Hoop Informatics

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My real name is Storm and I hope to enrich your basketball experience with film, stats, & resources. Search GIFs: NBAsky or Illinisky 🏡St Louis Resource Database 🔗 hoopinformatics.com Writing 🔗 hoopinformatics.leaflet.pub

Illinois Fighting Illini graphic with a thin orange border. On the left, a duotone navy-and-orange photo of David Mirkovic in profile, wearing a navy "FIGHTING ILLINI" jersey with the number 0, arena lights blurred above him. Text on the right reads: "Sophomore forward David Mirkovic underwent successful surgery today in Indianapolis after suffering a left foot injury during a team workout in Champaign on July 31. He is expected to make a full recovery." Mirkovic's name is in orange; the rest is white. Below the text is the Illinois script logo, the block I mark, and the phrase "EVERY DAY GUYS."
Screenshot of a notice on a dark background titled "PivotFade is shutting down," dated September 1, 2026 at 12:00 AM PDT, with an orange exclamation-point icon at left. The text reads: "Thank you for all of your support over these past few years. While we're disappointed to shut down PivotFade, we're proud to have accomplished what we set out to do: create a seamless and user-friendly way to explore NBA stats. PivotFade will remain available through August 31, 2026 (Pacific Time). For current Pro subscribers: Your subscription will remain active through the end of your current billing period and will not renew. If you're a current Pro subscriber and have questions about access through August 31, contact us on X or email info@pivotfade.com."
Kyle Kuzma's DARKO DPM chart from career game 1 to roughly 750. Line chart with individual game dots in light blue and a smoothed trend line in solid blue, plotted against a dashed black zero line. DARKO DPM starts around -2.0 in his rookie games, climbs to a peak near 0.0 around game 130-150, then declines through a rough patch to about -1.7 around game 380-400, recovers to a smaller local peak near -1.1 around game 480, then declines sharply and steadily to about -3.4 by game 750. Attribution: @kmedved, www.darko.app, @anpatt7.
Kyle Kuzma box score graphic from playoff game where he played 22-minutes and did not record a point, assist, rebound, steal, or block
Alt text: Horizontal bar chart titled "How Much Cap Did They Take Up?" with subtitle "What percentage of the cap did players 40 and older take up over past ten seasons," grouped into four age sections. Age 40: LeBron James 34.66%, Dirk Nowitzki 4.91%, Vince Carter 4.53%, Manu Ginobili 2.52%, Udonis Haslem 1.48%, Chris Paul 1.48%, Jason Terry 1.48%, Taj Gibson 0.68%. Age 41: LeBron James 34.03%, Vince Carter 8.07%, Udonis Haslem 1.48%. Age 42: Vince Carter 1.48%, Udonis Haslem 1.48%. Age 43: Vince Carter 1.48%. X-axis ranges from 0% to 40%. Data: Spotrac. Viz: @HoopInformatics.bsky.social.
This is the 2020 NBA Draft first round, picks 1–5: Timberwolves select Anthony Edwards, Warriors select James Wiseman, Hornets select LaMelo Ball, Bulls select Patrick Williams, Cavaliers select Isaac Okoro.
Horizontal bar chart titled "Playing Into Your Forties," showing cumulative cap hit in age-40+ seasons over the past 10 seasons. LeBron James (ages 40-41): $101.4M. Vince Carter (ages 40-43): $15.4M. Udonis Haslem* (ages 40-42): $5.1M. Dirk Nowitzki (age 40): $5.0M. Manu Ginobili (age 40): $2.5M. Chris Paul (age 40): $2.3M. Jason Terry (age 40): $1.5M. Taj Gibson (age 40): $961K. Footnote: *Cap circumvention speculation. Data: Spotrac. Viz: @HoopInformatics.bsky.social.
Skysquare product graphic titled "See the conversation as you read." A laptop displays a Scientific American article, "Raccoons Are Showing Early Signs of Domestication," with the Skysquare sidebar open on the right showing related Bluesky posts from users like Andrea Thompson and Marina Wang. Purple arrows point from the article to the sidebar posts. A purple caption box reads: "The Skysquare sidebar shows the Bluesky posts around the article you're viewing—while you're reading the page." Caption below: "Open the Skysquare sidebar to see Bluesky conversation around the page while you read."
