Your Dallas Mavericks are a “Top-10 Must-Watch” NBA team this season, says ESPN senior writer Zach Lowe. Lowe actually attributes the ranking to a “proprietary algorithm” at one point, but later admits that Bill Simmonds found it “scrawled on beer-soaked parchment paper under his seat at the old Boston Garden.” Very scientific.
Here’s how Lowe and his ESPN colleagues arrived at their results. First off, it should be noted these are not “Power Rankings” of any kind. They allegedly measure “watchability” and “fun.”
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