Superfluous Analytics

By: Garrett Kilcer In this post I research the correlation between Winning Percentage and Defensive Percentage for the best to ever do it. If you just want the numbers, skip the Background section. It’s cool, really I don’t mind. Background The date is February 7th, 2021 and I am finishing my graduate program at the…

Following the 2015-2016 NBA season, the Memphis Grizzlies were looking for a coaching change. Just 3 years prior, they had won 56 games and owned the 5th seed in a very competitive Western Conference. That post season they went on a run to the Western Conference Finals where they were swept by the San Antonio…