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Do NBA Players Get Enough Sleep?

With the NBA season drawing to a close, Tara and Kendyl look back on what turned out to be some of the best and worst off season moves from last summer. We think history is going to be pretty hard on the Cleveland Cavaliers. Then we talk about potential 2018 NBA Playoff match ups and the increased possibility of upsets this year.

This week (March 12-17) is National Sleep Awareness Week (recognized each year during the week that Daylight Savings Time starts) and we have the perfect guest. Cheri Mah (@Cheri_Mah) studies sleep and performance of professional and college athletes and she is the person behind the MahScore, a formula that ESPN uses to predict games that are most unwinnable (Schedule Alert games) due to scheduling and travel.