Taylor and Tim/Cranjis McBasketball, dive deep into the data and analytics to provide detailed and contextualized analysis of the broader NBA. bball-index.combluewirepods.com
Sun, October 20, 2024
Taylor goes through each team in the Eastern Conference and discusses their season outlook. He's skeptical of the Knicks championship aspirations
Wed, October 16, 2024
Taylor Wyman previews every team in the Western Conference. He forecasts every team's regular season
Tue, October 08, 2024
Taylor Wyman goes through Basketball Index's key metrics explaining what they do. You need to understand how something works before you can make an informed decision on trusting it
Thu, October 03, 2024
Taylor Wyman reacts to the blockbuster trade between the Knicks and Timberwolves. He loves the talent upgrade for the Knicks but not the change to their financial situation
Wed, September 18, 2024
Taylor Wyman explains the difference between impact vs talent. Impact is the ability to affect the game while on the court. Talent is the theoretical value a player has. Balancing the two can be tricky
Sat, September 14, 2024
Taylor Wyman looks at the last decade of champions and ranks their path to a ring by difficulty using LEBRON
Tue, September 03, 2024
Taylor Wyman ranks the top 15 two-way impact players in the league right now. He looks at players who are clear positives on both offense and defense.
Wed, August 28, 2024
Taylor Wyman unveils Basketball Index's Perimeter Defense and Defensive Playmaking for 2024. He explains how they work and who the top players in the league are
Mon, August 19, 2024
Taylor Wyman talks about the players he misevaluated. He explains what his concerns were with these players and how they improved and exceeded his expectations
Mon, August 12, 2024
Taylor goes through the Olympic roster highlighting what each player brought to the table on their gold medal run
Mon, July 29, 2024
Taylor evaluates if positionless basketball even works. He looks at the rosters of the last 10 teams to play in the finals to determine if the trend has led to success.
Wed, July 24, 2024
Taylor gives his top 10 contract values of the off-season and rants about Caitlin Clark
Wed, July 10, 2024
Taylor Wyman goes through every off-season trade picking winners and losers. He Starts with the Caruso/Giddey trade and finishes with the DeRozan trade
Tue, July 02, 2024
Taylor covers all 42 free agent signings that have happened this offseason. He talks about player fit, player skill set, and contract value
Mon, June 24, 2024
Taylor Wyman ranks the top 10 scorers in the postseason by looking at volume and efficiency. Then he talks about the impact of Alex Caruso heading the OKC and Giddey going to Chicago.
Mon, June 10, 2024
Taylor Wyman compares the NBA's ALL-NBA teams and the BBI ALL-NBA teams.
Sat, June 01, 2024
Taylor Wyman ranks the top 10 best scorers in the Conference Finals by scoring volume and efficiency relative to the series they played in.
Fri, May 24, 2024
Taylor recaps each of the four series from the second round. He looks at each player's points/75 and relative shooting efficiency compared to the series they played in
Sun, May 12, 2024
Taylor Wyman touches on each series in the second round
Wed, May 08, 2024
Taylor ranks the top 10 scorers with the help of his modern playoff scoring run app. Link to the app: https://shorturl.at/fsAL3
Sun, May 05, 2024
Taylor discusses the 10 things he learned watching the first round of the playoffs
Wed, May 01, 2024
Taylor Wyman explains what went wrong for the Lakers and Suns and gets you up to speed on the rest of the playoff series
Thu, April 25, 2024
Taylor reacts to how the first round is unfolding
Sun, April 21, 2024
Taylor gives his picks for every matchup in the first round
Tue, April 16, 2024
Taylor goes over the top storylines from each team this season
Sat, April 13, 2024
Taylor Wyman had Filippos Polyzos on to explain their new app, "Modern Playoff Scoring Runs". It lets you compare the greatest scoring runs since 2000 adjusting for scoring environment The app: https://filippos-pol.shinyapps.io/modern-playoff-scoring-runs/
Thu, April 11, 2024
Taylor Wyman uses analytics to determine the DPOY and ROY the year races
Sun, April 07, 2024
Taylor Wyman presents the best case for each MVP candidate using the latest analytics
Wed, April 03, 2024
Taylor makes his case for why FG% is the most useless stat in basketball. Then he ranks the importance of every box score stat
Sun, March 31, 2024
Taylor Wyman uses Adjusted Big Time Scoring to find the top 10 scorers this season Use the app for free! https://filippos-pol.shinyapps.io/adjusted-big-time-scoring/
Thu, March 28, 2024
Taylor uses LEBRON WAR to figure out the top 5 best duo's this season
Sat, March 23, 2024
Taylor digs into the Magic's data and finds two key data points that point to the team's success this season.
