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...the team is being aggressive in making phone calls to find out what's out there. Wayne Winston's adjusted plus/minus suggests Ray Allen has been very important to the Celtics, and a...

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...use sharp objects. (Via Nets are Scorching) Sixer fans hate most things, but especially Kobe Bryant. Wayne Winston has something to day about how every team is doing in his adjusted plus/minus system...

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Zachariah Blott of Empty the Bench is concerned about how seldom LeBron James is called for fouls: "Through January 22, James played 1702 minutes and ...

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...are unlikely to find a better assessment of Trevor Ariza's performance in Houston thus far. Wayne Winston breaks down the lineups that work best, and worst, for the Rockets. The Wizards, on video...

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...the ship better than ever ... One of the more off-beat theories came from stats expert Wayne Winston the other day, who says not to forget to credit Aaron Barzilai. Who's that? He...

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Tom Scocca, on Slate, asking lots of hard questions, for instance: "If Arenas having guns in the locker room was so unthinkable, how was it that his t...

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...long arms eager to stick their hands up to protect the rim. In general, I believe Wayne Winston's theories about the merit of playing Brad Miller with a bunch of scorers. But that...

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The man who was coaching at the time, John Lucas, says the Cavaliers tanked games to get LeBron James. The Blazers won't rule out the possibility th...

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...consultant Dan Rosenbaum's work, the Houston Rockets' voodoo, TrueHoop Stat Geek Smackdown contestant Stephen Ilardi) Wayne Winston is surely the least measured in how he talks about his powers. Like a parent discussing...

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Wayne Winston is a professor at Indiana University and for nine years was Mark Cuban's stat guru...

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...a center at all, they have beat teams like Phoenix, Miami, Dallas, San Antonio and Denver. Wayne Winston's adjusted plus/minus says Jerryd Bayless and Andre Miller deserve credit. Every single NBA team...

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...December and has beaten some pretty good teams (Atlanta, Phoenix, Portland) in the process. According to Wayne Winston, Jared Jeffries has been part of the recent surge: I believe the key to the Knicks...

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...nice things about the player. Perhaps they were a little hung up on plus/minus expert Wayne Winston's statement that Durant's numbers were so bad, he wouldn't take Durant on his...

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By Henry Abbott Tim Varner of 48 Minutes of Hell: "When the Spurs inaugurated their summer of spending, a popular justification was the need to pr...

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Rocky Widner/NBAE/Getty Images Tim Donaghy, disgraced former NBA referee, speaks. Tim Donaghy's book "Personal Foul" is a page-turner. At the hear...

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