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The BBall Index

by Blue Wire

Taylor and Tim/Cranjis McBasketball, dive deep into the data and analytics to provide detailed and contextualized analysis of the broader NBA. bball-index.combluewirepods.com

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Episodes

  1. Eastern Conference Preview

    Taylor goes through each team in the Eastern Conference and discusses their season outlook. He's skeptical of the Knicks championship aspirations

  2. Western Conference Preview

    Taylor Wyman previews every team in the Western Conference. He forecasts every team's regular season

  3. Which Metrics Should You Trust?

    Taylor Wyman goes through Basketball Index's key metrics explaining what they do. You need to understand how something works before you can make an informed decision on trusting it

  4. Trade Reaction! KAT for Randle

    Taylor Wyman reacts to the blockbuster trade between the Knicks and Timberwolves. He loves the talent upgrade for the Knicks but not the change to their financial situation

  5. Impact vs Talent

    Taylor Wyman explains the difference between impact vs talent. Impact is the ability to affect the game while on the court. Talent is the theoretical value a player has. Balancing the two can be tricky

  6. Ranking the Last 10 Championship Runs By Difficulty

    Taylor Wyman looks at the last decade of champions and ranks their path to a ring by difficulty using LEBRON

  7. Ranking The Top 15 Two Way Impact Players

    Taylor Wyman ranks the top 15 two-way impact players in the league right now. He looks at players who are clear positives on both offense and defense.

  8. Perimeter Isolation Defense & Defensive Playmaking Rankings

    Taylor Wyman unveils Basketball Index's Perimeter Defense and Defensive Playmaking for 2024. He explains how they work and who the top players in the league are

  9. Players I Underrated

    Taylor Wyman talks about the players he misevaluated. He explains what his concerns were with these players and how they improved and exceeded his expectations

  10. Olympic Basketball

    Taylor goes through the Olympic roster highlighting what each player brought to the table on their gold medal run

  11. Does Positionless Basketball Work?

    Taylor evaluates if positionless basketball even works. He looks at the rosters of the last 10 teams to play in the finals to determine if the trend has led to success.

  12. The Top 10 Free Agent Values + A Caitlin Clark Rant

    Taylor gives his top 10 contract values of the off-season and rants about Caitlin Clark

  13. Recapping Every Off-season Trade

    Taylor Wyman goes through every off-season trade picking winners and losers. He Starts with the Caruso/Giddey trade and finishes with the DeRozan trade

  14. Free Agency Extravaganza

    Taylor covers all 42 free agent signings that have happened this offseason. He talks about player fit, player skill set, and contract value

  15. The top 10 Playoff Scorers + The Caruso Trade

    Taylor Wyman ranks the top 10 scorers in the postseason by looking at volume and efficiency. Then he talks about the impact of Alex Caruso heading the OKC and Giddey going to Chicago.

  16. ALL-NBA Teams

    Taylor Wyman compares the NBA's ALL-NBA teams and the BBI ALL-NBA teams.

  17. Ranking The 10 Best Scorers In The Conference Finals

    Taylor Wyman ranks the top 10 best scorers in the Conference Finals by scoring volume and efficiency relative to the series they played in.

  18. 2nd Round Recap

    Taylor recaps each of the four series from the second round. He looks at each player's points/75 and relative shooting efficiency compared to the series they played in

  19. Round 2 Analysis

    Taylor Wyman touches on each series in the second round

  20. The Top 10 Scorers In The First Round

    Taylor ranks the top 10 scorers with the help of his modern playoff scoring run app. Link to the app: https://shorturl.at/fsAL3

  21. 10 Lessons Learned From The First Round

    Taylor discusses the 10 things he learned watching the first round of the playoffs

  22. Lakers & Suns Eulogy + More First Round Analysis

    Taylor Wyman explains what went wrong for the Lakers and Suns and gets you up to speed on the rest of the playoff series

