Kevin Broom

1 week ago | bulletsforever.com | Kevin Broom

Photo by Jesse D. GarrabrantNBAE via Getty Images The best, most competitive, most entertaining NBA postseason I can remember begins its last chapter this Thursday — game one of the Finals matchup between the Indiana Pacers and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Oklahoma City’s trip to the Finals is unsurprising.

3 weeks ago | bulletsforever.com | Kevin Broom

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images I’m supposed to be working on Ye Olde Draft Analyzer (YODA for short) — and I’ll get there soon — but my primary source for stats went and “improved” their data again, which means I have to figure out what they changed and reformat my spreadsheets. Again. Change usually doesn’t make me this grumpy. Anyway, to help me procrastinate on the YODA work, I ran a performance EKG for the team’s final “great young hope,” Kyshawn George.

1 month ago | bulletsforever.com | Kevin Broom

Photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images If you’re not rooting for Bub Carrington to have a long and prosperous NBA career, you’re either not a Wizards fan or you have no soul. Those are the only options. I don’t make the rules.** Editor’s Note: a) This isn’t a rule. b) It’s entirely made up by Kevin, who in this instance is making “the rules.” c) This isn’t a rule. Carrington, the Wizards’ other teenage rookie, was tough, feisty, competitive — a gamer in the best sense of the word.

1 month ago | bulletsforever.com | Kevin Broom

Photo by Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty Images In my first Annual Checkup of the 2025 offseason, I suggested the Washington Wizards may have found a building block in Alex Sarr. He rated below average, but his performance for his age was pretty good, and with normal improvement, he could end up great. Why am I rehashing? Because — believe it or not — the same is true for Sarr’s countryman Bilal Coulibaly. Like Sarr, I get it if you felt disappointed in Coulibaly’s performance this season.

1 month ago | bulletsforever.com | Kevin Broom

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images If you emerged from Alex Sarr’s rookie season with a vague (or even specific) sense of disappointment, I’m not going to say you’re wrong. He was a mess at times. His offensive efficiency was 16.5 points per 100 possessions below average. He didn’t excel on the boards. Just 17% of the seven-footer’s field goal attempts were from within the restricted area. An epically bad team was worse when he was on the floor.