The Boxscore Geeks Show

Chris Yeh (chrisyeh.com and @chrisyeh on Twitter) returns to talk about the Los Angeles Lakers and Russell Westbrook. We have a debate, will Russell Westbrook get a contract at 15% of an NBA team salary cap, or, roughly $20 million a season after his current deal expires. I say yes, Chris says no! We also talk a lot more Lakers including: The family Dynamics that make the front office both good an...

We're back to talk the sixteen trades that happened between February 4th 2022 and February 10th (the trade deadline!) Somehow we do it in less than two hours! Full list of trades here - https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32965050/nba-trade-tracker-grades-details-every-deal-2021-22-season Some highlights: Tyrese Haliburton was a great pickup by the Pacers. The Nets absolutely crushed their deal, b...

Dre and Brian are back to talk: Some random NBA including the Nuggets, the Jazz, and the 76ers. A lot of NFL including Tom Brady's retired, Brian Flores' coach hiring problems, and who will win the Super Bowl! Tune in.

Short episode this week! Dre read's his piece on David Ortiz and the Hall of Fame ( https://nerdnumbers.substack.com/p/why-the-baseball-hall-of-fame-is ) Also, extra content! Dre's thoughts on the Naismith Hall of Fame compared to Cooperstown. Issues with Hall of Fame and player evaluations in general. Also is Andrew Wiggins a star, and what the Warriors say about the myth of meritocracy! Shout ou...

We're back to talk: DeMar DeRozan and BS Game Winners Russell Westbrook and the silliness of "Posterizing" The State of the Golden State Warriors The Denver Nuggets deckchair trade. Shoutout to Cristian Ramirez (@FanboyCristian) for his Game of Thrones rewatch takes.

Dave Berri returns for office hours! We talk about 2004's Basketball on Paper by Dean Oliver, particularly chapter 19: "The Problem with Scorers." Particularly we go over the issue with the concept of Skill Curves, as well as dive into some of the drama of the early 2000s NBA Analytics Community.

Ben Guest, who has been helping Scott Williams -- who played on the 1991-1994 Bulls, returns to discuss an age-old topic. We also get under the hood on the Wins Produced metric and how to analyze metrics.

Ben Guest is back to discuss his podcast series on Mindful Coaching as well as some good takes on Rick Carlisle and Ben Simmons. Good news this is part 1 of 2! Ben will return next week to talk Scottie Pippen versus Michael Jordan!

We talk: Steph Curry breaking the all-time three-point record, and why that won't stand for too long. A lot about the Warriors' offense and how good Draymond Green is. Issues with Rick Carlisle, coaching, the Mavericks, and "Analytic Success" stories in the NBA. A brief farewell to the Nuggets title window. A lot about how great Magnus Carlsen is and how bad the World Chess Championship structure...

Topics: Aaron Rodgers The Contending Warriors Nikola Jokic and the Markieff Morris Fight Scottie Pippen and MJ Is DeMar DeRozan overpaid? Rookies! Longer version: Some of the silliness of Aaron Rodgers' vaccine controversy and why the data says the fans won't care. Things like NFTs are nothing new. Case in point, the Packers have sold worthless shares in the team for years. One of the hosts is now...

First, you can purchase Ben's book at Amazon here - https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Art-Coaching-Basketball-Namibian-ebook/dp/B09KL7P5BP Ben discusses an amazing journey where he coached a high school squad in Namibia and somehow turned them into a pro team that had the biggest upset run in KBA playoff history. Make sure to follow Ben's newsletter and podcast at benbo.substack.com, and follow Ben on Tw...

Holy cow, we have returned! Good news everyone, numbers are live at boxscoregeeks.com! We talk: More Ben Simmons contract drama. Dre's substack piece on Bill Walton and the NBA's 75th Anniversary team. The Golden State Warriors. Yes, they're good, but is it a mirage? Some "Small Sample Size Theater" including former Warriors forwards and the giant Cleveland Cavaliers.

Chris Yeh (chrisyeh.com), the ultimate Lakers fan returns to talk, what else? The Lakers! We talk about how the 2022 Lakers might be in good shape, with an assist from a Jeremy Britton prototype. We talk about how the 2004 Lakers "woes" are a myth. We briefly talk about the Warriors and why Ben Simmons would be a steal. Finally, we catch up on the first few episodes of Ted Lasso season 2, with a s...