Table titled "2026 NBA Draft Class Summer League Stats | Second Round," subtitled "Summer League stats ordered from left to right from most to least predictive of rookie season performance." A color-coded heatmap shows 28 second-round picks (rows) across 21 stat columns, grouped into three bands: MORE MEANINGFUL (3PAR, 3PA/36, AST/36, BLK/36, REB/36, OREB/36), LESS MEANINGFUL (DREB/36, PF/36, FGA/36, TOV/36, FTR, AST/TO, FTA/36, PT/36, STL/36), and NOT MEANINGFUL (FT%, EFG%, TS%, MPG, 3P%, +/- per 36). R² values run from 0.70 for 3PAR down to 0.02 for +/- per 36. Cells are shaded dark purple for low values through magenta and orange to yellow for high values. Rows — pick, player, team, minutes: 31 Bruce Thornton (HOU) 156.9; 33 Isaiah Evans (MIN) 102.9; 34 Meleek Thomas (CLE) 115.9; 35 Trevon Brazile (DEN) 83.8; 36 Baba Miller (LAC) 116.6; 37 Ryan Conwell (MIA) 119.3; 38 Braden Smith (IND) 134.0; 39 Jack Kayil (NYK) 89.5; 40 Dillon Mitchell (BOS) 77.9; 41 Otega Oweh (OKC) 47.1; 42 Ja'Kobi Gillespie (SAS) 186.1; 43 Tyler Bilodeau (BKN) 130.5; 44 Maliq Brown (SAS) 171.2; 45 Emanuel Sharp (SAC) 181.5; 46 Felix Okpara (WAS) 88.0; 47 Tyler Nickel (NYK) 142.7; 48 Tobi Lawal (DAL) 96.2; 49 Bryce Hopkins (DEN) 103.7; 50 Jaden Bradley (TOR) 102.7; 51 Izaiyah Nelson (ORL) 40.6; 52 Henri Veesaar (ATL) 160.5; 53 Ugonna Onyenso (DET) 88.5; 54 Lajae Jones (GSW) 142.9; 55 Nick Martinelli (LAC) 120.5; 56 Vsevolod Ishchenko (DAL) 137.3; 58 Jaron Pierre Jr. (NOP) 66.0; 59 Trey Kaufman-Renn (MIN) 63.6; 60 Malique Lewis (MIL) 59.6. Notable values: Tyler Nickel leads 3PAR at 0.82, followed by Emanuel Sharp at 0.78 and Isaiah Evans at 0.71; Isaiah Evans leads 3PA/36 at 13.6; Braden Smith leads AST/36 at 9.4; Ugonna Onyenso leads BLK/36 at 3.7; Trevon Brazile leads REB/36 at 10.7 with Trey Kaufman-Renn at 10.2; Dillon Mitchell posts 5.5 OREB/36; Meleek Thomas leads PT/36 at 33.9; Maliq Brown posts the highest TS% at 79. Tobi Lawal's AST/TO cell is blank (hatched). Footer: "Stat predicti…
Table titled "2026 NBA Draft Class Summer League Stats | First Round," subtitled "Summer League stats ordered from left to right from most to least predictive of rookie season performance." A color-coded heatmap shows 29 first-round picks (rows) across 21 stat columns, grouped into three bands: MORE MEANINGFUL (3PAR, 3PA/36, AST/36, BLK/36, REB/36, OREB/36), LESS MEANINGFUL (DREB/36, PF/36, FGA/36, TOV/36, FTR, AST/TO, FTA/36, PT/36, STL/36), and NOT MEANINGFUL (FT%, EFG%, TS%, MPG, 3P%, +/- per 36). R² values run from 0.70 for 3PAR down to 0.02 for +/- per 36. Cells are shaded dark purple for low values through magenta and orange to yellow for high values. Selected rows — pick, player, team, minutes: 1 AJ Dybantsa (WAS) 50.7; 2 Darryn Peterson (UTA) 139.6; 3 Cameron Boozer (MEM) 194.1; 4 Caleb Wilson (CHI) 110.7; 5 Keaton Wagler (LAC) 112.8; 6 Mikel Brown Jr. (BKN) 86.6; 7 Darius Acuff Jr. (SAC) 140.9; 8 Kingston Flemings (ATL) 102.9; 9 Morez Johnson Jr. (DAL) 60.6; 10 Brayden Burries (MIL) 124.5; 11 Yaxel Lendeborg (GSW) 183.2; 12 Aday Mara (OKC) 119.6; 13 Nate Ament (MIL) 117.0; 14 Hannes Steinbach (CHA) 121.6; 15 Dailyn Swain (CHI) 112.1; 16 Bennett Stirtz (OKC) 137.2; 17 Ebuka Okorie (DET) 152.2; 18 Christian Anderson (CHA) 134.2; 19 Allen Graves (TOR) 109.9; 22 Labaron Philon (PHI) 127.8; 23 Zuby Ejiofor (ATL) 103.9; 24 Cameron Carr (LAL) 177.0; 25 Sergio de Larrea (DAL) 113.4; 26 Tarris Reed Jr. (SAS) 121.4; 27 Chris Cenac Jr. (BOS) 93.3; 28 Joshua Jefferson (BKN) 63.6; 29 Alex Karaban (SAC) 132.2; 30 Koa Peat (PHX) 108.8. Notable values: Mikel Brown Jr. leads 3PAR at 0.53 alongside Christian Anderson and Sergio de Larrea at 0.61; Kingston Flemings leads AST/36 at 9.4 and Sergio de Larrea at 11.1; Hannes Steinbach leads REB/36 at 13.6; Aday Mara posts 10.5 REB/36 with 2.7 BLK/36; Zuby Ejiofor posts 12.5 REB/36 and 6.2 OREB/36. Footer: "Stat predictiveness via research by Owen Phillips | Player data: nbadraft.app | Viz: @HoopInformatics.bsky.social."