Wed, March 20, 2024
Taylor talks about Keon Ellis, Payton Pritchard, Vince Willaims Jr, Sam Merrill, and Dean Wade breakout seasons as role players
Sat, March 16, 2024
Taylor uses the box score, analytics, and tape study to determine how good Jalen Williams is right now
Tue, March 12, 2024
Taylor continues to rank the top players in the league. In this ep he covers his B tier of players Read the full article here: https://www.bball-index.com/taylor-wymans-2024-mid-season-player-rankings/
Sun, March 10, 2024
Taylor goes through his A- and B+ tier of players Link to the full article: https://www.bball-index.com/taylor-wymans-2024-mid-season-player-rankings/
Wed, March 06, 2024
Taylor talks through what makes the Nuggets offense so hard to stop. He explains how their shooting, passing, and connection are often overwhelming and how Aaron Gordon is a key piece to their success.
Fri, March 01, 2024
Taylor looks at the best passers in 5 stats this season, volume, quality, efficiency, versatility, and gravity
Sat, February 24, 2024
Taylor covers players ranked in his A tier (6-17) in his mid-season rankings See the entire list here: https://www.bball-index.com/taylor-wymans-2024-mid-season-player-rankings/
Wed, February 21, 2024
Taylor uses advanced luck adjusted net rating to create his February power rankings
Wed, February 14, 2024
Taylor goes through each trade made at the deadline rapid fire style
Tue, February 06, 2024
Taylor explains his criteria for his mid-season rankings and discusses players in his A+ tier
Sun, February 04, 2024
Taylor rants about the All-Star reserve choices
Tue, January 30, 2024
Taylor talks with Tim about how he's charted every Lakers half court offensive possession this season. Tim explains the value of running organized sets versus freelance offense.
Sat, January 27, 2024
Taylor gives his mid-season awards picks for MVP, DPOY, ROY, and MIP
Tue, January 23, 2024
Taylor digs into the data to see what Terry Rozier brings to the table for the Heat
Sat, January 20, 2024
Taylor breaks down what the Pacers are getting in Siakam and if the price of 3 first round picks was too high.
Wed, January 17, 2024
Taylor explains why efficiency is more valuable than production. The answer is scalability.
Sat, January 13, 2024
Taylor uses analytics to sort out the 2024 All-Star ballot
Wed, January 10, 2024
Taylor sorts through a myriad of different data points to quantify how good Wembanyama has been this season
Sat, January 06, 2024
Taylor identifies 5 teams that have to make a move before the deadline
Wed, January 03, 2024
Taylor explains why the knicks got a better closing lineup but the Raptors got more upside
Sat, December 30, 2023
Taylor dug through the data and found the secret to the Clippers' success this year
Fri, December 22, 2023
Taylor uses D-LEBRON to rank the top defenders this season
Tue, December 19, 2023
Taylor explains why shot quality stats are useful by explaining the context they provide
Sat, December 16, 2023
Taylor gives 20 random facts about the NBA season so far, some are insightful, and others just take up space in his brain
Tue, December 12, 2023
Taylor goes through teams 16-30 and gives his 2 cents about the direction of each team's season so far. December NBA Power Ranking Article: https://www.bball-index.com/december-nba-power-rankings/
Fri, December 08, 2023
Taylor uses luck-adjusted net rating to help cut through the noise of early season in his first power rankings of the season Full article here: https://www.bball-index.com/december-nba-power-rankings/
Wed, December 06, 2023
Taylor uses luck-adjusted net rating to determine which teams have been the most and least luckiest to start the season
Sat, December 02, 2023
Taylor goes through the Bulls roster and looks at what contending teams could add via trade. Here is the companion article: https://www.bball-index.com/stripping-the-bulls-for-parts/
Sun, September 24, 2023
Taylor uses Adjusted Big-Time Scoring and BBI data to determine how good Dame is right now.
Thu, September 21, 2023
Taylor uses Wins above contract to see which players outperformed their contract value last season.
Thu, September 14, 2023
Taylor goes through Team USA's roster construction and points out 3 glaring flaws: their youth, lack of playmaking outside of their guards, and lack of rebounding and high-end drop coverage defenders.
Sat, September 09, 2023
Taylor talks about some incorrect assumptions people make about analytics. People often say any player who takes a lot of 3s is an "analytics guy". That's not always true.
Wed, September 06, 2023
Taylor answers listener questions and reacts to Christian Wood signing with the Lakers
Sat, September 02, 2023
Taylor ranks the top 5 offseasons by franchise Here is a link to the article sighted in the ep: https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10081526-grading-every-nba-teams-offseason-so-far
Wed, August 30, 2023
Taylor uses BBI data to determine how good Austin Reaves in right now
Mon, August 28, 2023
Taylor uses BBI's data to determine how good Anthony Edwards is right now
Wed, August 23, 2023
Taylor Uses BBI's new teammate stats to determine who had the most and least amount of help in the league last season
Sun, August 20, 2023
Taylor uses LEBRON WAR to determine the top 10 most impactful rookie seasons of the last decade
Wed, August 16, 2023
Taylor chats with Steve Palazzolo about his career in sports analytics. Steve talks about the different hats he wore while helping build Pro Football Focus.
