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Elevator Doors: The vibes-only midseason check-in

At Elevator Doors HQ, we love stats and analytics as much as anyone. We admire and appreciate new and inventive ways to measure basketball performance, and we constantly strive to…

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Elevator Doors: Chemistry takes time

Bear with me for just a moment, but I am going to write about my son’s basketball team. I promise to keep it brief, but there is a larger point…

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Elevator Doors: What is culture?

Jimmy Butler is a wrecking ball. It’s his best and his most destructive quality as a basketball player. Anyone reading this website is surely aware of Butler’s dissatisfaction with the…

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Elevator Doors: Second-Year Stock Watch

A few weeks ago, we checked in with the 2024 draft class, and we found some encouraging trends and performances into what had been viewed as a potentially disastrous crop…

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Elevator Doors: A Christmas Day Miracle? Almost.

People within NBA circles like to call the All-Star Weekend a showcase for the league, where the best of the sport’s past, present, and future come together and celebrate what…

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Elevator Doors: NBA Cup: Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down

The second annual NBA Cup is in the books. How are we feeling about it? There seems to be a lot of handwringing and brow-furrowing in NBA circles about potentially…

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Elevator Doors: As Bad as It Gets

When we first opened the Elevator Doors about a month ago, I started with almost 1,000 gleefully delirious words about the experience of watching Nikola Jokic play basketball. The best…

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Elevator Doors: Rookie Watch Part 1

Remember how this was supposed to be the worst NBA draft class of all time? In the weeks/months/years leading up to the 2024 NBA draft, anyone with a platform went…

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Elevator Doors: Coaching Remains a Mystery

We have access to more information about basketball than we’ve ever had at any point in the game’s 133-year history. Synergy, Second Spectrum, Cleaning The Glass, Basketball Reference, NBA.com’s official…

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Elevator Doors: As Good as It Gets

Elevator Doors: As Good as It Gets I look at my son and tell him with all the sincerity I can muster: “It will never get any better than this.”…

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2024 NBA Draft: Western Conference Grades

Dallas Mavericks 51. , France The Mavericks moved up a few spots in the second round and drafted a long, athletic wing from France. Ajinca struggled shooting the ball for…

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2024 NBA Draft: Eastern Conference Grades

Atlanta Hawks — B 1. , France 43. , Serbia With no first rounders over the next three years, having had their pockets picked by San Antonio in the Dejounte…

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