Screenshot of the Hoops Junkie app showing the WNBA game log.
Face down, ass up, that's the way we like to screen the defender
Via Hockey DB website, a screen shot of Jaromir Jagr career stats spanning 38 seasons.
Graphic titled "Man of Many Nicknames" featuring Robbie Avila superimposed in a Los Angeles Lakers jersey against the Lakers logo. To the right, a list of nicknames reads: Lebron Frames, Cream Abdul-Jabar, Milk Chamberlain, Larry Nerd, College Jokic, Steph Blurry. Lower third reads "Robbie Avila."
"Resource Database" list with links to NBA Data, NBA Viz, NBA Game Notes, WNBA Stats, and NCAA Stats.
Tiago Splitter at the NBA summer league game
Alt text: "STAR WATCH graphic for the 2026 NBA Summer League. Chicago Bulls #4 overall pick Caleb Wilson, shown in a headshot with the Bulls logo. Stats table compares Game 1 vs Memphis and Game 2 vs Utah: Points 35 (highlighted) and 19; Field Goals 12/21 and 8/17; 3-Point FG 7/11 and 3/8; Rebounds 5 and 7; Blocks 3 and 5. A tag reads 'Leads Summer League.'"
flexin on all my haters
Will Riley (Washington Wizards) vs. Sacramento Kings, July 12, 2026 — Wizards leading 102-85 late in Q4. Riley's line: 28 minutes, 32 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks. Shooting: 9/14 FG (64.3%), 6/8 3PT (75.0%), 5/6 FT (83.3%), 96.2% TS. Additional stats: 26.9 game score, +21 plus/minus, 2 turnovers, 3 fouls, 2 offensive rebounds, 4 defensive rebounds.
Will Riley at the free throw line with a graphic that shows he has 30 points - 6/8 from three - 5 rebounds for the Washington Wizards summer league team
Live nba action with a interview rectangle put in the corners
screenshot of the NBA summer league game picture and picture with an interview with Kyshawn George during live play where the the viewing window of the game is about 50% what it typically is
photo of Detlef Schrempf
Line and area chart titled ‘NBA Salary Cap Over Time,’ subtitled ‘Salary cap maximum by league year, 1990–2026.’ The x-axis spans years 1990 to 2026; the y-axis spans $0M to $175M. The line starts near $12M in 1990, rises gradually through the 1990s and 2000s to about $58M by 2009, holds flat through 2013, then climbs sharply after the 2016 cap spike to roughly $94M, continuing upward through the early 2020s to about $112M by 2020, then accelerates again through 2022–2026, ending near $165M in 2026 (matching the NBA’s announced 2026-27 cap of $164.961 million) . The area under the line is shaded light gray. Data source: Spotrac. Viz credit: @HoopInformatics.bsky.social.”
Person is handed phone, reads it, then looks at other person with a frustrated stare
Bar chart titled “Gary Trent Jr. | Cap Hit by Season” showing his salary cap hit across 12 seasons from 2018-19 through 2029-30. Bars are colored by team: red for Portland Trail Blazers (2018-19 and 2019-20), black for Toronto Raptors (2020-21 through 2023-24), and green for Milwaukee Bucks (2024-25 onward). The final four seasons (2026-27 through 2029-30) are shown as hatched/striped green bars, indicating projected or non-guaranteed figures. Team logos appear beneath each bar. Values by season: 2018-19 $838K, 2019-20 $1.4M, 2020-21 $1.7M, 2021-22 $16.2M, 2022-23 $17.3M, 2023-24 $18.6M (his peak), 2024-25 $2.1M, 2025-26 $3.7M, 2026-27 $14.3M, 2027-28 $15.4M, 2028-29 $16.6M, 2029-30 $17.7M. The 2026-27 bar is marked with a winking-face emoji instead of a printed value. Y-axis runs from $0 to $20M. Credit line reads “Data: Spotrac | Viz: @HoopInformatics.bsky.social”.
Alt text: Line chart titled "Victor Wembanyama Contract Paths," subtitled "The amount of money Victor left on the table by signing the 25% max over the potential 30% max | Cap hit by season." Two lines track cap hit by season from 2023-24 to 2031-32. A black line labeled "25% max (signed)" shows rookie scale values of $12.2M, $12.8M, $13.4M, $16.9M through 2026-27, then extension values of $43.5M, $47.0M, $50.5M, $54.0M, $57.4M from 2027-28 to 2031-32. A dashed gray line labeled "30% max" tracks a hypothetical higher path, matching the rookie scale through 2026-27, then rising to $52.2M, $56.4M, $60.6M, $64.7M, $68.9M over the same extension years. The gap between the two lines is shaded pink and annotated with the yearly difference: +$8.7M, +$9.4M, +$10.1M, +$10.8M, +$11.5M. Bold red text reads "Total left on the table: $50.5M over five years." Source: Data: Spotrac | Viz: @HoopInformatics.bsky.social.