Wednesday, May 25, 2016

The Top Fastest Offenses in the NFL Ranked 1-32

We know every team  in the NFL values speed. Before the draft, each player can make or break his career, gain millions or lose millions in his earnings all from his forty yard dash time. So based on  forty yard dash times, what team in the NFL has the fastest team?

The fastest teams below are ranked by taking their starting lineup and totaling their forty yard dash times.  The lineups are their projected 2016 starters, with offensive lineman included, because as Jock Sutherland says, "Speed is not your fastest, but your slowest man. No back can run faster than his interference." Also, since we can assume players slow down as they age  as father time kicks in, 1.5 hundredths (0.015) of a seconds was added per year of experience after their 3rd year of experience. 






Thursday, May 19, 2016

The Top 100 Most Productive Colleges in NBA History (Points, Rebounds, Steals, Assists, and Blocks)

Here the total points, rebounds, assists, blocks and steals from all players to play in the NBA are organized by the college they attended. All data was sourced from http://www.basketball-reference.com/.

The Top 100 Scoring Colleges in NBA History


The Top 100 Rebounding Colleges in NBA History
The Top 100 Colleges with the Most Assists in NBA History
The Top 100 Colleges with the Most Blocks in NBA History
The Top 100 Colleges with the Most Steals in NBA History

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Highest Scoring Birthdays in the NBA and ABA History


From the oldest birthday of  Nat Hickey born January 30th, 1902 (who interestingly, at 45 years and 363 days also became the oldest player to play in the NBA)  to the birthday of Devin Booker, October 30th, 1996 who is currently the youngest player in the NBA, there have been 12,372,777 combined points scored in the NBA and ABA.  Powered by Julius Erving and 20 other NBA/ABA players the 22nd of February has scored a total of 122,160 points, the most of any birthday in history.  Or about 48x more than December 29th's 2545 total points which is the lowest of the birthdays.

All the data includes points scored from players in both the NBA and ABA from the first games played through the 2015 season via http://www.basketball-reference.com/.

See where your special day lands among the most prolific scoring birthdays below.