33. By just about any reasonable standard, LeBron is an actual genius. People think he's just genetically gifted, but I struggle to come up with anyone who did more intelligent things on a basketball court.
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34. The trend of shooting moving farther and farther beyond the three-point the line will come to an end soon. There is a strongly super-linear growth in required precision with distance.
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35. I don't really see much point to getting basketball players to think about math/statistics. But I think they could benefit from understanding the concepts of energy (potential and kinetic) and momentum.
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36. Playing NBA-level basketball has become much more difficult since the 90s. Less so physically than mentally. Elite basketball requires much more (and much more intricate) thinking than it used to.
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37. The "granny shot" free throw is not actually more accurate, except maybe for a very small number of players with the the most gigantic hands
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38. Hand size is a surprisingly good predictor of ability in players 6'2" and shorter.
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39. Goaltending calls are wrong all the time because referees interpret "the top of the ball's trajectory" as "the point in time when I can visually see the ball coming down", rather than as "the midpoint between visibly going up and visibly coming down"
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40. After all the "advanced stats" revolution, points per game is still the strongest correlate of player salary. I will believe more in the effectiveness of the revolution when this has changed.
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41. The case for Dennis Rodman as the most valuable player in NBA history is actually pretty compelling:
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okay, I'm spent for the evening. I might get back to this tomorrow
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