Fri, August 11, 2023
Taylor explains a stat he co-created, Defensive Playmaking. Its made up of steals, deflections, offensive fouls drawn, blocks recovered, and blocks not recovered.
Wed, August 09, 2023
Taylor uses regular season and playoff LEBRON to evaluate AD's value
Fri, July 28, 2023
taylor uses age, length of deal, and AAV to determine the 10 best deals in the league. No rookies or top 20 players
Wed, July 26, 2023
Taylor ranks the top 10 worst contracts in the league. He takes into account, age, years, and AAV
Sat, July 22, 2023
Taylor uses BBI data to create a criteria for what makes a 3&D player. 24 players made the list this season
Thu, July 20, 2023
Taylor looks at the top age 36+ seasons over the last decade to find out how likely high-level play is for current aging stars
Thu, July 13, 2023
Taylor and Filippos Polyzos co-created a stat that compares the big time scoring seasons from across the different era's of the NBA
Tue, July 11, 2023
Taylor uses BBI's new rim protection stat to define the top 10 rim protectors from last season
Mon, July 10, 2023
Taylor lists the top 10 best free-agent bargains this year. The criteria is the players had to make less than 10 mil next season.
Wed, July 05, 2023
Taylor gives a letter grade for each of the top contracts in free agency
Thu, June 29, 2023
Taylor hits on the top 20 free agents giving a lighting quick recap of what they bring to the table
Wed, June 28, 2023
Chip Jones joins the show and recaps the top of the 2023 NBA draft
Thu, June 22, 2023
Taylor uses LEBRON WAR to revisit the 2019 draft. He looks at which players were the most productive on their rookie deals.
Wed, June 21, 2023
Taylor was stunned by the details of this trade.
Sat, June 17, 2023
Taylor digs into Bradley Beal's data and establishes what his trade value should be
Thu, June 15, 2023
Taylor traces the roots of the Nuggets championship from the 2020 playoff run to the present. He ranks Jokic historically He ranks Jamal Murray in the league He ranks NBA players as Slamball players
Fri, June 09, 2023
Taylor and TJ talk about the finals
Wed, June 07, 2023
Taylor ranks every perimeter defender in the playoffs with a new cutting-edge BBI tool
Fri, June 02, 2023
Taylor previews the finals by talking about why nobody wants to talk about this series
Wed, May 31, 2023
Taylor recaps the eastern and western conference finals. He still can't wrap his head around the Heat and the Nuggets look like the team of destiny.
Thu, January 12, 2023
Taylor and Krishna take a look at the luckiest teams this season. Using Luck-Adjusted Net Rating the guys were able to see who was benefitting from things like 3pt% and free-throw% luck the most.
Mon, January 09, 2023
Taylor, Krishna, and Tim finish power ranking the top 10 teams in the league. They have big disagreements on the Nuggets as well as the Bucks.
Sat, January 07, 2023
Taylor, Krishna, and Tim reconvene to update this season's power rankings. They cover teams 11-30 in part 1 of 2.
Thu, January 05, 2023
Taylor digs into the numbers that tell the season of Donovan Mitchell's year. His crazy pull-up 3pt shooting, playmaking, and finishing.
Mon, January 02, 2023
Taylor put together a clip show of his favorite moments on the pod from 2022
Sat, December 31, 2022
Taylor and Krishna made an All-Star ballot for role players. To qualify a player has to have a Total Offensive Load under 30 and play less than 30 minutes a night. Here is the link to the ballot. Select 2 guards, 2 wings, and 1 big. https://forms.gle/sXEeoCXKJs4wrN4eA
Wed, December 28, 2022
Taylor breaks down Jaylen Brown's game. He talks about his two-way value and devastating pull-up midrange shot. He hits on his limitations as a passer and his inability to suppress offensive players on the perimeter.
Fri, December 23, 2022
Taylor and Krishna look at the top perimeter defenders this season. They use On-Ball Defense, Ball Screen Navigation, and Off-Ball Chaser Defense as the criteria to rank players.
Wed, December 21, 2022
Taylor and Krishna chat about how the Shot Making stats work at Basketball Index. Krishna explains how they show a player's performance relative to their shot quality. They cover 3 PT Shot Making, Rim Shot Making, and Overall Shoot Making in depth.
Mon, December 19, 2022
Taylor digs up 5 stats that tell the story of the first third of the season. He talks about SGA's Middle Game Talent, Zion's Finishing Talent, Luka's "BBI triple crown", Donavan Mitchell's 3 PT Shot Making, and Durants Overall Shot Making.
Fri, December 16, 2022
Taylor created the dirty work triple crown. It comprises boxing out, screening, and matchup difficulty stats. He created it to highlight players doing the dirty work that contributes to teams winning.
