Writing and Research Notes

I've crossed the 4,000 article reads on Bleacher Report and set a personal record with over 1,000 reads on a single article in Bleacher Report.  I've written nine articles overall.  

Also I'm almost at 100 comments received.  My most popular article was about how the Cavaliers wouldn't win the title and what a debacle it was!  So many people wrote negative things about it.  But it was good to read them and learn about how to write a more informative article.  I was a bit rushed because I wanted to go to sleep when I wrote it.  

I also think that no amount of data or theories can really change the minds of most people, especially ardent fans.  I'm not a big Cavs basher or anything or an ardent Lakers supporter, although I do follow both teams.  I just don't think that Cavs are that good this year, but I also haven't watched many of their games.  So who knows?

Also my data research is going well.  I've been analyzing point spreads and looking for trends.  And I've found a few but nothing spectacular.  

Bleacher Report, Brief Recap

I've posted four articles on bleacherreport.com .   I wrote one article each about the Lakers, Clippers, Mavericks, and Steelers.  Combined they have been read 1,723.  This is very exciting and cool.  Bleacher Report allows me to practice my writing skills and spread my ideas out to a community of people. I hope to ideally find a few other people who are interested in researching, cognitive biases and prediction.  

Also, earlier I predicted the Mavs would be the Spurs.  They were two point underdogs, and they won.  Niiiiiice.

Bleacher Report and Mavs Follow-up

I recently wrote my second article at bleacherreport.com 

Article writing is not my main focus but it is a great community to voice ideas, receive feedback, and generally communicate and learn.  I wrote an article about the Lakers (specifically Andrew Bynum) and one about the Dallas Mavericks (specifically Mark Cuban).  

My first article received over 240 reads and one comment.  

My goal is to use the website as a way to post about various predictions and effort-skewed results.  These are games results which are heavily biased or skewed by either lack of effort or extra effort.  Blogging on here and writing on bleacher report will let me keep abreast of what happens in the NBA and record my observations for future use.  

I also want to reprint my articles here so that I can have a back up copy.  

Lastly, I'm hoping to meet one or two other people who are interested in my effort-based investigations in the NBA and have a similar eye for it.