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Dean Oliver

@deanolytics.bsky.social

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Sports analytics pioneer, focusing most on basketball. ESPN, NBA.

Table showing how bad the Spurs were in Q2, but how they roared back after halftime against the Blazers. A dramatic switch at halftime.
A table showing how well the Hornets and Magic starting lineups play on average by 4-minute segments within the game.
Timeline for LaMelo Ball and Charlotte in their first play-in game, with a highlight on the first four minutes, where he was good.
Awards and Magic player values in loss to Philly. Banchero was at -8.7 net points.
Timeline showing Clippers' downturn coinciding with Kawhi Leonard's downturn in last night's game vs the Warriors
Players who have the power to swing series in the Heat/Hornets matchup. Brandon Miller for Charlotte (inconsistency), Bam Adebayo for Miami (pride after last year).
A list of Net Points award winners. Toumani Camara - Ball Hawk Luka Doncic - Darth Fader Ajay Mitchell - Spark Plug Cade Cunningham - Facilitator Jamal Murray - Rain Maker SGA - Surgical Spida - Soft Touch Giannis - Juggernaut Amen Thompson - Glass Cleaner Jalen Duren - Cleanup Crew Tyrese Maxey - Speed Demon SGA - Cold Blooded Wemby - Stopper SGA - MVP
Graph showing the total net points for the Charlotte and Atlanta starting units through time.
List of best players in last 8s of quarters, Pritchard, Zion, Spida, Anunoby, Danis Jenkins, Brunson, Powell, AR, Butler, Monk, Dylan Harper
Graphic showing the most productive offensive Lakers per 100 poss.
Luka Doncic's half court shot chart with net points per game by region.
Halfcourt shot chart for LeBron James, showing net points/game from different regions.
Timeline of Knicks' net points on 4/6 against Atlanta. It shows Jalen Brunson rising late in the game as well as Karl-Anthony Towns pretty flat, but the team going up like Brunson.
Timeline of aggregate net points for the Hawks, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, and Jalen Johnson last night vs the Knicks.
Shot chart for Darius Garland showing his net points per game in different sections of the court.
Michigan team and player summary stats
Table showing Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel's performance against different levels of opponents, with Knueppel better generally
Scatterplot of individual efficiency vs usage in NBA players, showing equivalent net points values. Highlighting players mostly around the exterior of the blob of points.