Mon, December 12, 2022
Taylor breaks down Brandon Ingram's game. He uses the box score, analytics, and game tape to highlight his strengths and weaknesses
Fri, December 09, 2022
Taylor explains how LEBRON evaluates players. He gives context about how much a point per 100 possessions is worth. +0 = a top 125 player +1 = a top 75 player +2= a top 40 player +3= an All Star level player +4= an All NBA level player +5= An MVP level player +6= an MVP finalist/winning season
Wed, December 07, 2022
Taylor chats with Saurabh Rane about what's wrong with the Warriors. Saurabh explains who has been playing poorly and the adjustments the team has made to help turn things around.
Mon, December 05, 2022
Taylor, Tim, and Krishna break down the top teams in the NBA in their first ever BBI power ranking.
Sun, December 04, 2022
Taylor, Tim, and Krishna breakdown the middling teams in the NBA in their first ever power ranking.
Sat, December 03, 2022
Taylor, Tim, and Krishna unveil the first ever BBI power rankings. This discuss their process and the end results.
Mon, November 28, 2022
Taylor gives his scouting report on Bam Adebayo using the box score, analytics, and tape study.
Fri, November 25, 2022
Taylor talks to Brenden Nunez about the state of the Kings. Brenden gets the listeners up to speed on the King's season thus far, He explains how their high-powered offense works and who the main drivers are, and he talks about Kevin Huerter's breakout season.
Wed, November 23, 2022
Taylor and Krishna chat with Jackson Frank about who the best player has been in Basketball Index's 7 Defensive roles this season. The seven defensive roles: Point Of Attack Wing Stopper Chaser Helper Low Activity Mobile Big Anchor Big
Fri, November 18, 2022
Taylor and Krishna chat with Philip Rossman-Reich about the state of the Magic. Philip talks about Paolo Banchero's fast start, The Magic's Jumbo lineups, and Wendell Carter Jr's development.
Thu, November 17, 2022
Taylor and Krishna talk to David Brandon about the state of the Thunder. David talks about SGA's breakout season, Lu Dort's ideal role, and Giddy's overall offensive game.
Mon, November 14, 2022
Taylor breaks down Devin Booker's game with the box score, analytics, and game tape. He highlights bookers' strength's as mid-range shooter, and limitations as a defender and playmaker.
Sun, November 13, 2022
Taylor and Krishna unveil the leaders in this season's Playmaking Talent Metric, discuss the 5 players that have improved the most compared to last season, and highlight the league leaders in Passing Creation Volume, Quality, Versatility, and efficiency.
Wed, November 09, 2022
Taylor talks to Matthew Tynan about the state of the Spurs. Mathew gets everybody up to speed on where the Spurs are in their current rebuild, they talk about Keldon Johnson and Devin Vassell and their potential as building blocks, and Matthew wraps up the episode with a Jakob Poeltl scouting report for any interested fanbases.
Mon, November 07, 2022
Taylor gives a full scouting report on Karl-Anthony Towns. He uses the box score, Analytics, and game tape to give a complete breakdown his strengths and weaknesses.
Fri, November 04, 2022
Taylor, Krishna, and Mark Schindler looked at the best players this season by offensive role. To simplify things they broke down BBI's 12 offensive roles into on-ball, off-ball, and bigs, and selected their favorite Shote Creator, Movement Shooter, and Stretch Big. Players mentioned Tatum Luka Hield Brook Lopez Keegan Murry Kevin Love
Wed, November 02, 2022
Taylor and Krishna take a look at early box score numbers and try to make sense of what they mean. Krishna explains how padding small sample sizes can help make them more predictive. And they finish up with some obscure trivia.
Mon, October 31, 2022
Taylor breaks down CJ McCollum's game in detail with the help of the box score, analytics, and game tape.
Fri, October 28, 2022
Taylor, Krishna, and Esfandiar Baraheni give their picks for dark horse All-Star and All-NBA candidates. players mentioned: Siakam Brunson Bane Markkanen Mitchell
Wed, October 26, 2022
Taylor, Krishna, and Dan Devine discuss the biggest surprises, correct assumptions, and unanswered questions of the early NBA season. teams and topics covered: -The Blazer's 4-0 start. -The Jazz's hot start. -Why the Knicks look functional. -The Lakers shooting woe's. -Why the Sixers seem out of sorts. -The Wolves' disappointing start.
Mon, October 24, 2022
Taylor talks to Alykhan Bijani about the state of the Rockets.
Fri, October 21, 2022
Taylor and Krishna Char with Chase Hughes about the state of the wizards. -They discuss the Porziņģis and Beal pairing. -Kyle Kuzma's intriguing skill set. -And what this team's ceiling is.
Thu, October 20, 2022
Taylor and Krishna talk with Vivek Jacob and he gets them up to speed on the state of the Raptors. -The overall defensive depth of the team without a defensive star -Vivek explains how Fred Vanvleet's second-half was slowed by injury. -Siakam's jump as a scorer, particularly in the mid-range.
