shooter/defender-adjusted' shot quality* might say:

1. tenacity to come back from a deficit (+ vice versa)
2. hot hand (it's real!)
3. fatigue/form on the shooter/defender
4. in-game adjustments

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wemby keeping his hands down on defense should be illegal

[dylan @dylangonzalez21]

game day

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@personalmilkman @ayeejuju no

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@MolsonBlue @CraigKoban omg my hate has blinded me

you're right!

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@MeganRisdal This post is making me crave salt so, maybe that

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@katiserie It was