First of all, here are average heights (weighted by minutes played) of teams through time: SeasonYear AvgOfMinWtdHt DiffPvsYr 1952 76.2 1953 76.4 0.1 1954 76.6...
What are some great sites for finding statistics from NBA games? I know about nba.com and sportsline but what are some lesser known ones that are worth looking...
... try ... Hey, the table looks great, until you try to reply to it. ... 1995 ... Nah, 1996 is consistent. You might have noticed 1988 looking expansive...
Bob, I read your posting, shaking my head in disbelief. What could possibly be your motivation for not responding to any of the substantive points in the...
All right! For whatever reason there is a disconnect here on this topic. Let's hold off a while on this train of thought and converse on some other things....
I doubt I can explain how I came up with this, tho it's a cumulative index of inflation/contraction of competition for minutes, year by year. Explanation could...
... The correlation is very rough. The minutes data suggest we are just now getting back to the competitive level that existed in 1966, before the ABA...
I thought it may be amusing to come up with a basketball version of Hacking Mass (http://www.baseballprospectus.com/hm/), which attempts to find the worst...
Heh! Nice. For a stiffness index, I might add personal fouls to the Manley Credits. Normally fouls are not a particularly useful statistic, especially for...
You may want to check out http://sportstracker.nss.net/Boxscores/ ... know about nba.com and sportsline but what are some lesser known ones that are worth...
Cool idea. To be truly faithful to BP's intentions, I think minutes would have to be weighed more heavily. The general idea there is to find a player who is...
... Yes, playing time is important. What you would be looking for is somebody who plays a lot of minutes, shoots and scores poorly, turns the ball over, ...
[A veritable posting explosion from your usually lurking author...] Speaking of goofy ratings... Whenever I look at a boxscore, I've always subtracted misses...
... Unless your coach is unable to get it through your players' brains that they shouldn't shoot. Not that I see any of that with the Sonics or anything. I...
Ed -- Take a look back at Message 14. That message discusses some of the other methods for weighting stats. JohnH of this group wrote a book with different...
... From: <deano@...> To: <APBR_analysis@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:29 AM Subject: [APBR_analysis] Re: And while I'm at it......
Here are the stiff rankings for the 2001-02 season. I'm posting them here in case there are any disagreements -- I want to use Stiff Points to find replacement...
In fact, despite the fact that he's played over 1,000 minutes, Harrington may be the worst player in the entire league. I can't think of anyone off the top of...
... Surely you're not forgetting Joe Forte, John! He shot 8% last year, for goodness' sakes. I really had to chuckle earlier this year when I put in my weekly ...
... From: <alleyoop2@...> To: <APBR_analysis@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 10:39 PM Subject: [APBR_analysis] Re: On a lighter note... ...
... Of players with at least 1000 minutes, I rate Walter McCarty, Bruce Bowen, Trent Hassell, and Milt Palacio as weaker than Harrington. The notion of 'worst...
... From: <msg_53@...> To: <APBR_analysis@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 5:34 PM Subject: [APBR_analysis] Re: On a lighter note... ...
... This is just silly. Bruce Bowen is one of the 5-10 best defensive players in the league. Easily. He has *no* offensive game to speak but being among the...
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This is just silly. Bruce Bowen is one of the 5-10 best defensive players in the league. Easily. He has *no* offensive game to speak but being among the ...