TLDR: The NBA Draft and bad decision-making. Oscar Robertson and the NBA's history of labor negotiations. David Berri's time at Forbes. Stephon Marbury is a First-Ballot Hall of Famer! Welcome to Office Hours with Professor David Berri. A podcast where David Berri stops by to discuss his research and writing and writing on sports. Today Dave hops on to talk about the NBA Draft, in particular, an u...

We're back we talk: The NBA Finals and how Giannis Antetokounmpo's Finals MVP performance ranks, as well as his Chik-fil-A endorsement attempt. A teaser of a talk with Dave Berri and our two cents on the NBA Draft. Namely, if you're worried about how the NBA Draft impacts your team next season, you've already lost. Simone Biles and how athletes playing through injuries is weird and annoyingly appl...

Dre and Brian talk: Mark Eaton's case for the Hall of Fame. We talk a bunch of Celtics drama including: Danny Ainge leaving Kyrie Irving commenting on racism and snubbing the Boston logo. A fake screenshot Tweet that got NBA Twitter. Of course, we review round 1 of the playoffs. Some highlights: Hawks vs. Knicks - the mini Rockets looked good. Lakers vs. Suns - Health sucks and Bubble Basketball a...

We talk: The Warriors making the playoffs, and how Dre was right! The MVP race and why it's obviously Jokic A little NBA Playoffs, we'll talk more after the play-in. Ben Wallace and Chris Webber are in the Hall of Fame. We go over Dre's article on the subject. Shout out to Mark Fidrych, one of the most amazing "what if healthy?" players in sports history. Enjoy!

Reviewing the economics and rationality behind what NBA teams look for in NBA players using Drew Timme.

Fun precursor. Thanks Robert Vodicka for noticing we had a bug on the 76ers page of the boxscoregeeks.com -- we talk this at the end of the show. Ironically fixing this page was an easy fix but also required a system update which wound up taking down the Boxscore Geeks for two days ... so yeah! Patrick is back to talk: Why James Wiseman was hurting the Warriors and how Curry is an MVP. This happen...

We were lucky to have on a very special guest - @TyWillinganz! Ty's a fellow Wisconsinite who's been blogging about basketball forever. In the old days, he regularly wrote at https://courtsideanalyst.wordpress.com. He stopped after the lockout but is back at https://berribasketballratings.blogspot.com. We specifically had Ty on to discuss his brilliant March Madness strategies. However, we ended u...

We talk:  Steph Curry's Talents being wasted on the Warriors. Anthony Edwards' bad shooting but "good dunk" and the Nate Duncan online fight. Draymond Green's Great take on Andre Drummond/James Harden and the double standard for players and front offices in the media. Kristaps Porzingis being an obvious mistake at the time for the Mavericks. And why the Nuggets have room for optimism and pessimism...

Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/nerdnumbers 9:30pm EST Monday! Timestamps of subjects below: 0:40 Anthony Edwards is impressively bad! 7:20 Shaq/Donovan Mitchell feud. 13:15 NBA's commentators are bad for growing the sport. 19:15 Nikola Jokic is MVP and the best passing big ever. 27:24 Dikembe Mutombo swag! 32:20 Clint Capela and the death of the Houston Rockets 3...

The NBA season is upon us and we review the state of a small small portion of the NBA thanks to the great data from Hispanos NBA (https://en.hispanosnba.com/transactions) Thanks to co-host Chris Yeh for coming on to predict his Lakers would win the 1st seed out West again. Andres counters his Nuggets will win the #1 seed. Where Brian says the Warriors are a team that plays basketball. You can find...

New York Times Best Seller (among many many other accolades!) Chris Yeh returns to talk three of his birthday wishes. In the order we talk about them: A Biden victory! Chris Yeh's Podcast has a great talk with John Robb on this subject ! We also note the absurdity of treating election results as a linear "game" and not a bunch of votes being counted "out of order." A Dodger's Championship That Ker...

We're all about the second round of the NBA playoffs, including the Nuggets ridiculous 3-1 comeback. Can they take down the Lakers, who have a history of destroying them? Well, we talk about it with special guest Chris Yeh.