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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 28/09/2026

I’m not sure the NBA is ready for Goatee Rudy Gobert

Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 15/09/2026

Ayo Dosunmu sharing wisdom. “You gotta do double work. Like a MF Stojakovic they looking to kill you ass off the strength of what your pops did” “Underwood loved psychotic MF’ers” Also said Illinois facility is better than all but 2-3 NBA facilities and names Clippers/Warriors facility as better

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 05/09/2026

Some are saying @kornhub.bsky.social is the peoples most influential poster winner Cast your ballot: bsky38.com

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 28/08/2026

When thinking of Jonathan Kuminga in a vacuum, it may not be that appealing to Wolves fans. But when comparing him to Julius Randle and realizing while there is a drop off, it’s not actually as steep as we might assume it is. Screenshot: Dunksandthrees.com

Dunks & Threes EPM & Estimated Skills table comparing Julius Randle (MIN, F-C, age 31) and Jonathan Kuminga (ATL, F, age 23), dated Jun 13, 2026, with percentile ranks below each stat. Randle: 35.8 MPG (94), 25.6 USG (91), +0.7 OFF (82), +0.1 DEF (69), +0.7 EPM (79), 28.3 PTS (88), 58.0 TS% (68), 15.3 2PA (91), 53.1 2P% (41), 5.4 3PA (29), 33.4 3P% (39), 8.5 FTA (95), 78.2 FT% (56), 2.9 ORB (68), 6.7 DRB (63), 4.9 AST (64), 4.3 TOV (4), 1.3 STL (25), 0.3 BLK (8). Kuminga: 23.7 MPG (61), 22.3 USG (82), -1.4 OFF (45), +0.8 DEF (87), -0.5 EPM (66), 26.2 PTS (83), 56.6 TS% (53), 12.6 2PA (81), 54.8 2P% (58), 7.3 3PA (51), 32.7 3P% (28), 7.3 FTA (92), 71.0 FT% (21), 2.5 ORB (62), 7.5 DRB (74), 3.6 AST (43), 3.1 TOV (23), 1.4 STL (40), 0.7 BLK (48). Below, an Estimated Plus-Minus line chart by age from 19 to 31.5, with scatter points behind each trend line. Randle's green line starts near -2.8 at age 19, dips to about -3.0 around 21, then climbs steadily to a peak near +2.5 at age 26, oscillates between roughly +1.0 and +2.7 through his late twenties, and ends at +0.7 at age 31.5 (Gm 1014). Kuminga's blue line starts near -2.9 at 19, rises sharply to about +1.0 at 21.5, spikes again near +1.0 at 22, then falls to -0.5 at age 23.7 (Gm 463).

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 22/08/2026

Newly acquired Milwaukee Bucks guard Kasparas Jakucionis was one of the most efficient catch and shoot players in the NBA in his rookie season. Farther right = more efficient Higher = higher attempt rate Tool: courtsketch.com/scattergen

Scatter plot on a black background titled "Catch and Shoot FGA vs Catch and Shoot EFG% Per 100," labeled 2026 RS. Notes at top read "Player Filter: Min 10 MPG, Min 10 GP" and "Stat Cutoffs: 10th pctile Catch and Shoot EFG%, 10th pctile Catch and Shoot FGA." Credit reads @GabeLeftBrain. The x-axis is Catch and Shoot EFG%, running from about 40 to 75. The y-axis is Catch and Shoot FGA, running from about 2 to 12. Roughly 300 teal dots form a broad cloud centered near 55 EFG% and 6 to 8 FGA, with a magenta trend line rising gently from about 5 FGA at 40 EFG% to about 7.3 FGA at 74 EFG%, indicating a weak positive relationship. One dot is highlighted in salmon pink and labeled in yellow: Kasparas Jakučionis, at roughly 72 Catch and Shoot EFG% and 6.2 Catch and Shoot FGA, sitting near the far right edge of the distribution at a slightly below-average shot volume.

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 20/08/2026

In my headcannon, this will be the shot that ended the Jokic era Nuggets as contenders.

