Category Archives: Basketball

MUSCLE MEMORY AND HOT HANDS FOR BASKETBALL PLAYERS. I was really pleased to find the neuroscience blog of Jonah Lehrer. I looked at the archives. This is a consistently interesting blog. One of the posts described the famous study by … Continue reading →

NBA ADJUSTED STANDINGS. My son Nick suggested that I post my shorthand way of looking at the NBA standings. I take as par for a team that it wins all its home games and loses all its away games (“holding … Continue reading →

BASKETBALL—HOW IMPORTANT IS DEFENSE?. The Bulls are running an experiment this year which should provide data on what for me is one of the great questions in basketball. The question is: Why don’t basketball journalists and fans give equal weight … Continue reading →