diff --git a/assets/insights.js b/assets/insights.js
index 9edc35c6..f6af42c6 100644
--- a/assets/insights.js
+++ b/assets/insights.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
}
function load() {
- return fetch('assets/insights.json?v=a6a894c6').then(function (r) {
+ return fetch('assets/insights.json?v=19b59a90').then(function (r) {
if (!r.ok) throw new Error('insights.json ' + r.status);
return r.json();
});
@@ -226,7 +226,43 @@
return s + '';
}
- var VIZ = { bars: barsSVG, shares: sharesSVG, timeline: timelineSVG, line: lineSVG };
+ var VIZ = { bars: barsSVG, shares: sharesSVG, timeline: timelineSVG, line: lineSVG, seasons: seasonsSVG };
+
+ /* Multi-season cheapest-vs-priciest comparison: one group per season, two
+ bars each (gold = cheapest wins, terra = priciest). Rows carry
+ {s, cheap:{label,v,note}, pricey:{label,v,note}}. */
+ function seasonsSVG(ins) {
+ var rows = (ins.rows || []).filter(function (r) {
+ return r && typeof r.s === 'string' &&
+ r.cheap && typeof r.cheap.label === 'string' && typeof r.cheap.v === 'number' && isFinite(r.cheap.v) &&
+ r.pricey && typeof r.pricey.label === 'string' && typeof r.pricey.v === 'number' && isFinite(r.pricey.v);
+ });
+ if (!rows.length) return '';
+ var W = 620, headH = 34, groupH = 96, barH = 13, barGap = 28;
+ var H = headH + rows.length * groupH + 6;
+ var maxV = Math.max.apply(null, rows.map(function (r) { return r.pricey.v; })) * 1.06 || 1;
+ function X(v) { return (v / maxV) * W; }
+ var s = '';
+ }
/* ---------- card + spotlight rendering ---------- */
@@ -523,6 +559,28 @@
c.fillText(rows4[0].s, X(0), y + h + 34);
var ls = rows4[rows4.length - 1].s;
c.fillText(ls, X(rows4.length - 1) - c.measureText(ls).width, y + h + 34);
+ } else if (ins.viz === 'seasons') {
+ /* Multi-season cheapest-vs-priciest: season label, then a gold
+ (cheapest) and terra (priciest) bar per season. */
+ var rows5 = (ins.rows || []).filter(function (r) { return r && r.cheap && r.pricey; });
+ var rh5 = rows5.length ? h / rows5.length : h;
+ var max5 = rows5.length ?
+ Math.max.apply(null, rows5.map(function (r) { return r.pricey.v; })) * 1.06 : 1;
+ rows5.forEach(function (r, i) {
+ var ry = y + i * rh5;
+ c.font = '700 26px ' + F; c.fillStyle = '#F9F6F0';
+ c.fillText(r.s, x, ry + 32);
+ [['cheap', GOLD], ['pricey', TERRA]].forEach(function (t, j) {
+ var d = r[t[0]];
+ var bwy = ry + 46 + j * 46;
+ c.font = '400 22px ' + F; c.fillStyle = '#F9F6F0';
+ fitLabel(d.label + ' \u00b7 $' + d.v + 'M/win', x, bwy + 19, 300);
+ c.fillStyle = t[1];
+ c.beginPath();
+ c.roundRect(x + 320, bwy, Math.max(4, (d.v / max5) * (w - 320)), 24, 6);
+ c.fill();
+ });
+ });
}
c.restore();
return y + h;
diff --git a/assets/insights.json b/assets/insights.json
index 837cb208..f7250f61 100644
--- a/assets/insights.json
+++ b/assets/insights.json
@@ -1232,65 +1232,72 @@
"series": "ledger"
},
{
- "foot": "Payrolls: Basketball Insiders 2024-25 season snapshot (total cap). Wins: 2024-25 regular season. Cross-checked against Spotrac cap tracker.",
+ "foot": "Payrolls: Spotrac NBA Team Salary Cap Tracker, 'Total Cap Allocations' (includes dead money and mid-season moves), one table per season. Wins: final regular-season records — 2023-24 wins cross-checked against landofbasketball.com, whose tracker record column was stale that year. League-average cost per win rose $3.84M → $4.83M over the window. The earlier single-season card used a Basketball Insiders snapshot, so 2024-25 figures differ slightly.",
"kicker": "Money layer",
