Sumitro Datta
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ESPN/Sportsnet commentator Ray Ferraro has been a longer-term voter (2018-2024) who skews less contrarian, with a bottom 3 finish in 2019.
September 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
ESPN/Sportsnet commentator Ray Ferraro has been a longer-term voter (2018-2024) who skews less contrarian, with a bottom 3 finish in 2019.
When @domluszczyszyn.bsky.social first started voting in 2020, he was the most contrarian voter, but has been consistently less contrarian in subsequent seasons. He was at his least contrarian in 2025.
September 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
When @domluszczyszyn.bsky.social first started voting in 2020, he was the most contrarian voter, but has been consistently less contrarian in subsequent seasons. He was at his least contrarian in 2025.
Former NBA head coach and current Prime Video analyst Stan Van Gundy has been on a heater since his first vote in 2023, culminating in a "most contrarian" title in 2025.
September 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Former NBA head coach and current Prime Video analyst Stan Van Gundy has been on a heater since his first vote in 2023, culminating in a "most contrarian" title in 2025.
Some well-known voters:
@kpelton.bsky.social started voting in 2018. Save for the 3-year period between 2020 & 2022, he's usually in the middle of the pack.
@kpelton.bsky.social started voting in 2018. Save for the 3-year period between 2020 & 2022, he's usually in the middle of the pack.
September 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Some well-known voters:
@kpelton.bsky.social started voting in 2018. Save for the 3-year period between 2020 & 2022, he's usually in the middle of the pack.
@kpelton.bsky.social started voting in 2018. Save for the 3-year period between 2020 & 2022, he's usually in the middle of the pack.
On the NBA side, it's the NBA Fan Vote selecting Derrick Rose for MVP in 2021 (MVP has five slots and a 10-7-5-3-1 point structure rather than the regular three picks and 5-3-1 structure for other NBA individual awards, which leads to more variation).
September 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
On the NBA side, it's the NBA Fan Vote selecting Derrick Rose for MVP in 2021 (MVP has five slots and a 10-7-5-3-1 point structure rather than the regular three picks and 5-3-1 structure for other NBA individual awards, which leads to more variation).
The most off-the-wall single pick?
On the NHL side, it was a 9-way tie (reporters being the only one who thought their pick was worthy of a vote, and that too a first place vote!)
On the NHL side, it was a 9-way tie (reporters being the only one who thought their pick was worthy of a vote, and that too a first place vote!)
September 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The most off-the-wall single pick?
On the NHL side, it was a 9-way tie (reporters being the only one who thought their pick was worthy of a vote, and that too a first place vote!)
On the NHL side, it was a 9-way tie (reporters being the only one who thought their pick was worthy of a vote, and that too a first place vote!)
Now on to some insights! To answer the question of most contrarian overall:
- On the NBA side, it's Boston Globe reporter Gary Washburn.
- On the NHL side, it's Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporter Seth Rorabaugh.
- On the NBA side, it's Boston Globe reporter Gary Washburn.
- On the NHL side, it's Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporter Seth Rorabaugh.
September 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Now on to some insights! To answer the question of most contrarian overall:
- On the NBA side, it's Boston Globe reporter Gary Washburn.
- On the NHL side, it's Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporter Seth Rorabaugh.
- On the NBA side, it's Boston Globe reporter Gary Washburn.
- On the NHL side, it's Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporter Seth Rorabaugh.
Finally, here's the leaderboard from 2024-2025 (min 20 GP). Jerami Grant had the highest likelihood of shooting a tour date in 2024-2025, while James Harden is your most prolific “musician” by volume.
July 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Finally, here's the leaderboard from 2024-2025 (min 20 GP). Jerami Grant had the highest likelihood of shooting a tour date in 2024-2025, while James Harden is your most prolific “musician” by volume.
These are the top 10 players in career games played without a "tour date" game (some familiar names in 2x IST champion Darvin Ham & Mavs centre Daniel Gafford). Granted, this could be because these players do not have many games over the 10 FGA minimum requirement.
July 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
These are the top 10 players in career games played without a "tour date" game (some familiar names in 2x IST champion Darvin Ham & Mavs centre Daniel Gafford). Granted, this could be because these players do not have many games over the 10 FGA minimum requirement.
Having defined a tour date, let's look at the all-time leaderboards (minimum 25 GP). We’ve got brand-new Phoenix Sun Jalen Green topping the all-time leaderboard for now. Russell Westbrook & James Harden are the only active players in the top 10 of career tour date games.
July 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Having defined a tour date, let's look at the all-time leaderboards (minimum 25 GP). We’ve got brand-new Phoenix Sun Jalen Green topping the all-time leaderboard for now. Russell Westbrook & James Harden are the only active players in the top 10 of career tour date games.
My personal favourites (in terms of award title & sponsor):
April 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
My personal favourites (in terms of award title & sponsor):
Today's post is about NBA coach's challenges, data taken from ak-static.cms.nba.com/wp-content/u...:
- challenge success rate & usage by team (Nets challenging everything, Bulls need to be very sure of themselves)
- challenge outcome by quarter minutes elapsed & game minutes elapsed
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- challenge success rate & usage by team (Nets challenging everything, Bulls need to be very sure of themselves)
- challenge outcome by quarter minutes elapsed & game minutes elapsed
#nba
December 15, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Today's post is about NBA coach's challenges, data taken from ak-static.cms.nba.com/wp-content/u...:
- challenge success rate & usage by team (Nets challenging everything, Bulls need to be very sure of themselves)
- challenge outcome by quarter minutes elapsed & game minutes elapsed
#nba
- challenge success rate & usage by team (Nets challenging everything, Bulls need to be very sure of themselves)
- challenge outcome by quarter minutes elapsed & game minutes elapsed
#nba
Here's the ones for 3PT%! FG% seems to be a bit more difficult because play by play uses different names for different shots (dunks, layups, jump shots, floaters, etc).
December 1, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Here's the ones for 3PT%! FG% seems to be a bit more difficult because play by play uses different names for different shots (dunks, layups, jump shots, floaters, etc).
Never got into Twitter, but here goes nothing!
Three comet plots showing differences in clutch & non-clutch free throw percentage (minimum 10 clutch FTAs), drawing heavily from @owenphillips.bsky.social tutorial here: thef5.substack.com/p/how-to-com....
#nba
Three comet plots showing differences in clutch & non-clutch free throw percentage (minimum 10 clutch FTAs), drawing heavily from @owenphillips.bsky.social tutorial here: thef5.substack.com/p/how-to-com....
#nba
December 1, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Never got into Twitter, but here goes nothing!
Three comet plots showing differences in clutch & non-clutch free throw percentage (minimum 10 clutch FTAs), drawing heavily from @owenphillips.bsky.social tutorial here: thef5.substack.com/p/how-to-com....
#nba
Three comet plots showing differences in clutch & non-clutch free throw percentage (minimum 10 clutch FTAs), drawing heavily from @owenphillips.bsky.social tutorial here: thef5.substack.com/p/how-to-com....
#nba