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 17/08/2026

Anthony Edwards is one of the most efficient catch and shoot players in the game, but is near the bottom of the league in catch and shoot attempts per 100 possessions. That frequency should move up. Tool: courtsketch.com/scattergen Farther right = more efficient Higher = higher attempt rate

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 15/08/2026

Knicks fans chasing Victor Wembanyama while Benny the Bull defeats Jalen Brunson with popcorn

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 04/08/2026

A projected top-5 college basketball team just loss their offensive engine to a foot injury. Illinois basketball announced that David Mirkovic had surgery on his left foot after sustaining an injury in practice and is expected to make a full recovery, although no time table was given.

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 02/08/2026

The NBA stats website and app PivotFade.com is shutting down

Screenshot of a notice on a dark background titled "PivotFade is shutting down," dated September 1, 2026 at 12:00 AM PDT, with an orange exclamation-point icon at left. The text reads: "Thank you for all of your support over these past few years. While we're disappointed to shut down PivotFade, we're proud to have accomplished what we set out to do: create a seamless and user-friendly way to explore NBA stats. PivotFade will remain available through August 31, 2026 (Pacific Time). For current Pro subscribers: Your subscription will remain active through the end of your current billing period and will not renew. If you're a current Pro subscriber and have questions about access through August 31, contact us on X or email info@pivotfade.com."

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 01/08/2026

Kyle Kuzma career historical trajectory Via www.darko.app/trajectories...

Kyle Kuzma's DARKO DPM chart from career game 1 to roughly 750. Line chart with individual game dots in light blue and a smoothed trend line in solid blue, plotted against a dashed black zero line. DARKO DPM starts around -2.0 in his rookie games, climbs to a peak near 0.0 around game 130-150, then declines through a rough patch to about -1.7 around game 380-400, recovers to a smaller local peak near -1.1 around game 480, then declines sharply and steadily to about -3.4 by game 750. Attribution: @kmedved, www.darko.app, @anpatt7.

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 29/07/2026

During March Madness, we found out that Air Bud is in David Mirkovic’s top-5 movies. August 8th, they are going to show it for a community family movie night in Gies Memorial Stadium on the giant scoreboard.

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 28/07/2026

Is there a writer that solely writes NBA alternate history fan fiction? Like what would the NBA be like today if the Wolves selected James Wiseman first overall?

This is the 2020 NBA Draft first round, picks 1–5: Timberwolves select Anthony Edwards, Warriors select James Wiseman, Hornets select LaMelo Ball, Bulls select Patrick Williams, Cavaliers select Isaac Okoro.

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 27/07/2026

Cumulative cap hit of NBA players for their age 40+ seasons over the past ten years

Horizontal bar chart titled "Playing Into Your Forties," showing cumulative cap hit in age-40+ seasons over the past 10 seasons. LeBron James (ages 40-41): $101.4M. Vince Carter (ages 40-43): $15.4M. Udonis Haslem* (ages 40-42): $5.1M. Dirk Nowitzki (age 40): $5.0M. Manu Ginobili (age 40): $2.5M. Chris Paul (age 40): $2.3M. Jason Terry (age 40): $1.5M. Taj Gibson (age 40): $961K. Footnote: *Cap circumvention speculation. Data: Spotrac. Viz: @HoopInformatics.bsky.social.

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 24/07/2026

How second round picks performed at NBA summer league. Via: hoopinformatics.leaflet.pub/3mrbtzfkur22y

Table titled "2026 NBA Draft Class Summer League Stats | Second Round," subtitled "Summer League stats ordered from left to right from most to least predictive of rookie season performance." A color-coded heatmap shows 28 second-round picks (rows) across 21 stat columns, grouped into three bands: MORE MEANINGFUL (3PAR, 3PA/36, AST/36, BLK/36, REB/36, OREB/36), LESS MEANINGFUL (DREB/36, PF/36, FGA/36, TOV/36, FTR, AST/TO, FTA/36, PT/36, STL/36), and NOT MEANINGFUL (FT%, EFG%, TS%, MPG, 3P%, +/- per 36). R² values run from 0.70 for 3PAR down to 0.02 for +/- per 36. Cells are shaded dark purple for low values through magenta and orange to yellow for high values.

Rows — pick, player, team, minutes: 31 Bruce Thornton (HOU) 156.9; 33 Isaiah Evans (MIN) 102.9; 34 Meleek Thomas (CLE) 115.9; 35 Trevon Brazile (DEN) 83.8; 36 Baba Miller (LAC) 116.6; 37 Ryan Conwell (MIA) 119.3; 38 Braden Smith (IND) 134.0; 39 Jack Kayil (NYK) 89.5; 40 Dillon Mitchell (BOS) 77.9; 41 Otega Oweh (OKC) 47.1; 42 Ja'Kobi Gillespie (SAS) 186.1; 43 Tyler Bilodeau (BKN) 130.5; 44 Maliq Brown (SAS) 171.2; 45 Emanuel Sharp (SAC) 181.5; 46 Felix Okpara (WAS) 88.0; 47 Tyler Nickel (NYK) 142.7; 48 Tobi Lawal (DAL) 96.2; 49 Bryce Hopkins (DEN) 103.7; 50 Jaden Bradley (TOR) 102.7; 51 Izaiyah Nelson (ORL) 40.6; 52 Henri Veesaar (ATL) 160.5; 53 Ugonna Onyenso (DET) 88.5; 54 Lajae Jones (GSW) 142.9; 55 Nick Martinelli (LAC) 120.5; 56 Vsevolod Ishchenko (DAL) 137.3; 58 Jaron Pierre Jr. (NOP) 66.0; 59 Trey Kaufman-Renn (MIN) 63.6; 60 Malique Lewis (MIL) 59.6.

Notable values: Tyler Nickel leads 3PAR at 0.82, followed by Emanuel Sharp at 0.78 and Isaiah Evans at 0.71; Isaiah Evans leads 3PA/36 at 13.6; Braden Smith leads AST/36 at 9.4; Ugonna Onyenso leads BLK/36 at 3.7; Trevon Brazile leads REB/36 at 10.7 with Trey Kaufman-Renn at 10.2; Dillon Mitchell posts 5.5 OREB/36; Meleek Thomas leads PT/36 at 33.9; Maliq Brown posts the highest TS% at 79. Tobi Lawal's AST/TO cell is blank (hatched). Footer: "Stat predicti…

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 24/07/2026

How first round picks performed at NBA summer league with stats ordered left to right by how meaningfully they translate to the regular season. Give more credence to the stats on the left side and mostly ignore the right side. Heat Map Key: Lighter = better Darker = worse

Table titled "2026 NBA Draft Class Summer League Stats | First Round," subtitled "Summer League stats ordered from left to right from most to least predictive of rookie season performance." A color-coded heatmap shows 29 first-round picks (rows) across 21 stat columns, grouped into three bands: MORE MEANINGFUL (3PAR, 3PA/36, AST/36, BLK/36, REB/36, OREB/36), LESS MEANINGFUL (DREB/36, PF/36, FGA/36, TOV/36, FTR, AST/TO, FTA/36, PT/36, STL/36), and NOT MEANINGFUL (FT%, EFG%, TS%, MPG, 3P%, +/- per 36). R² values run from 0.70 for 3PAR down to 0.02 for +/- per 36. Cells are shaded dark purple for low values through magenta and orange to yellow for high values.

Selected rows — pick, player, team, minutes: 1 AJ Dybantsa (WAS) 50.7; 2 Darryn Peterson (UTA) 139.6; 3 Cameron Boozer (MEM) 194.1; 4 Caleb Wilson (CHI) 110.7; 5 Keaton Wagler (LAC) 112.8; 6 Mikel Brown Jr. (BKN) 86.6; 7 Darius Acuff Jr. (SAC) 140.9; 8 Kingston Flemings (ATL) 102.9; 9 Morez Johnson Jr. (DAL) 60.6; 10 Brayden Burries (MIL) 124.5; 11 Yaxel Lendeborg (GSW) 183.2; 12 Aday Mara (OKC) 119.6; 13 Nate Ament (MIL) 117.0; 14 Hannes Steinbach (CHA) 121.6; 15 Dailyn Swain (CHI) 112.1; 16 Bennett Stirtz (OKC) 137.2; 17 Ebuka Okorie (DET) 152.2; 18 Christian Anderson (CHA) 134.2; 19 Allen Graves (TOR) 109.9; 22 Labaron Philon (PHI) 127.8; 23 Zuby Ejiofor (ATL) 103.9; 24 Cameron Carr (LAL) 177.0; 25 Sergio de Larrea (DAL) 113.4; 26 Tarris Reed Jr. (SAS) 121.4; 27 Chris Cenac Jr. (BOS) 93.3; 28 Joshua Jefferson (BKN) 63.6; 29 Alex Karaban (SAC) 132.2; 30 Koa Peat (PHX) 108.8.

Notable values: Mikel Brown Jr. leads 3PAR at 0.53 alongside Christian Anderson and Sergio de Larrea at 0.61; Kingston Flemings leads AST/36 at 9.4 and Sergio de Larrea at 11.1; Hannes Steinbach leads REB/36 at 13.6; Aday Mara posts 10.5 REB/36 with 2.7 BLK/36; Zuby Ejiofor posts 12.5 REB/36 and 6.2 OREB/36. Footer: "Stat predictiveness via research by Owen Phillips | Player data: nbadraft.app | Viz: @HoopInformatics.bsky.social."

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 20/07/2026

You could try out the @hoopsjunkie.io beta mobile app which has WNBA box scores, advanced stats, rotation charts, shot maps, on/off data and more all for individual WNBA games. 🔗 hoopsjunkie.io/mobile-apps?...

Screenshot of the Hoops Junkie app showing the WNBA game log.

Screenshot of the hoops junkie marketing for the app.

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 20/07/2026

Video of the face down ass up screening technique

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 17/07/2026

Is LeBron going to be the next Jaromir Jagr and play forever? When he’s no longer good enough for the NBA, could he play in NBA Europe in his late 40’s?

Via Hockey DB website, a screen shot of Jaromir Jagr career stats spanning 38 seasons.

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 15/07/2026

18% of his shots in college came from 25-35 away from the hoop. He shot 39% (32/83) on those shots. Shot Map: Cbbanalytics.com

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 15/07/2026

Can't go under on Keaton Wagler. He has limitless range. One of his best attributes is not only his shooting, but he can also shoot it from deep providing even more spacing.

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 15/07/2026

Wagler does like to try to get his defender in the air around the rim. Funny finish here.

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 15/07/2026

Wagler starting to gain a little more confidence with his drives. Uses the crossover to gain a step on the defender and gets to his floater.

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 15/07/2026

If a T-Rex tried to do the Bones Hyland 3pt celly.

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 15/07/2026

Keaton Wagler pull up three point attempt blocked by Anton Watson

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 15/07/2026

Keaton Wagler hostage dribble, good footwork, and shot fake off one foot and score

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 15/07/2026

Summer League Squabble Flagrant-1 on #15 Norchad Omier LAC Tech on #15 Norchad Omier LAC Tech on #35 Riley Kugel LAC Tech on #47 Arthur Kaluma LAL No free throws were made so at the end of the day, it's just a side out.

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 15/07/2026

Caleb Wilson is now 12/24 from three in NBA summer league action after going 7/27 in his 24-game college career. And the camera always pans to Hubert Davis in the crowd with the announcers pondering coach Davis usage of Wilson in college.

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 15/07/2026

Steve Ballmer opening a pack of Advil

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 15/07/2026

I added most of the basketball resource database to hoopinformatics.leaflet.pub I'm also going to put it into a blento.app site and play around with some other Atmosphere ecosystem options.

"Resource Database" list with links to NBA Data, NBA Viz, NBA Game Notes, WNBA Stats, and NCAA Stats.

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 15/07/2026

This may become a stupid bit, but I feel like Tiago Splitter always looks like he just caught the first whiff of someone else's fart.

Tiago Splitter at the NBA summer league game

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 13/07/2026

Keaton Wagler postgame says Baba Miller is an underrated player. Plays really good defense and doesn't force anything on offense. Does the little things. On his own 23-point game: Stayed under control. Learned from last game to handle the physicality and play at his own pace. Playing freely.

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 13/07/2026

"Keaton Wagler step back trey money" 18-point 3rd quarter for the 5th overall pick

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 13/07/2026

Keaton Wagler 3/6 on three pointers so far in his second summer league game

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Hoop Informatics @hoopinformatics.com · 13/07/2026

Is there anything Baba Miller can't do?

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