Tue, October 18, 2022
Taylor hosts while Krishna, Kevin Ferrigan, & Kostya Medvedovsky compare their win projections. -They discuses the difficulty of minutes projections, and how they affect their overall win totals. -How tanking complicates projections -Kostya's Darko model loves the Kings over -Kevin Ferrigan is down on the Blazers
Mon, October 17, 2022
Taylor and Keith Parish discuss the Grizzle's current roster. -Ja Morant's absurd finishing -Jaren Jackson Jr's emergence -Dillon Brooks' defensive value + Brooks vs Jeremi Grant
Fri, October 14, 2022
Taylor and Danny Marang talk about the new look Blazers. How quickly people forget Dame's greatness. Anfernee Simons breakout year. How the team added much needed defensive talent.
Thu, October 13, 2022
Taylor and Brad Rowland discuss the top topics heading into the season. The impact Dejounte Murray Brings. Trae Young's Offensive Dominance. What to make of John Collins?
Wed, October 12, 2022
Taylor and Ti Windisch preview the Buck's season. Who's more valuable Middleton or Jrue? Is Brook Lopez's age a concern? Plus a Bobby Portis deep dive
Mon, October 10, 2022
Taylor, Krishna, and Howard Beck discuss their top 5 most interesting players heading into the season. Taylor/Krishna's list: Maxey - Horford - D Murry- Mobley - Zion Beck's list: Harden - Mitchell - Zion - Ben Simmons - Wiseman!
Fri, October 07, 2022
Taylor and Justin Rowan break down how the Mitchell trade affects the Cavs, Evan Mobley's potential, and how the team will fill the small forward starting spot.
Thu, October 06, 2022
Taylor and Robert Flom preview the Clippers season. They start with Kawaii and Paul George, then they marvel at the Team's depth, and finish up trying to figure out the teams possible rotation options.
Wed, October 05, 2022
Taylor talks to Joe Viray about the state of the Warriors coming off their championship. The discuss Steph's greatness, Klay's strengths and weaknesses, and how the team will replace key rotation players.
Mon, October 03, 2022
Taylor and T.J. McBride preview the Nugget's upcoming season. They discuss team expectations, health, and how Jokic can win his third straight MVP.
Fri, September 30, 2022
Taylor and Tim finish up this series of pods ranking the best player at every age. They start off arguing between Butler and Harden and finish looking at players in their late 30s.
Wed, September 28, 2022
Taylor talks to Matt Brooks about the expectations fans should have for this Nets team. They discuss Durant's sage-level shooting, Ben Simmon's ideal role, and just how impressive the bench's 3-point shooting depth is.
Mon, September 26, 2022
Taylor Sits down with Bobby Karalla to talk about Mav's basketball. They kick off the show digging into why Luka's all-in-one numbers were lower than fan expectations this year, The ball handling void Spencer Dinwiddie must fill, and how the pieces around Luka can come together to solidify this team as a threat.
Fri, September 23, 2022
Taylor and Tim continue their debate in part 3. First, things got interesting trying to compare Kyrie Irving's value against Middleton. Then the two debated Jrue Holiday's value relative to Paul George and Damian Lillard.
Wed, September 21, 2022
Taylor and Keith Smith discuss the KD trade rumors, where Tatum can add to his game, and what Robert Williams's potential is.
Mon, September 19, 2022
In this episode, Mason Ginsberg gets Taylor up to speed on the state of the pelicans. They kick off the show talking about Zion and what his ideal fit is defensively, they talk about the strides Brandon Ingram as a playmaker, and if Jose Alverado's rookie year was a flash in the pan or something repeatable.
Sat, September 17, 2022
Taylor and Tim are back to continue debating the best player at every age. They speculate about if down the line Robert Williams III can overtake Bam from an impact standpoint, Who the second-best 26-year-old is, and how far away a shark can smell blood in the water from.
Wed, September 14, 2022
Taylor talks to Giancarlo Navas about the Heat's upcoming season. They start by discussing how the heat didn't pull the trigger on any trades this offseason and later debate on where Bam ranks in the league.
Mon, September 12, 2022
Taylor Talks To Steph Noh about the Bulls. They discuss Lonzo Ball's injury, DeRozan's 2022 shot-making, and Vucevic's disappointing impact.
Fri, September 09, 2022
Taylor and Tim debate the top 5 best players at every age group. They agree, they disagree, Taylor gets off topic, Regular BBI stuff.
Wed, September 07, 2022
Taylor and Mike Vigil dig into the Sun's current situation. Pheonix had an eventful off-season full of almost trades, They discuss how that might affect the team heading into next season.
Mon, September 05, 2022
Taylor, Krishna, and Justin Rowan sit down and pick apart the Mitchell trade to the Cavs. They talk about how he will fit in and improve the Cavs, As well as what the jazz are getting back in return.
