Owen Phillips

2 days ago | tmcnet.com | Owen Phillips

Houston, TX, June 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eicol Exchange today announced the official launch of its Web3 Identity System, a decentralized authentication infrastructure designed to redefine trust and interoperability in digital finance. Built on decentralized identity (DID) standards and on-chain signature verification, the system empowers users with self-sovereign credentials that can be used across DeFi, DAOs, NFT marketplaces, and other Web3 ecosystems.

5 days ago | thef5.substack.com | Owen Phillips

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander brought the ball up the court on 23 possessions in Game 3. That’s an unusually low number. Typically, the Oklahoma City Thunder put the ball in SGA’s hands as much as possible. In Games 1 and 2, the MVP brought the ball up the court on 42 and 40 possessions, respectively. Most of the time SGA is the first Thunder player to touch the ball and oftentimes he’s the last. And for good reason.

1 week ago | thef5.substack.com | Owen Phillips

Today’s post contains the R code for creating this plot below. But first, let’s take a look at who’s hiring:

1 week ago | thef5.substack.com | Owen Phillips

Down one point with about five seconds remaining, Tyrese Haliburton crossed halfcourt with the ball in his hands and I found myself yelling at the TV like a college basketball broadcaster in March, “You don’t need a three here!” Haliburton drove right and pulled-up just inside the three-point arc for a 22-foot jump shot. If the time remaining or scoreboard had looked different, this might have been a bad shot.

1 week ago | thef5.substack.com | Owen Phillips

Welcome back to The F5. This week we’re talking Finals. I've got an analytics cheat sheet and a couple of pieces of minutia that I think help frame this year’s matchup. Also, I have some data on some recent comments made about an NBA player’s feet. As a reminder, The F5 is a reader supported publication that only exists because enough of you have decided that it’s worth paying $5/month.