🏀HOW TO READ PROP LAB’S NBA GAME ENVIRONMENT SCORE (GES)

Layer 1 Is Free. Player-Level Layer 2.5 Is for Members.

NBA props live and die on environment.

Some games turn into track meets.
Some slow into half-court chess matches.
Some are rock fights sponsored by concrete.

Most bettors don’t check the environment — they check box scores, vibes, or whatever someone yelled on TikTok.

Prop Lab does the opposite:

• Layer 1 (free) → the shape of tonight’s game

• Layer 2.5 (members) → the players who gain or lose the most inside that shape

Let’s break it down like humans, not spreadsheets.

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🔬 WHAT YOU GET FREE (LAYER 1)

Layer 1 answers the three questions every NBA prop bettor should ask:

1️⃣ Is this a good game for props?
2️⃣ What kind of props make sense?
3️⃣ Should I even spend time on this matchup?

You get three things for free:

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1. The Game Environment Score (GES)

A single 0–100 score capturing everything that shapes game flow:

• Pace

• Offensive efficiency

• Defensive looseness

• Shooting climate

• Turnover chaos

• Rebound volatility

• Transition freedom

• Overall “stat friendliness”

Think of it like a Yelp review for props:

• ⭐ 80–100 → Explosive
  Fast, loose, efficient.
  Points, rebounds, assists — everything is live.

• ⭐ 65–79 → Calculated Efficiency
  Not fast, but clean and structured.
  Great for shooters, facilitators, and efficient scorers.

• ⭐ 50–64 → Balanced
  Neutral environment.
  Edges come from pricing, not chaos.

• ⭐ 35–49 → Grind Zone
  Slow, physical, ugly.
  Great for rebounds + unders, tougher for raw scoring.

• ⭐ 0–34 → Sludge
  Rock fight.
  Bring a helmet.

GES is always free — always posted first.

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2. Official Game Type

After scoring each matchup, we tag the identity:

• Explosive → stat buffet

• Calculated Efficiency → clean, controlled

• Balanced → neutral

• Grind Zone → ugly

• Sludge → hide the children

If GES is the number, Game Type is the vibe.

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3. Prop Tilts (Free)

Prop Tilts tell you which categories tonight’s environment wants to feed:

• Points Tilt

• Rebound Tilt

• Assist Tilt

• 3PT Tilt

• PRA Tilt

• Stocks Tilt

These answer the question:
👉 “Which stats make sense tonight?”

They do not answer:
❌ “Which players benefit?”

That’s the upgrade.

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🔒 WHAT MEMBERS GET (LAYER 2.5 — THE SECRET SAUCE)

Layer 2.5 is where Prop Lab becomes unfair.

Layer 1 might say:
“Assist Tilt.”
Layer 2.5 says:
“These three players get the biggest assist lift tonight.”

Layer 1 might say:
“Rebound Tilt.”
Layer 2.5 says:
“This big gains a +9% rebound boost.”

Layer 1 might say:
“Explosive scoring environment.”
Layer 2.5 says:
“Two players get a +7–11% scoring bump.”

Here’s what members actually receive:

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⭐ 1. Player Archetype Reads

We categorize every rotation player:

• Primary guards (usage engines)

• Wing scorers

• Stretch bigs

• Defensive bigs

• Connectors

Then map their archetype to the environment.

• Explosive → guards + wings thrive

• Calculated → connectors + shooters thrive

• Grind → defensive bigs + rebound machines win

This alone saves hours.

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⭐ 2. Environment Fit Score (0–100)

Each player gets a personalized grade:

• Do they benefit from speed?

• From chaos?

• From shooting climate?

• From efficiency?

• From turnover volatility?

• From rebound texture?

• From assist scaling?

If GES is the world, the Fit Score is the player’s place inside it.

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⭐ 3. ΔProp% — Player Sensitivity

Our signature stat.

It answers:
👉 “How much does tonight’s environment change this player’s expected production?”

Examples:

• +8% scoring lift

• +6% assist lift

• -5% rebound expectation

• +11% PRA sensitivity

These are not projections.
They are environment-driven sensitivity.

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⭐ 4. Clear Prop Focus for Each Player

Based on archetype + environment fit + sensitivity:

• Points

• Rebounds

• Assists

• PRA

• 3PM

• Stocks

This tells you where the environment creates real upside.

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⭐ 5. The Shortlist

Every slate ends with:

“Here are the 4–7 players tonight’s environment feeds.”

Not 40 names.
Not noise.
Just the actual fits.

This is your slate-building cheat code.

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🧪 WHY THIS MATTERS (THE BETTING VERSION)

Most people bet NBA props like:

“He hit last game.”
“He’s hot.”
“Matchup seems fine.”
“My buddy hit this last week.”

We bet like this:

👉 “What environment are we in — and who does it reward?”

• Layer 1 (free) → the world

• Layer 2.5 (paid) → the winners inside that world

It’s the difference between guessing and understanding how tonight’s chaos distributes itself.

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🎉 THE FUNNEL: FREE VS PAID

FREE (everyone)

• GES

• Game Type

• Prop Tilts

• Macro interpretation

• “We’ve flagged 3–5 players who fit this tilt” (no names)

PAID (members)

• Player archetypes

• Environment Fit scores

• ΔProp%

• Prop Focus (per player)

• The Shortlist (the names)

• Full slate environment map

Free tells you the environment.
Paid tells you who benefits.

L.S. signing off ⚗️

Jared
Lead Scientist — The Prop Laboratory

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🔗 Recommended Reads

Place these at the bottom (not mid-article):

👉 Field Study #1 — The Spark Before the Fire: Why Game Environment Is Everything

👉 NHL GES Landing Page

👉 NFL GES Landing Page

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