Fri, September 02, 2022
Taylor is joined by BBI app developer Nate Hawkins. He talks about his journey getting into the sports data industry. He talks about the languages he uses and prefers, and gives tips on where to look for industry opportunities.
Thu, September 01, 2022
Taylor chats with James Plowright from the "All Hornets Podcast Network" about the Hornet's upcoming season. They start with LaMelo Ball's ascension as a shooter and a playmaker, then they dig into Terry Rozier's impressive offense numbers, and they finish up breaking down PJ Washington's best lineup fits. National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233
Tue, August 30, 2022
Taylor and Krishna talk to Brian Toporek about the Sixer's upcoming season. He shares his vision for how Harden, Embiid, & Maxey will fit together on offense and tries to explain Matisse Thybulle's defensive impact.
Fri, August 26, 2022
Taylor and Tim look back at the last 9 NBA Finals to determine how good a team has to be on offense to win a ring. They use offensive rating and O-LEBRON as their criteria.
Thu, August 25, 2022
Taylor gives a quick breakdown of the Lakers/Jazz trade. He explains each player's strengths and weaknesses, and how they might fit on their new teams
Tue, August 23, 2022
Taylor sits down with Tony East to discuss the Pacers rebuild. Tony showcases Myles Turner and Buddy Hields strengths and weaknesses for potential trade partners. The two debate on Tyrese Haliburton's ceiling. and they touch on Chris Duarte's solid rookie season.
Fri, August 19, 2022
Taylor goes back and looks at the history of NBA champs to see how team defense affects winning rings. He uses defensive rating and D-LEBRON as a critera
Wed, August 17, 2022
Tayor is joined by Dane Moore to preview the Timberwolves season. They kick off the show discussing how Kat and Gobert will fit together, Then, they speculate on the ascension of Anthoney Edwards, and finally wrap up discussing Minnesota's unknown microwave.
Fri, August 12, 2022
Taylor sits down with The Athletic's Seth Partnow to discuss his top 125 players list. He explains his process on how his tiering system works. Later they talk about his book The Mid Range Theory, and they wrap up the show with Seth teasing what he's working on over at StatsBomb.
Thu, August 11, 2022
Taylor and Tim dig into the finishing and driving data to figure out which players are elite, which have specific strengths, and which players are on the decline.
Fri, August 05, 2022
Taylor and Tim build a criteria for the top 3&D players of the 2022 season. They use Total Offensive Load, 3pt Shot Making, and D-LEBRON to narrow it down to a top 10.
Fri, July 29, 2022
Taylor and Tim go through the top 10 best contract values of the 2022 NBA season. 10. Luka 9. Joker 8. Poole 7. Mikal Bridges 6. Brunson 5. Garland 4. Bane 3. Miles Bridges 2. Herb Jones 1. Trae Young
Thu, July 14, 2022
Taylor starts the show picking Cody Houdeck's brain about the Buck's roster. After, they debate Taylor's best and worst signings of the off-season. They finish up the show by explaining how they research players and who their pick-up basketball player comps are.
Fri, July 01, 2022
Taylor is joined by draft guru Chip Jones. He breaks down the top 5 players selected in this years draft and ranks them with the top players from pervious drafts.
Fri, June 24, 2022
Taylor and Tim revisit the 2018 NBA Draft. They rank top-performing players for the draft using BBI WAR.
Tue, June 14, 2022
Taylor explains the 7 defensive roles at BBI. He talks about how these roles do a much better job providing context than the standard 5 positions. Then he takes a look at which role has the largest jump in value in the playoffs.
Sat, June 04, 2022
Taylor dives into Jayson Tatum's player profile and highlights his interesting blend of strengths and weaknesses. He also recaps game 1 and gives his predictions for the series.
Fri, May 20, 2022
Taylor rants about the Boston & Miami series. He focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of each team, and the obstacles they face in winning the series. Then he spends about two minutes on the Mavs & Warriors series. (Golden State is going to win)
Mon, May 16, 2022
Taylor goes through each series in the second round highlighting players that caught his eye.
Sun, May 01, 2022
Taylor runs through each first-round series and provides important "takeaways".
Sun, April 17, 2022
Taylor goes through each matchup in the 1st round of the playoffs one by one and uses the LEBRON playoff matchup simulator to give playoff win proababilities.
Thu, April 07, 2022
Taylor explains the difference between top 10 and top 20 players in the NBA. The secret is offering two way value. Most of the players people often rank 10-20 only provide value on one side of the court.
Sat, April 02, 2022
Taylor dives into the east and analyzes how long each team's playoffs window is using, age, contracts, and roster construction as indicators.
Fri, March 25, 2022
Taylor goes through each team in the west evaluating their playoff windows going forward.
Fri, March 18, 2022
Taylor breaks down the Heat's roster and explains how it's designed to have playoff resiliency because of its depth and versatility. Then he highlights the strengths of each of their key contributors.
