Owen Phillips
owenphillips.bsky.social
Owen Phillips
@owenphillips.bsky.social
thef5.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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 11:58 AM
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 1:30 PM
blocking threes is hard. these are the guys that are best at it

made with #rstats
August 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This week on The F5:

Does the Kornet Kontest work?

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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
i like Garrison Mathews as a bargain buy free agent

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July 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
ICYMI: I wrote about the bleak recent history of restricted free agency

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July 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
was fun looking back at the recent history of RFAs and the offer sheets they received. how different their careers could have been if their home team had/hadn't matched
July 24, 2025 at 10:06 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

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July 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
new post on The F5 for premium subscribers:

How to make small multiple charts in R and Python

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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...

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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
On The F5 this week:

what happened in the G-league when they suddenly stopped counting missed heaves as part of a player's shot attempts

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July 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
July 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
How to make a NBA x Joy Division crossover

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July 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
this tweet is for everyone except Seth Partnow

known shot attempts 2024-25 regular season
July 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Wemby/Kornet double big lineup will put a lid on the rim
July 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
best players still available by average rank on the f5's consensus big board
June 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Where players were picked vs. their average rank on the f5's consensus big board

the Hansen Yang selection stands out
June 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM