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Our panel takes aim at some of the biggest debates for the stretch run.

ATLANTA -- Watching a basketball game is very much a pursuit in perspective. From a $1,000 floor seat, the action is unimaginably fast, but if you want to see game strategy unfold, walk a dozen rows up where you can view the full chessboard. Want ...

Memphis gets much-needed tax relief and Cleveland adds another first-rounder in the four-player deal.

Story | Conversation | January 22, 2013

John Cregan looks at players with significant statistical splits at home versus on the road.

Using his own statistics-based formula, Justin Kubatko outlines the top five candidates for this season's NBA Most Improved Player award. Andray Blatche tops the list, which also includes the somewhat-surprising addition of superstar Kevin Durant.

Story | Conversation | January 15, 2013

It was the year a man became very famous for possessing an unshakable belief in math and basic reasoning skills. This probably says less about Nate Silver and more about the small armies of Silver skeptics, gut-driven intuitionists uninterested in pa...

Avery Johnson feeling the pressure? The Warriors defense is vastly improved, but makes guards do a lot of work -- which makes things that much harder for Stephen Curry who is leading all point guards in minutes played. John Hollinger on working w...

In Marc Stein's Power Rankings, the Thunder are No. 1.

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After eight years at ESPN, John Hollinger, the analytics guru, is moving on.

John Hollinger, a fixture of ESPN.com's coverage of the NBA for the past eight seasons, is leaving his role as a columnist to join the front office of the Memphis Grizzlies.

Thanks to their high-powered offense, the Knicks appear headed toward a magical season.

Story | Conversation | December 13, 2012

John Hollinger's playoff odds debuted this week and, despite Boston's up-and-down play at the start of the 2012-13 season, its playoff odds (82.4 percent entering Tuesday's games) suggests an Eastern Conference berth is a bit of a slam dunk. Now winn...