In October, the Courtside Times staff gazed into its crystal ball (or spreadsheet) and answered some questions regarding the NBA season. Now that the All-Star Break is upon us, it seemed a nice time to revisit the Western Conference topics originally covered here.
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1. Which playoff team from last season is most likely [...]

Published on Friday, February 16th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
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In October, the Courtside Times staff gazed into its crystal ball (or spreadsheet) and answered some questions regarding the NBA season. Now that the All-Star Break draws near, it seemed a nice time to revisit the Eastern Conference topics originally covered here.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
1. Of the four 20-something win teams of 2006 (Toronto, [...]

Published on Friday, February 9th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
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This is an edited reposting of an article originally posted to www.ForumBlueandGold.com  It complements Knickerblogger's current OTTER post.

Rankings, Rankings, Rankings The NBA is far enough into the season that rankings such as Stein, Hollinger, Sagarin and Knickerblogger generate heated debate. We the fans often go with our gut in response to outsiders ranking [...]

Published on Wednesday, January 24th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
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In addition to their weekly power rankings, maintained whimsically by Marc Stein, ESPN is now publishing a statistical power ranking. The formula, created by John Hollinger, relies on point differential and recent performance. It does account for strength of schedule, but unlike OTTER, it doesn't factor which games are won. For this session of OTTER, [...]

Published on Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007 at 10:35 pm
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The clanking of crystal.
Explosions off in the distance.

Published on Tuesday, January 9th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
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Since Tony Barone, Jr. replaced Mike Fratello on the sidelines in Memphis, the Grizzlies have put the pedal to the metal. How unusual is their change of pace following a coaching change?

Published on Monday, January 8th, 2007 at 2:32 am
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With all the hoopla surrounding the introduction (and now subsequent removal) of the new ball in the NBA this year, I decided to investigate what kind of effect, if any, it had on the players' ability to play the game.

Published on Saturday, January 6th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
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The Christmas Edition.

Published on Monday, December 25th, 2006 at 1:09 am
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