- "lede": "Revenue efficiency, team-level: 2024-25 total payroll (Basketball Insiders season snapshot) divided by regular-season wins. A 5.4x spread separates the most efficient checkbook from the least.",
- "og_desc": "Oklahoma City spent $159M and won 68 games. Washington spent $228M and won 18. Payroll per win, 2024-25.",
- "og_title": "The cheapest NBA wins cost $2.34M — the priciest $12.67M",
+ "lede": "Revenue efficiency, team-level: Spotrac Total Cap Allocations divided by regular-season wins, 2022-23 through 2025-26. One consistent source across all four seasons.",
+ "og_desc": "Oklahoma City bought the cheapest wins three of the last four seasons. Washington paid the most three straight — $13.65M per win in 2025-26.",
+ "og_title": "The cheapest NBA wins cost $2.28M — the priciest $13.65M",
"rows": [
{
- "label": "Oklahoma City",
- "tag": "68 wins, best",
- "value": 2.34
- },
- {
- "label": "Detroit",
- "tag": null,
- "value": 2.98
- },
- {
- "label": "Cleveland",
- "tag": null,
- "value": 2.99
- },
- {
- "label": "Boston",
- "tag": null,
- "value": 3.36
- },
- {
- "label": "Phoenix",
- "tag": "$237M for 36 wins",
- "value": 6.58
- },
- {
- "label": "Philadelphia",
- "tag": null,
- "value": 7.43
+ "s": "2022-23",
+ "cheap": {
+ "label": "Memphis",
+ "v": 2.28,
+ "note": "56 wins"
+ },
+ "pricey": {
+ "label": "Houston",
+ "v": 6.91,
+ "note": "20 wins"
+ }
},
{
- "label": "Utah",
- "tag": null,
- "value": 8.73
+ "s": "2023-24",
+ "cheap": {
+ "label": "Oklahoma City",
+ "v": 2.82,
+ "note": "57 wins"
+ },
+ "pricey": {
+ "label": "Washington",
+ "v": 12.66,
+ "note": "15 wins"
+ }
},
{
- "label": "New Orleans",
- "tag": null,
- "value": 8.84
+ "s": "2024-25",
+ "cheap": {
+ "label": "Oklahoma City",
+ "v": 2.44,
+ "note": "68 wins"
+ },
+ "pricey": {
+ "label": "Washington",
+ "v": 11.76,
+ "note": "18 wins"
+ }
},
{
- "label": "Washington",
- "tag": "18 wins, worst",
- "value": 12.67
+ "s": "2025-26",
+ "cheap": {
+ "label": "Oklahoma City",
+ "v": 2.94,
+ "note": "64 wins"
+ },
+ "pricey": {
+ "label": "Washington",
+ "v": 13.65,
+ "note": "17 wins"
+ }
}
],
"slug": "payroll-per-win",
- "stat": "2.34",
- "stat_label": "$M per win — Oklahoma City, best payroll efficiency",
- "title": "The cheapest wins in the NBA cost $2.34M — the priciest cost $12.67M",
- "tldr": "Team payroll divided by 2024-25 wins: Oklahoma City bought the league's best record for $2.34M per win, while Washington spent $12.67M per win on 18 wins.",
- "viz": "bars",
- "viz_label": "Payroll $M per regular-season win, 2024-25 (lower = cheaper wins)",
+ "stat": "6.0x",
+ "stat_label": "cheapest-to-priciest win across the four-season window",
+ "title": "The cheapest wins in the NBA cost $2.28M — the priciest cost $13.65M",
+ "tldr": "Payroll divided by wins, four seasons running: Oklahoma City bought the cheapest wins three of the last four years; Washington paid the most three straight, $13.65M per win last season.",
+ "viz": "seasons",
+ "viz_label": "Payroll $M per regular-season win — cheapest vs priciest, by season (lower = cheaper wins)",
"series": "ledger"
},
{
@@ -1658,4 +1665,4 @@
"series": "ledger"
}
]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/assets/og/insight-payroll-per-win.png b/assets/og/insight-payroll-per-win.png
index f97ea3d5..8c26f9c3 100644
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diff --git a/insights.html b/insights.html
index e61c0e87..c5bfb24f 100644
--- a/insights.html
+++ b/insights.html
@@ -104,6 +104,6 @@ Insights: from the model, and from
-
+