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On Hardwood Paroxysm, Noam Schiller documents the lurching of the Knicks: Odds are, Mike Woodson's future becomes Mike Woodson's past very quickly. The Knicks are in no position to do anything more substantial than a respectful first round surrender...

The Plain Dealer's Bill Lubinger profiles a Cleveland-area team that has defied all odds: Every player is 80 or older. They call themselves the Oldies but Goodies: The Oldies' 10-man roster is mainly players from Greater Cleveland, Toledo and Michig...

John Hollinger's playoff odds are up and running, and while there's plenty of interesting stuff to notice (Miami, Boston, San Antonio and ... Chicago are the four teams given a 100 percent likelihood of making the playoffs, the Sixers are expected to...

D. Lippitt/Einstein/NBAE/Getty Images In 2007, David Stern staked out a position that is increasingly at odds with the evidence. When The New York Times published the preliminary results of research about referees and race by economists Joe Price a...

Jeff Ma wrote a book called "The House Advantage: Playing the Odds to Win Big in Business." It is not about LeBron James. It's about the math he learned at M.I.T. and how he learned to apply it to beat casinos at blackjack in college, and then lat...

A strong case that NBA teams trailing in close games should foul earlier. The Celtic defense experiments with the tactic of overloading the side of the floor with the ball. John Hollinger's NBA Playoff Odds tool is full of information. As of toda...

Holy cow, what a game. Denver's hoping to catch the Lakers for the West's top spot, while the Rockets are in "one game at a time" mode, praying to sneak in as the eighth seed. Everything was high octane. John Hollinger's Playoff Odds give the Rock...

Honest agents Alonzo Mourning wrote a book called "Resilience" a few years ago. There's a passage where he talks about getting to know the doctor who would lead his recovery from kidney disease: Somebody asked, "Well, Doctor, what are the odds of [...

Bill Simmons, on All-Star Weekend in Dallas: We're standing with a young player who wants the night to keep going. The young player pushes to find another bar even though the odds are against it. Uncle Wes makes a face. He's squashing this right now...

It's weeks before the All-Star game, and John Hollinger's playoff odds are already saying that nine teams -- nearly a third of the League -- are essentially out of the running for the playoffs. The Wizards are given about a 5% chance of making it. Tr...

Posted by Kevin Arnovitz In an interview with Jason Friedman published yesterday at Rockets.com, Daryl Morey says unequivocally of LeBron James: Yes, he's the best player in the league – by a good margin, I think. If you had first pick in ...

Jonathan Abrams of The New York Times: "The Nets were once considered the odds-on favorite to get James, possibly the game's most transcending player. He is a close friend to the rapper Jay-Z, a part-owner of the Nets. But the team's planned move to ...

Kobe Bryant's too selfish. He doesn't know how to succeed in a team concept. He's at odds with the coaching staff and his teammates. He's playing too hard. He has blinders on. Kobe Bryant's the best player in basketball, and the Lakers are holding ...

Credit the Spurs with a marvelous against-all-odds come-from-behind double overtime win against Phoenix. There is a ton to say about this amazing game, but through it all, three times I found myself looking at something Mike D'Antoni was doing and wo...

The Celtics, according to John Hollinger's giant machine, are about 60% likely to make the Finals. The Lakers are second, at about 25%. You know the NBA is loving that -- a Lakers/Celtics Final? Short of the next Michael Jordan, that's about as good ...

Have you seen John Hollinger's Playoff Odds lately? That thing is pretty new, so I don't feel like I have a relationship with it yet. But it sure is interesting. I find myself staring at it frequently, wondering what it might see that the regular sta...