The BBall Index

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Taylor and Tim revisit the 2018 NBA Draft. They rank top-performing players for the draft using BBI WAR.

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.

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.

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)

Taylor goes through each series in the second round highlighting players that caught his eye.

Taylor runs through each first-round series and provides important "takeaways".

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.

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.

Taylor dives into the east and analyzes how long each team's playoffs window is using, age, contracts, and roster construction as indicators.

Taylor goes through each team in the west evaluating their playoff windows going forward.

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.

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.

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.

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.