Fri, March 04, 2022
Taylor talks about what he thinks makes up a league average player, he then goes into detail profiling three different players with wildly different box scores but the same LEBRON. Then he wraps up the episode comparing impact vs skill set.
Fri, February 25, 2022
Taylor talks about the trend he is seeing with extremely versatile talented power forwards. He talks about how they impacted the Bucks and Lakers during their title runs, and how they have been at the center of the Grizzles and Cavs breakout seasons.
Sat, February 19, 2022
Taylor breaks down the current Lakers roster situation. He examines the last few years and explains how the Lakers have gone all in, and how they are out of options to help improve the team.
Sat, February 12, 2022
Taylor reviews the notable trades at the deadline and gives context to the players being moved. He also goes on a small rant about his love/hate relationship with fake trades.
Fri, February 04, 2022
Taylor goes in-depth on the Hornets rebuild. He highlights Lamelo Ball, Miles Bridges, Gordon Hayward, and Terry Rozier. Using the B-Ball Index database he highlights key offense and defensive stats for the young stars.
Fri, January 28, 2022
Taylor analyzes Jusuf Nurkić, Robert Covington, and CJ McCollum. He explains their strengths and weakness and the value they could provide to a contender.
Thu, January 20, 2022
Taylor takes a look at the Bulls roster and explains how they are greater than the sum of their parts. He digs into the B-ball Index database to highlight Zach Lavine's offense prowess and Lonzo Ball and Alex Caruso's Defensive fits.
Sat, November 13, 2021
Taylor and Tim explain how B-ball indexes new perimeter defensive grades work. They break down the on-ball, off-ball chaser, and ball-handler screen defense grades work. They close out the show highlighting the players that rank highly in the database.
Tue, October 19, 2021
Kostya Medvedovsky stopped by to discuss the preseason impact on the regular season, Vegas vs DARKO vs LEBRON win projections and his best over-under bets for the season.
Fri, September 18, 2020
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Tue, September 01, 2020
Cranjis walks through the 3 talent grades the BBall Index team has revamped, what they and their component ratings say about Houston and OKC ahead of game 7, and introduces talent badges as well.
Thu, April 16, 2020
Tim and BBI WNBA writer Ben Dull discuss the upcoming WNBA draft, top team storylines to watch, and players to keep an eye on.
Sun, March 29, 2020
This episode, Tim introduces some of the key concepts from a recent article and sets the stage for conversations around optimizing lineup fit.
Thu, March 26, 2020
This week, Tim breaks down some of the ways we can try to capture optimization of players and win more games.
Sat, March 14, 2020
To help equip you to win your debates during the off period for the NBA, Cranjis shares a series of stats that help add clarity to the DPOY debate. This pod is brought to you through our partners at Untuckit and BetOnline.ag.
Tue, March 10, 2020
This week, Cranjis works through a mailbag of key questions to help you have the best fun facts this NBA season. Who are the most talented players and teams? Which role changes haven't worked? Find out here, with this episode brought to you through BetOnline and UNTUCKit
Thu, January 30, 2020
Nathan Walker joins Cranjis to chat about Stable SPR, Predictive Win %, Replacement On/Off, and how each of those can be used by fans to learn more about the NBA. The duo also discusses Nathan's research around showing how clutch is real and can be predicted.
Mon, January 27, 2020
Cranjis is joined by Brazilian 2nd League Champion and Unifacisa coach KJ Smith to discuss what US basketball can learn from int'l basketball, and KJ's relationship with data as a coach for a championship contender.
Sat, January 25, 2020
Cranjis chats this week with creator of the DARKO projection system, Kostya Medvedovsky. They cover how DARKO works, what it tells us, and what it says about some key players this season. apanalytics.shinyapps.io/DARKO/
Fri, December 13, 2019
This week, Tim takes us through how he watches games live and on film, pointing out what he looks for on offense and defense, what sources he uses for his film, and what stats he mixes in to stay sharp. Special thanks to our sponsor, Roman. Go to GetRoman.com/BlueWire to get a FREE online visit and FREE two-day shipping.
Fri, December 06, 2019
This week Jacob takes you through his process for watching film, watching a game, and what tools he uses to get into advanced information.
Fri, November 22, 2019
On this week's pod, Tim answers your questions to talk through shooting variance and teams hot from 3, how basketball styles of play may impact injury frequency, the real ways to apply lessons from the 3s vs 2s debate, and which teams to expect the most positive or negative regression from moving forward.
Fri, November 08, 2019
This week, Mike Vigil from the Timeline Podcast joins Tim to talk about the white hot Suns, why their early season start isn't a mirage, and what the new expectations should be for Phoenix. Be sure to go to Untuckit.com and use code BLUE at checkout and check out Manscaped.com and use promo code BLUEWIRE, both for 20% off your orders.
