The Nylon Calculus

Basketball analytics for the @The_Step_Back at @FanSided.

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Upside and Motor: 5 NBA Draft sleepers with underrated All-Star potential

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Upside and Motor @FanSided: An updated 2025 NBA Draft Big Board, charting the remarkable highs and lows of Ace Bailey.

Additional blurbs on VJ Edgecombe, Sergio De Larrea, Flory Bidunga, and Bennett Stirtz.

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Today on The Whiteboard, Philadelphia's season has gone belly up. @klineNBA says there's only one goal now — a top-six pick.

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Today on The Whiteboard, @wcgoldberg is making sense of the Suns-Jazz picks swap before a potential Jimmy Butler trade, plus a dramatic way to fix the NBA Dunk Contest.

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In his first NBA Mock Draft of the season, @klinenba has Cooper Flagg heading north, Wemby getting his point guard and an updated look at the 2025 NBA Draft landscape.

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The Timberwolves are struggling but not because Julius Randle isn't doing his job.

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Today on The Whiteboard, @qneltn is making sense of LaMelo Ball — Charlotte's brash point guard is taking more shots than anyone else in the league by a wide margin. He doesn't have a choice.

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Today on The Whiteboard, @HPbasketball rounds up the latest NBA Trade Deadline rumors and shares what he's hearing on the Bucks, Raptors, Nets and more

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In this week's Whiteboard roundtable, @HPbasketball, @wcgoldberg, @KlineNBA and @HickoryHigh are talking desperation moves for the Warriors, food-based nicknames, the best teams in the West and more.

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Today on The Whiteboard, @LiorLampert1 explains how Doug Christie changed, and maybe saved, the Sacramento Kings.

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Today on The Whiteboard, @KlineNBA dives deep on how Amen Thompson is already emerging as a star for the Houston Rockets.

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Today on The Whiteboard, @wcgoldberg explains how the Warriors went from two timelines to no timelines.

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This week on Upside and Motor, @klineNBA highlights NBA Draft prospects rising and falling at the midpoint of the college basketball season.

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Today on The Whiteboard, @qneltn on how Zach LaVine proves we've lost the plot — Teams are so afraid to acquire a big contract that the player associated with it barely matters.

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Today on The Whiteboard, @HPbasketball is rethinking Defensive Player Of The Year for the 3-point era and arguing we're undervaluing perimeter defenders.

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Today on The Whiteboard, @klineNBA explains how Zion Williamson's turbulent career has left every door open.

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Today on The Whiteboard, @LiorLampert1 explains why Cavs-Thunder is more than just the best matchup in the NBA right now.

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Today on The Whiteboard, @wcgoldberg explains why teams should be more willing to trade for Bradley Beal, plus, previewing the battle the Cavs and Thunder on Wednesday night.

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This week on Upside and Motor: Auburn big man Johni Broome has been the most dominant force in college basketball this season, and NBA Draft scouts are starting to take notice.

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