WNBA
WNBA Off-Season Roster Construction Through the Analytical Lens
The WNBA off-season produces a familiar set of decisions. Free-agent signings, draft picks, roster cuts, and trade-deadline maneuvers all compress…
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Marcus Whitfield
Marcus Whitfield is the SportsHighLight NFL beat lead and Methods desk lead. He has been writing about football analytics for the better part of a decade and signs off on any piece that uses an advanced metric like EPA, CPOE, success rate, or pressure-adjusted EPA. Covers route concepts, coverage charts, and the gap between what a play looked like and what it actually did.
NBA
All-Star Voting and What Analytics Actually Wants From Player Evaluation
Every February, NBA All-Star voting produces a familiar two-act argument. Act one is the fan vote, which rewards popularity, market…
NBA
NBA Christmas Day 2025: What the Five Marquee Games Actually Project
Knicks-Bucks, Spurs-Knicks (Wemby), Lakers-Heat (LeBron), Nuggets-76ers, Mavs-Warriors prime-time. Two close games, three blowouts is the historical pattern.
WNBA
WNBA Finals 2025: How the Champion’s Run Looked Through Analytics
A’ja Wilson stepped to the free-throw line with 23 seconds left in Game 4 at Mortgage Matchup Center, the Aces…
WNBA
WNBA All-Star 2025: Team Clark vs Team Collier and the New Star Era
Napheesa Collier scored 36 points on 13-of-16 shooting in the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game in Indianapolis, the most-points-ever performance in…
WNBA
WNBA All-Star 2025: When the Fan Vote and the Analytics Stopped Agreeing
Caitlin Clark broke the WNBA fan vote record. Aliyah Boston rode the Clark bump to a top-three frontcourt finish. The gap with the impact...
NBA
OKC Thunder’s 2025 NBA Title: How the Underlying Numbers Were Right All Along
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander walked off the Paycom Center floor with the Bill Russell trophy in his hands at 11:47 PM local…
NBA
Nine Pacers Bench Players Beat Three Stars (Mostly)
Indiana built the deepest playoff rotation in twenty years. It got them to Game 7 vs OKC and stopped there. The depth model, audited.
NBA
OKC 114-88 Minnesota: The Conference Finals That Was Over by Q1
OKC scored 38 in the first quarter, held Edwards to 18 points, won 114-88. The structural defense that survived the regular season survived May.
WNBA
WNBA Draft 2025: Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings Through Analytics
Paige Bueckers walked across the stage at the WNBA Draft in New York on April 14, hugged commissioner Cathy Engelbert,…