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Atlantic Division Preview: Last Year’s – and Potentially This Year’s – NBA Champs

October 22, 2019October 22, 2019 by RJ Garcia, posted in Basketball, NBA Basketball

Welcome to the sixth of the Corner Three 2019-2020 NBA division-by-division season previews. In each of these previews, we use RJ Garcia’s player-by-player ratings (based on on/off metrics and career trajectory) and per-game minutes projections (taking into account potential minutes lost to injury) to project overall team quality for the upcoming season. RJ and Derek Reifer also provide their own analyses and commentary to provide any context and additional insights.

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Northwest Division Season Preview: The Battle 4,226 feet Above Sea Level

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 by RJ Garcia, posted in Basketball, NBA Basketball

Welcome to the first of the Corner Three 2019-2020 NBA division-by-division season previews. In each of these previews, we use RJ Garcia’s player-by-player ratings (based on on/off metrics and career trajectory) and per-game minutes projections (taking into account potential minutes lost to injury) to project overall team quality for the upcoming season. RJ and Derek Reifer also provide their own analyses and commentary to provide any context and additional insights. We start in the Northwest Division:

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Who, Why, and In How Long: Round 2 of the NBA Playoffs (East)

April 27, 2019April 28, 2019 by Derek Reifer, posted in Basketball, NBA Basketball

The first round hasn’t been made best-of-5 yet, so it played pretty much according to script. In the East, that is. The Warriors have dilly-dallied, and the Nuggets have had trouble closing out the Spurs.

With some help from my co-host RJ Garcia, we already broke down round 1. Now, things get a lot more interesting. The big 4 in the East finally clash, after months of well-deserved anticipation. How do we see things shaking out?

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Who, Why, and In How Long: Round 1 of the NBA Playoffs

April 12, 2019April 12, 2019 by Derek Reifer, posted in Basketball, NBA Basketball

After a long wait, it’s finally here, and we had to do a quick breakdown of each of the 1st round matchups. Arya vs. Daenerys could be a doozy, and Bran vs. Jaime has all kinds of history…

Oh yeah, the NBA Playoffs are here too. I guess I’ll break those down too, with some help from my co-host RJ Garcia.

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The Sixers Aren’t Superman, but their Kryptonite is Green

February 23, 2019 by Derek Reifer, posted in Basketball, NBA Basketball

Boston and Philadelphia.

Perhaps the two most historic American cities; one with a football team named the Patriots and the other with a basketball team named after the year the Declaration of Independence was signed. One who traded for Jayson Tatum, and one who traded for Markelle Fultz. The NBA’s two Atlantic Division (because I guess that’s technically a thing) rivals have had an interesting pair of seasons: the Celtics had championship aspirations from the start, and despite a disappointing, drama-filled run, they stayed put at the trade deadline; the Sixers have made multiple huge win-now moves and effectively capped off their long, arduous Process.

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