... John, I don't see anything here. Yes, the standard deviation approach sounds like it may have merit. But the lack of correlation with expansion seasons...
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Mike G <msg_53@......
mikel_ind
Jan 1, 2003 12:50 pm
... Bob was asking for it. ... sports ... Why not? ... per ... Turnovers (NBA) are only known from 1978 on, and they were measured as being very high, by...
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John W. Craven
Johnny_Slick
Jan 2, 2003 6:08 am
... I hope I wasn't sounding like I was beating up on Bob. I had some problems with some ideas he had, and then I thought he got overly defensive. I have...
1634
John W. Craven
Johnny_Slick
Jan 2, 2003 6:21 am
... I agree. I'll re-work this with something that takes into account foul shots, and then try to look at players with more shot attempts per year than 300. ...
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Michael Tamada
tamada2
Jan 2, 2003 1:07 pm
... From: Mike G <msg_53@...> [mailto:msg_53@...] Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 4:50 AM To: APBR_analysis@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
1636
Michael Tamada
tamada2
Jan 2, 2003 1:33 pm
... From: Dean Oliver <deano@...> [mailto:deano@...] Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 3:00 PM To: APBR_analysis@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
1637
Dean Oliver <deano...
HoopStudies
Jan 2, 2003 4:22 pm
... strategic ... game. ... somewhere ... work ... something ... care ... Fortunately, we can actually just do the empirical study and _get_ the answer. I...
1638
Dean Oliver <deano...
HoopStudies
Jan 2, 2003 4:24 pm
... I've done competitive balance stuff before and seen all the economists' stuff, too. I believe that I and they also have this season being very...
1639
Dean Oliver <deano...
HoopStudies
Jan 2, 2003 4:36 pm
... OK. We aren't going to solve them without confirming with the sports economists that they're solved. They've been working on it a while with different...
1640
Dean Oliver <deano...
HoopStudies
Jan 2, 2003 4:42 pm
... selecting ... tall ... play ... know - ... can ... - ... can do ... any ... they ... of ... we ... the pace of past teams downward or decrease/increase...
1641
schtevie2003 <scht...
schtevie2003
Jan 2, 2003 7:01 pm
New Year's Greetings, I am a longtime anonymous reader who is now joining the fray and would like to add a few pennies worth of thought on the issue of...
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Dean Oliver <deano...
HoopStudies
Jan 2, 2003 8:08 pm
... I've got a short response to Steve's intro. Welcome. Your conclusions are very much the way I have been leaning as well, but you spelled it out quite well....
1643
Mike G <msg_53@......
mikel_ind
Jan 2, 2003 8:50 pm
... Welcome to the fray, indeed. I definitely agree that defense and coaching have continued to improve from Russell to the present. But is it rhetorical to...
1644
igor eduardo küpfer
edkupfer
Jan 2, 2003 9:06 pm
... From: <msg_53@...> To: <APBR_analysis@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 3:50 PM Subject: [APBR_analysis] Re: Dilution, balance, and...
1645
harlanzo <harlanzo...
harlanzo
Jan 2, 2003 9:34 pm
... or ... will ... I see the issues this way as well. ... spent, ... Agreed but i think mikeg made the point that it is a little thorny to give players the...
1646
harlanzo <harlanzo...
harlanzo
Jan 2, 2003 11:21 pm
... <msg_53@h...> wrote: . ... Dan ... player ... Larry ... McHale ... about, ... like ... I guess you are wondering whether 1) fewer great white players may ...
1647
monepeterson <mone...
monepeterson
Jan 3, 2003 1:46 am
I agree with just about everything you've said, but I have a question on one issue. ... Do you mind sharing, at least in general terms, what your measurement ...
1648
John W. Craven
Johnny_Slick
Jan 3, 2003 6:00 am
... No, of course not, because if the talent level changed this much over the last decade then the guys who played against them and didn't completely dominate...
1649
Mike G <msg_53@......
mikel_ind
Jan 3, 2003 12:20 pm
... talent. I'm not really concerned with the racial aspect of this; my problem is more with the idea that race doesn't, by itself, explain the shift in the...
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schtevie2003 <scht...
schtevie2003
Jan 3, 2003 3:52 pm
... question ... they ... team ... measurement ... team ... and ... there ... ********************************** What I did was extrapolate back for the...
1651
Dean Oliver <deano...
HoopStudies
Jan 3, 2003 5:02 pm
... away ... is ... I guess no one has shown that the racial majority has walked away from the game. They play more often now than ever before (as the NCAA...
1652
John Hollinger <al...
alleyoop2
Jan 3, 2003 11:38 pm
Great idea for a study. Lemme see what I can do. ... <tamada@o...> ... than ... asymmetries ... top ... teams ... outcome ... it'd ... his...
1653
John Hollinger <al...
alleyoop2
Jan 3, 2003 11:58 pm
... Dan ... player ... The more I've thought more on this question, the more it interests me. 15 years ago, in 1987-88, there were three white Americans in the...
1654
tamada2 <tamada@.....
tamada2
Jan 4, 2003 8:27 am
... [...] ... assume ... Mavs are built around running the zone a lot. If the illegal defense rules were still in place, they would likely be constituted ...
1655
Mike G <msg_53@......
mikel_ind
Jan 6, 2003 12:13 pm
... even ... Well, I know of at least one Warriors fan who knows Murphy is good; and I have him ranked in the top 90. His coach might think so, too, since he...
1656
John Hollinger <al...
alleyoop2
Jan 7, 2003 3:38 am
I have Murphy rated with a PER of 14.41, which is slightly below the league average of 15.00, and I don't think anyone can argue that he's a defensive stopper...
1657
Mike G <msg_53@......
mikel_ind
Jan 9, 2003 6:12 am
... the ... The definition of 'average' is perhaps worth visiting. In my (unnamed) system the league carries on at a rating of 25.00; however, only 1/3 of the...
1658
harlanzo <harlanzo...
harlanzo
Jan 9, 2003 5:21 pm
I am reluctant to bring this up because it seems like the whole comparing eras discussion is finally dying down but i read old-timer charley rosen on espn....
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Dean Oliver <deano...
HoopStudies
Jan 9, 2003 10:45 pm
... timer ... I don't think the cross-generational comparison will die down for good. It's just hard to make progress with it. Charlie Rosen is an interesting...
1660
harlanzo <harlanzo...
harlanzo
Jan 9, 2003 11:42 pm
... are ... flak ... Rosen definitely comes across as an eccentric who is unreliable. however, if anyone would exagerate the good old days it would be him....