Thu, October 24, 2019
Tim and Jacob are joined this week by Eric Griffith to discuss Eric's upcoming BBall Index article on rookie extensions and dive into what Jaylen Brown will need to do to provide value on his new deal. The guys also touch on several players who didn't get an extension figured out by the deadline, along with a quick state of the battle for LA. Also remember to sign up for Sports.Axios.com and get $30 your next suit at Indochino.com by using promo code BLUE.
Thu, October 17, 2019
This week, Tim and Jacob share the results of a study estimating the 2019-20 talent grades for Zion Williamson, what those say about his most effective roles, and the likelihood of the Pelicans using him to his peak impact. Thanks our partners for this week, Shipstation & Roman. Try Shipstation free for 60 days by going to shipstation.com and entering promo code Blue and go to roman.com/bluewire to get a free online visit & free two day shipping.
Thu, October 10, 2019
This week, the guys break down which preseason data is predictive of future performance in real games, walk through some of the players and teams that have stood out to them so far, and predict what sort of role Zion Williamson will see in 2019. This week's episode is brought to you from our sponsors at Axios Sports and Harry's. Sign up for your free Axios Sports newsletter at Sports.Axios.com , and redeem your free Harry's trial razor set today by going to Harrys.com/BlueWire.
Thu, October 03, 2019
This week, the guys discuss what EDD's injury means for the WNBA Finals, and also introduce Offensive Role Ladders to more clearly outline how players grow and what role jumps for players are likely this season.
Thu, September 26, 2019
In this pod, Cranjis shares some of the players who BBall Index's data said were misused this past season in their deployed roles and are primed to break out, and then chats about the idea of rating player overall defense and what to be careful about when averaging different stats together to come up with a rating system.
Thu, September 19, 2019
This week, the guys showcase the brand new overall offensive and defensive grades the team developed for the NBA. Players who made role changes that helped or hurt are touched on, along with role changes that could help unlock the potential of specific players.
Fri, September 13, 2019
Jacob and Tim talk through SI's top ranked players compared to how the guys would (or wouldn't) order players, then mourn the USA team's losses in the FIBA World Cup, and discuss what future implications could be from the US's quick exit in the tournament.
Thu, September 05, 2019
Tony joins Tim and Jacob this week to discuss the FIBA World Cup's best teams, how they'd stack up as NBA teams, and cover the WNBA teams poised to make title runs in this year's WNBA playoffs.
Thu, August 29, 2019
This week, Tim and Jacob discuss a next-level application of the NBA player talent grades along with other data sources to identify players in a niche skill set, then talk about their journeys to data analytics and recommendations for others interested in the field.
Thu, August 15, 2019
This pod, the guys share whom the math says each of them play most similarly to in games of pickup, then introduce PIPM data for international leagues and what it means for a couple of the top international draft prospects from this past draft.
Thu, August 01, 2019
This week, Jacob and Tim welcome new BBall Index data contributor, Andrew Patton, to the pod to discuss his player gravity data and the site's new lineup spacing ratings derived from that baseline data.
Thu, July 25, 2019
In episode 7, the guys discuss which team season win totals grade out as best bets based on the site's projections, as well as what the math says about which teams made out best and worst with their free agent signings.
Thu, July 18, 2019
This week, the guys break down the site's Player Development Ratings, discuss how to best apply that math to analysis on players and coaches, and answer your burning questions on the next market inefficiency, using PIPM for players changing teams, and more!
Thu, July 11, 2019
In episode 4, Tim and Tony are joined by Alex Regla to introduce BBall Index's Playmaking grades and some of the best and worst playmaking teams of 2018-19, discuss the 11 offensive roles the site uses to categorize players, and square off drafting this week's game. For more podcasts like this, check out bluewirepods.com
Wed, July 03, 2019
This week the crew reacts the first wave of free agency signings, including Kawhi's absence from signing. They also discuss how players earn grades based around offensive and defensive rebounds.. You know what they say, "Board man gets paid." For more podcasts check out bluewirepods.com
Fri, June 28, 2019
In episode three, the crew breaks down their top value free agents, the biggest projected overpays, break down the site's defensive grades, and Cranjis attempts to end Jacob's undefeated streak of winning the episode. For more podcasts, check out bluewirepods.com.
Thu, June 20, 2019
In episode two, the crew reacts to the Anthony Davis trade with Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, talk optimization ratings, introduce the idea of roll gravity, and Jacob and Tony compete yet again- this time as matchmakers.
Thu, June 13, 2019
In the podcast’s first episode, the crew introduces player talent grades and PIPM, the idea of “luck” in data and matching players with roles, and Tony and Jacob square off in a competition to name the league’s best shooters. For more podcasts, check out bluewirepods.com.
Mon, June 10, 2019
Tim introduces you to the BBall Index Podcast. Listeners can expect a unique perspective based around statistics. For more podcasts, check out bluewirepods.com.
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