Owen Phillips
owenphillips.bsky.social
Owen Phillips
@owenphillips.bsky.social
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I added a tab to The F5's homepage with links to the 60+ #rstats tutorials I've written since 2021

The F5 costs $5/month and you get access to the archive as soon as you subscribe. I think it's a fair deal but if you're a student or can't justify the cost get in touch

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August 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Reposted by Owen Phillips
Owen caught me in a verbose mood.
This week on The F5:

A Q&A with @sethpartnow.bsky.social. Of course we talked about opponent three-point shooting!

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August 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This week on The F5:

A Q&A with @sethpartnow.bsky.social. Of course we talked about opponent three-point shooting!

thef5.substack.com/p/shooting-t...
August 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Reposted by Owen Phillips
I was blown away when Owen explained his project to me.

Glad I could help pull the curtain back just a bit in support of his project on the NBA Top 10.
This week on The F5:

Every night, the NBA releases a video of the Top 10 Plays of the day. I wrote about the players & teams that are featured in the countdown most often

Shout out to the GOATmentator @nbabeau.bsky.social

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August 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This week on The F5:

Every night, the NBA releases a video of the Top 10 Plays of the day. I wrote about the players & teams that are featured in the countdown most often

Shout out to the GOATmentator @nbabeau.bsky.social

thef5.substack.com/p/the-nbas-m...
August 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
blocking threes is hard. these are the guys that are best at it

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August 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Reposted by Owen Phillips
Good stuff. Of course it doesn’t. These are NBA players, who know exceedingly accurately how much time and space they need to got their shot off. For them most part I’d be willing to wager they never even noticed the Kornet Kontest happening.
This week on The F5:

Does the Kornet Kontest work?

thef5.substack.com/p/kornet-kon...
August 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Reposted by Owen Phillips
Luke Kornet would contest three-point shots without getting near a shooter, just trying to obscure the rim, callijg the move an eclipse.
@owenlhjphillips spent a good amount of time studying it and found useful results.

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Does the Kornet Kontest Work?
Luke Kornet's Eclipse is a fan favorite, but is it effective?
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August 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This week on The F5:

Does the Kornet Kontest work?

thef5.substack.com/p/kornet-kon...
August 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Boston takes the best remaining free agent (by DARKO DPM) off the board
August 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Caught this in @maxread.info’s latest and this is such a good articulation of the difference between early 20s ambitious young people and folks who have a bit of experience (including failure).

“It’s an attitude, not a skill” is it in a nutshell.

maxread.substack.com/p/the-cracke...
August 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
New on The F5:

How to automate tedious tasks with GitHub Actions

🔒 for paid subs

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How To Automate Tedious Tasks With GitHub Actions
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August 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
i like Garrison Mathews as a bargain buy free agent

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July 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
the only thing preventing me from making the full time switch to #Positron is the lack of a Re-Run Previous Section shortcut. Might be my most used shortcut in RStudio
July 31, 2025 at 1:48 AM
ICYMI: I wrote about the bleak recent history of restricted free agency

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July 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
this week on The F5:

- A bleak recent history of restricted free agency
- I say something nice about each RFA
- A Q&A with the person running the SportsBall account

thef5.substack.com/p/a-bleak-re...
July 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I would take Moussa Diabaté and Ryan Kalkbrenner over Mark Williams and Khaman Maluach
July 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
new post on The F5 for premium subscribers:

How to make small multiple charts in R and Python

thef5.substack.com/p/small-mult...
July 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
ICYMI: i looked at which summer league stats are the stickiest -- which ones can tell us something about how a player will perform in their rookie season

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July 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
players that most often saw more than one defender last season
July 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This week on The F5:

What does summer league tell us about a rookie's regular season? More than you think...

thef5.substack.com/p/summer-lea...
July 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Spencer Jones, a two-way player with the Denver Nuggets, would like to to connect with you at Summer League

#TheConnection
July 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Day 2 Standouts...more like Day Too Good For Summer League
July 12, 2025 at 5:27 AM
this is from something back in 2021, but the summer league stats that are most correlated with a rookies performance in the NBA tend to be related to play style (threes, o. rebounds, blocks) rather than production/efficiency

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July 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
On The F5 for paying subscribers 🔓:

how to make great tables in Python and R

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July 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM