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Who Steph’d Up? Tracking the Warriors Without Curry in the NBA 2025–26 Season
NBA regular season is over. For the Golden State Warriors, the 2025–26 season was defined by injuries, and what emerged was a very different team with upstanding potential.
The season ended early for Jimmy Butler III as he tore his ACL on a non-contact play during the second quarter against his previous team the Miami Heat on January 19th.
Only 11 days later on January 30th, Stephen Curry exited mid-game against the Pistons from right knee pain. He missed 27 consecutive games due to knee pain and 39 games total (48%) this season.
What sneakers will you ROC?
Trying to buy a hyped pair of Nikes online can feel impossible. Among 3.8 million “shoeheads” (sneaker enthusiasts), there was a mere 1.5% win rate on the popular Travis Scott x Air Jordan 1 Low “Reverse Mocha” [1]. To “win” a pair, you have to click through the SNKRS app prompts faster than the crowd. Purchasing is made more challenging by bots, used by resellers, that make up 10–50% of purchases [2].
To combat this, SNKRS Bot Protection uses machine learning (ML) to classify buyers:
“Human or Bot”?
You May Be Interested In… Ticketmaster Trends Post-Pandemic
The last concert I attended before the world pressed pause on large gatherings was Galantis’s Church of Galantis at San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. One moment, I was in a sea of excitement; the next, I was sheltering in place. When concerts finally returned, masks had become fashionable accessories with special designs and bedazzles — though their use seems to have faded over time. Measuring changes like that is tough with data.
But one thing I can measure is interest in concert tickets.