  23. Initial First Round Reactions

    Taylor reacts to how the first round is unfolding

  24. Playoff Predictions (Round 1)

    Taylor gives his picks for every matchup in the first round

  25. The 2024 Season In Review

    Taylor goes over the top storylines from each team this season

  26. Who Has The Greatest Modern Scoring Playoff Run?

    Taylor Wyman had Filippos Polyzos on to explain their new app, "Modern Playoff Scoring Runs". It lets you compare the greatest scoring runs since 2000 adjusting for scoring environment The app: https://filippos-pol.shinyapps.io/modern-playoff-scoring-runs/

  27. DPOY & ROY

    Taylor Wyman uses analytics to determine the DPOY and ROY the year races

  28. Making The Case For Each MVP Candidate

    Taylor Wyman presents the best case for each MVP candidate using the latest analytics

  29. We Need To Kill FG%

    Taylor makes his case for why FG% is the most useless stat in basketball. Then he ranks the importance of every box score stat

  30. The Top 10 Scorers This Season

    Taylor Wyman uses Adjusted Big Time Scoring to find the top 10 scorers this season Use the app for free! https://filippos-pol.shinyapps.io/adjusted-big-time-scoring/

  31. The Top 5 Duo's This season In LEBRON WAR

    Taylor uses LEBRON WAR to figure out the top 5 best duo's this season

  32. The Secret To The Magic's Success

    Taylor digs into the Magic's data and finds two key data points that point to the team's success this season.

  33. 5 Role Players That Broke Out This Season

    Taylor talks about Keon Ellis, Payton Pritchard, Vince Willaims Jr, Sam Merrill, and Dean Wade breakout seasons as role players

  34. How Good Is Jalen Williams Right Now?

    Taylor uses the box score, analytics, and tape study to determine how good Jalen Williams is right now

  35. Mid-Season Player Rankings - Part 4

    Taylor continues to rank the top players in the league. In this ep he covers his B tier of players Read the full article here: https://www.bball-index.com/taylor-wymans-2024-mid-season-player-rankings/

  36. Mid-Season Player Rankings - Part 3

    Taylor goes through his A- and B+ tier of players Link to the full article: https://www.bball-index.com/taylor-wymans-2024-mid-season-player-rankings/

  37. Can Anyone Stop The Nuggets?

    Taylor talks through what makes the Nuggets offense so hard to stop. He explains how their shooting, passing, and connection are often overwhelming and how Aaron Gordon is a key piece to their success.

  38. The Best Passers This Season

    Taylor looks at the best passers in 5 stats this season, volume, quality, efficiency, versatility, and gravity

  39. Mid-Season Player Rankings - Part 2

    Taylor covers players ranked in his A tier (6-17) in his mid-season rankings See the entire list here: https://www.bball-index.com/taylor-wymans-2024-mid-season-player-rankings/

  40. February Power Rankings

    Taylor uses advanced luck adjusted net rating to create his February power rankings

  41. Trade Deadline Recap

    Taylor goes through each trade made at the deadline rapid fire style

  42. Mid-Season Player Rankings - Part 1

    Taylor explains his criteria for his mid-season rankings and discusses players in his A+ tier

  43. All-Star Snubs

    Taylor rants about the All-Star reserve choices

  44. Charting The Lakers Half Court Offense

    Taylor talks with Tim about how he's charted every Lakers half court offensive possession this season. Tim explains the value of running organized sets versus freelance offense.

  45. Mid-Season Awards

    Taylor gives his mid-season awards picks for MVP, DPOY, ROY, and MIP

  46. Trade Analysis: Terry Rozier To The Heat

    Taylor digs into the data to see what Terry Rozier brings to the table for the Heat

  47. Trade Analysis: Siakam To The Pacers

    Taylor breaks down what the Pacers are getting in Siakam and if the price of 3 first round picks was too high.

  48. Production vs Efficiency

    Taylor explains why efficiency is more valuable than production. The answer is scalability.

  49. 2024 All-Star Selections

    Taylor uses analytics to sort out the 2024 All-Star ballot

  50. What Analytics Think of Victor Wembanyama

    Taylor sorts through a myriad of different data points to quantify how good Wembanyama has been this season

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Taylor and Tim/Cranjis McBasketball, dive deep into the data and analytics to provide detailed and contextualized analysis of the broader NBA. bball-index.combluewirepods.com

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