... Stars are rare and the Clips haven't had any (I don't remember the early to mid 80's, but I think T. Cummings was there), as you point out. They did have...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Aug 1, 2002 7:37 pm
On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, harlanzo wrote: [...] ... Good points, although team context means a lot also. Players will perform differently and appear different...
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harlanzo
Aug 1, 2002 8:26 pm
... bunch of ... does ... better, ... one) ... true, but looking at past history almost all these players was over paid compared to actual contributions....
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mikel_ind
Aug 2, 2002 3:41 am
... one ... amazingly managed to win ... Of course, there was only one Hakeem. But I'd rate Drexler in '95 as equal to Pippen, outside of Pip's best 3-4...
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mikel_ind
Aug 2, 2002 2:28 pm
In APBR room, I touched on the Euclidian Distance method of comparing statistical profiles. This got me to thinking. Currently, there are a number of players...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Aug 2, 2002 4:03 pm
... [...] Interesting stuff, but I think the lack of rate and ratio statistics weakens the formula. If nothing else, I think you should put career total ...
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HoopStudies
Aug 2, 2002 5:38 pm
... comparing ... bring up ... so ... with ... and ... career total ... but who ... Very key point. I tried things using totals originally, too, but that...
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mikel_ind
Aug 2, 2002 9:43 pm
... It depends on what you want your formula to do. I was in a mood to look at career totals. Blending in production rates gets into all manner of...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Aug 2, 2002 10:05 pm
On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, mikel_ind wrote: [...] ... Actually I think of Majerle and Moncrief as being fairly similar, except that Moncrief was better and presumably...
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mikel_ind
Aug 3, 2002 1:57 pm
... What little I saw of Moncrief had him scoring around the basket and midrange. Majerle was the thunderdunker, then he had the 30-footer, but apparently...
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HoopStudies
Aug 3, 2002 6:34 pm
... footer, ... guy ... Moncrief was quicker and smaller, an outstanding defender. Majerle was bigger, still pretty quick, but also strong enough to avoid...
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monepeterson
Aug 4, 2002 9:09 pm
Hiya: Can anyone provide a chart for each team's offensive and defensive officiency (in terms of points/scoring posession) for the last two years? Thanks, ...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Aug 5, 2002 12:10 am
On Sat, 3 Aug 2002, HoopStudies wrote: [...] ... No question that Moncrief was better, although wasn't Marques Johnson still around when Moncrief joined the...
Dean, this is great. How far back do you have these ratings? And are they in an easily transferrable spreadsheet? (hint hint) Moné...
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alleyoop2
Aug 6, 2002 12:16 pm
"He is another guy with big per-minute numbers who played mysteriously few minutes (28 pg) for his career." If I'm not mistaken, Mickey played so few minutes...
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alleyoop2
Aug 6, 2002 12:20 pm
For Defense, I had San Antonio ahead of Phoenix in 2001 and ahead of New Jersey in 2002. Otherwise, this looks nearly identical to what I came up with. ... ...
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Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Aug 20, 2002 5:14 am
Mike -- Getting technical enough to move this over to the analysis stuff. I didn't notice it until the list of players who turn the ball over a lot -- but you...
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mikel_ind
Aug 20, 2002 1:00 pm
... I have turnovers inversely related to minutes-per-game, because I noticed a lot of guys with otherwise good numbers, high TO, and low minutes. ... coming ...
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HoopStudies
Aug 20, 2002 7:17 pm
... Turnovers are the first thing that will get a player yanked from a game. They indicate to a coach that the guy can't keep up with the speed or intensity....
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John W. Craven
Johnny_Slick
Aug 21, 2002 5:12 am
... Which raises a point: How has your overall offensive efficiency rating changed over the years? The idea that shooting percentages may have fallen in part...
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HoopStudies
Aug 21, 2002 3:07 pm
... less ... of ... set ... the ... rating changed over the years? The idea that shooting percentages may have fallen in part because teams are choosing less...
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alleyoop2
Aug 21, 2002 7:54 pm
That's what my #s show as well - offensive efficiency rose last year after a four-year period that looks like a bottoming out, at least right now, with the...
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HoopStudies
Aug 21, 2002 9:37 pm
... year ... agree ... ratio ... no ... Obviously assists are good and turnovers are bad, but the ratio is just one of so many indicators that the value of the...
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mikel_ind
Aug 22, 2002 12:39 pm
Transplanting a thread from the APBR site, I wonder if we can get anywhere with this. There was some curiousity over there about the NBA talent level, and the...
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mikel_ind
Aug 22, 2002 1:01 pm
The first chart refers to players-per-team....
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HoopStudies
Aug 22, 2002 7:29 pm
I did want to ask you about some of this again. I'm traveling on business until next week and will come back to this then. DeanO ... and ... who ... American ...
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alleyoop2
Aug 23, 2002 2:39 am
You said, in part "says nothing at all about quality, it just means that it gets dwarfed by other things in importance." I disagree: I actually think...
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harlanzo
Aug 23, 2002 4:10 am
Mike, I think your chart really is a reflection of the expansion of the talent pool. White american stars are bound to decline as basketball became more...
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doc319
Aug 23, 2002 4:45 am
The discussion of "white" American players, "white" Euros and "blacks" raises a question that may be beyond the scope of this group but is interesting...
