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70th issue!
Double-dribbling with two fun NBA reads to start. Manchester City is good, and an article breaks down their tactical strategies. We finish with two visualizations, the first about LIV golf and what it's doing to golf, and the second shows the score distributions of basketball, football, and baseball games.
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This Week's Lineup
Build An NBA Contender With Our Roster-Shuffling Machine
Interactive and fun. Move players around and make “trades” to change FiveThirtyEight’s NBA predictions.
One key stat for every early NBA MVP candidate
Points created per game, solo fastbreaks, scoring opportunities on drives, pull-up 3s, assists per game, and points per possession on isolations. Who goes with which?
How Manchester City’s Asymmetrical Approach to Chance Creation is Actually Systematic and Similar
The way they mesh distinct tactical facets to achieve the same effective outcomes is truly interesting to see.
How LIV Golf Is Tearing The Sport Apart, In 3 Charts
Another from 538 this week, I try not to double-up, but this one is informative and timely.
The score of every basketball, football and baseball game in league history, visualized
This is now 8 years old, but I stumbled on it recently and think it does a good job of visualizing the outcomes.
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