Rod Fort is a sports economist up at Washington State and is reputed to be one of the best around. For those looking to do some economics of sports, he...
... Kings ... season is ... dunks. That ... sure if ... you can ... of the ... Having watched the most recent matchup between these two and seeing a bunch of...
... Oh, absolutely. All of it is covered regularly - the soft D, poor rebounding, 1-5 record against the top teams. The thing is, I think it has led to the...
ESPN's NBA page has inexplicably taken a trip back to the past, to the first round of the 2001 playoffs. Their top story is how the Blazers won't be able to...
I'm looking for a programmer to write a program that captures my methods of analyzing player tendencies from viewing videotapes of games. It would involve...
(Please forgive the "thinking out loud" nature of these posts. I am not very reflective, and rely on others to point out mistakes.) My recent interest in...
DeanO has or at least had an article on his website that addresses this. Consistency is not by itself either a good thing or a bad thing. To perhaps...
... addresses ... INconsistency ... teams ... To take that point further, teams with players who can create their own shot easily (iversons, boston) are more...
My own supposition is that the Mavs will have the best record, but if the Kings had been in one piece they would have at least matched it; my playoff...
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The following APBR_analysis poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: Who will win the NBA Title in 2003 (your guess as of 3/1/03)? ...
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Very interesting that somebody picked Detroit, or any Least team for that matter as there are at least 6 West teams that look better than any of them to me....
Not really having done much research before making my selection, I can definitely see why a few people picked the Spurs. We'll do this again right before the...
... for that ... of them Yeah, I was playing the odds. The odds of any one team in the West are diminished by competition within the conference. So even...
The following APBR_analysis poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: What team will end the 2003 season with the best record? CHOICES...
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Mar 11, 2003 8:30 am
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An interesting tidbit from Eric Neel's column on ESPN: "The most impressive stat I've heard all year (courtesy of Chad Ford's must-read NBA Insider column last...
i've seen plus/minus numbers for every NBA player in the league in harvey pollack's (76ers stats guru) annual media guide since the 93-94 season (actually that...
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The Garnett stat is not true, and the other players' figures probably aren't either. Since Garnett averages of 40.6 minutes per game, if it were true Minnesota...
Excellent observation; those ESPN figures cannot possibly be correct, for the reason you cite. Someone probably misquoted the definition or units of...
DeanL's play-by-play stuff should help get at some of this. There is a site on the web that has Seattle +/- data. I'll have to find that at home. I've been...
I believe you're misinterpreting Neel's stat, but it could very well be me. I think what Neel is saying is that Minnesota's offense per game (48 minutes) is...
... well be ... defense ... compared ... +/- ... 104.1 ... assumes ... numbers ... certainly ... That would make him the most valuable player this side of MJ...
Anyone have opinions on the nominees this year? I'll give mine quickly: Robert Parish: In, was very good (not great) for so long. James Worthy: I think he...
... Wasn't he one of the NBA Top 50 of All Time? I agree, overrated. A good scorer, not the greatest defender in the world, relatively short career. ... Also,...
I pretty much agree with all of Harlanzo's calls. However I like to have fairly strict standards. One thing which some will point out: Dantley's college...
... well be ... defense ... compared ... +/- ... 15.4 (offense), 10.5 (defense), and 25.9 (total) according to the numbers I'm looking at. . . . These numbers...
... Agree, Parish should go in for several reasons: humongous career totals, key man on great teams; and he stepped up his game when Bird faltered, keeping...
