Magic SF Tobias Harris' contract campaign as a restricted free agent has unwittingly picked up a new, ardent supporter.
He's Stephen Shea, 32, a New Hampshire mathematics professor who has become one of the top voices in sports analytics. Dallas Mavs owner Mark Cuban once hired him to crunch numbers.
In his blog on the website, "Basketball Analytics," Shea not only calls Harris "the most underrated player in the NBA," but writes, "Statistically, he stands among some of the game's biggest stars."
I have two reactions.