We break down our four featured teams--the Heat, Thunder, Clippers, and Bobcats--and reveal a surprising metric that can lead teams to NBA championships.

We look at Four Factors performance for the 2011-12 NBA season including some surprising results from playoff teams.

We break down four teams in terms of Elo progression, and note surprising parallels between the 2012 and 2025 Oklahoma City Thunder, our most recent NBA Champions.

We discuss the 2011-12 playoffs. We note a major underachievement, a major overachievement, and talk about two "new classic" teams who reached the finals.

We introduce the 2011-12 NBA season, noting several key parallels with current league events. We also look at Elo projections for regular season performance and compare with reality.

The long-awaited conclusion to our coverage of the 2004 Lakers season. We go behind the scenes of the Western conference finals against the Timberwolves and the NBA Finals against the Pistons. We also compare defensive metrics for the Lakers and Pistons based on a game plan from Phil Jackson.

Time to talk about the Lakers in the 2004 PLAYOFFS! Plus, inside Shaq's free throw trouble and a potential fix with whom the team parted ways.

We discuss the NBA's worst-kept secret--teams tanking for top draft picks-- and what the league can do about it.