joeycastillo

About

Joey has been translating box scores into stories since his days running a basketball analytics blog out of his UCLA dorm room, which somehow turned into a full-time career. He spent five years at The Athletic covering the Lakers and Clippers before joining Basketball Insiders, and he has a particular gift for making advanced metrics feel human — whether he's explaining true shooting percentage to a first-time reader or picking apart lineup data to explain a team's late-game collapses. A lifelong Laker fan who has made peace with his bias, Joey also hosts the weekly podcast Hardwood Numbers and consults informally for a pair of sports betting platforms.