Articles by Jackson Frank (45)
Key Highlights The Oklahoma City Thunder are 23-10 and second in the West, despite being the second-youngest team in the NBA They rank fifth in overall offensive rating (120.8) and first in half-court offensive rating (107.5) Their cornerstones, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren, have only played 29 career games together When Doc Rivers […]
Key Highlights Derrick White is averaging career-highs in points (16.5), assists (5.1), rebounds (4.0), steals (1.3) and blocks (1.2) per game The Boston Celtics are 11.4 points better per 100 possessions when White is on the floor, according to Cleaning the Glass White is shooting 42.9 percent from beyond the arc and ranks ninth in […]
Key Highlights Coby White is averaging 23.3 points (70.1 percent true shooting), 4.9 assists and 4.6 rebounds over his last 11 games Desmond Bane generates 1.29 points per possession in transition on 4.6 attempts per game The Oklahoma City Thunder are 19.5 points better per 100 possessions without Josh Giddey on the court The Portland […]
Key Highlights The Indiana Pacers lead the NBA in offensive rating at 124.1, three points better than the second-ranked Philadelphia 76ers (121.1) On Nov. 19, the Orlando Magic held them to their second-worst mark of the season with a 98.7 offensive rating It’s the only game this year that Tyrese Haliburton’s recorded more turnovers (four) […]
Key Highlights Alperen Şengün is making a career-high 52 percent of his shots from midrange, which ranks in the 84th percentile among big men, according to Cleaning the Glass The Cleveland Cavaliers have outscored opponents by 27 points in the 25 minutes that Darius Garland, Donovan Mitchell, Caris LeVert, Max Strus and Evan Mobley have […]
Key Highlights The Milwaukee Bucks are seventh in offensive rating and 12th in net rating Cade Cunningham is shooting 51 percent at the rim, which ranks in the 15th percentile among wings, per Cleaning the Glass Moritz Wagner leads the NBA in true shooting percentage at 70.9 Max Christie played a career-high 33 minutes in […]
Key Highlights After ranking 27th or worst the past three years, the Rockets are third in defensive rating (107.4) During their six-game winning streak, they lead the league in defensive rating (102.7) Only seven teams allow a smaller rate of shots at the rim than Houston Over the past two seasons, the Houston Rockets’ sixth […]
Key Highlights: Sharpe is averaging twice as many points this season as last year (19.8 vs. 9.9) Despite his rate of assisted makes dropping from 67 to 53 percent, his true shooting percentage is slightly better (57.2 vs. 56.8) His assist rate has jumped from 7.5 to 12.3 percent Shaedon Sharpe finds himself in an […]
Key Highlights: Anthony holds career-highs in true shooting percentage (60.6), two-point percentage (51.0), three-point percentage (42.9) and free-throw rate (.429) A career-best 46 percent of his shots are coming off of assists Orlando needs more floor-spacing, ball-handling guards like him When Cole Anthony checked into Monday’s game midway through the first quarter, his Orlando Magic […]
Key Highlights: Maxey’s .411 free-throw rate blows past his previous career-high of .247 The Sixers are 8.6 points better per 100 possessions when he’s on the court New head coach Nick Nurse is putting him in plenty of good spots to succeed Over the past few years, Tyrese Maxey has rightfully earned his reputation as […]