Archive - The F5

Stats vs. Scouts

The F5's consensus big board for the 2025 draft

Jun 25 •

Season Finale Thoughts

Some quick-hitters on OKC's historic season, the KD trade, and the draft.

Jun 23 •

How To Chart NBA Play-By-Play Events

Plus, a Q&A with a basketball thinker

Jun 21 •

A Chet Holmgren Approved Guide To The NBA Finals

Plus, a Q&A with The Jez Dispenser

Jun 18 •

How To Make Good Plots Faster

ggivew is a lifesaver

Jun 14 •

I hate to bring it up

Thoughts from Game 3

Jun 12 •

How To: Player and Team Usage Chart

Plus, who's hiring

Jun 8 •

The Pacers Endgame

They always take the right shot

Jun 6 •

The Great Usage Gap of the 2025 Finals

Scroll to the end for a foot long chart

Jun 4 •

May 2025

How To Extract Data From PDFs

From PDFs to DFs

May 30 •

NBA award voters, ranked

Which voters march to the beat of their own drum and which just follow the crowd

May 26 •

Another Comeback

Plus, a MVP waffle plot tutorial

May 22 •

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