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...
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john wallace craven
Johnny_Slick
Mar 12, 2003 5:06 am
... 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,...
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Michael Tamada
tamada2
Mar 12, 2003 6:25 am
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...
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Kevin Pelton
thedawgsareout
Mar 12, 2003 7:41 am
... well be ... defense ... compared ... +/- ... 15.4 (offense), 10.5 (defense), and 25.9 (total) according to the numbers I'm looking at. . . . These numbers...
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Mike G
mikel_ind
Mar 12, 2003 9:21 am
... 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...
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Ed Weiland
weiland1029@...
Mar 12, 2003 12:05 pm
... Agreed ... Overrated, but also an key part of a great all-time team. In the past this has been given a lot of weight. I'm guessing Worthy gets in. I say he...
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harlanzo
Mar 12, 2003 3:34 pm
... Postseason, ... I would not want to overweigh his post season career too much. With Magic gone, Worthy was not great in the playoffs. I would not want to...
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aaronkoo
HoopStudies
Mar 12, 2003 3:58 pm
... not ... I'll play dissenter here. Parish and Worthy are very comparable players in terms of overall contribution. They were very valuable when playing...
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Gary Collard
gmcollard
Mar 12, 2003 4:41 pm
... What I think you are forgetting here is that this is per 48 minutes, not a plus-minus. Using Theron's hypothetical numbers above, if Garnett averages 40...
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aaronkoo
HoopStudies
Mar 12, 2003 5:00 pm
... game (48 ... NHL's ... minutes ... and ... Space ... kind of ... minutes, not a ... averages ... in the ... +24.4 ... I'm somehow missing the math here...
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aaronkoo
HoopStudies
Mar 12, 2003 5:14 pm
... minutes, not a ... averages ... in the ... +24.4 ... Looking at KevinP's pdf file helped a lot. Page 8 spells out the details of the numbers. KG and Dirk...
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Gary Collard
gmcollard
Mar 12, 2003 5:40 pm
... In, easily, due to career value. ... In, not a slam dunk but his playoff performances and being a key to a dynasty team puts him over the top. ... Very...
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Gary Collard
gmcollard
Mar 12, 2003 5:43 pm
... I could be misunderstanding the system, but will try. Let me try a hypothetical with round numbers for convenince. Harry Hoops plays 40 minutes a game,...
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Gary Collard
gmcollard
Mar 12, 2003 5:44 pm
... Sorry, missed this, where is this file? -- Gary Collard SABR-L Moderator collardg@... "If you embrace containment, you must accept proliferation,...
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Theron Skyles
theronskyles
Mar 12, 2003 6:12 pm
... From: "Gary Collard" <collardg@...> ... he ... is ... thing ... Sounds right to me, but I'm really just making an educated guess myself. ... The...
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Michael Tamada
tamada2
Mar 14, 2003 7:07 am
I bring this up, not as yet another new thread in the never-ending mega-thread of the existence of hot hands, but rather as a follow-up to our discussion last...
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John W. Craven
Johnny_Slick
Mar 14, 2003 8:55 pm
Here's my own contribution to game-by-game consistency. Personally, I like it the best because: a. It's relatively easy to calculate, and easier to understand...
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igorkupfer@...
edkupfer
Mar 14, 2003 10:41 pm
... From: "John W. Craven" <john1974@...> To: <APBR_analysis@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 3:55 PM Subject: [APBR_analysis] Re:...
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igorkupfer@...
edkupfer
Mar 14, 2003 11:28 pm
... From: "Michael Tamada" <tamada@...> To: <APBR_analysis@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 2:07 AM Subject: [APBR_analysis] Hot hand, a...
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Michael Tamada
tamada2
Mar 15, 2003 12:22 am
... From: igorkupfer@... [mailto:igorkupfer@...] Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 2:41 PM ... [...] ... One thing that bugs me about the similarity...
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john wallace craven
Johnny_Slick
Mar 15, 2003 1:36 am
... It was just a "game time decision", so to speak. Blocks stop a shot that was probably going to go in from even having a chance at going in, so I gave it 2....
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Daniel Dickey
danthestatma...
Mar 15, 2003 1:44 am
... Interesting.... Curry is supposed to be a defensive stopper - yet looking at the lineup stats (halfway down the sheet) - the two most common lineups with...
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Gary Collard
gmcollard
Mar 15, 2003 2:14 am
... What you say about accessibility and simplicity is true. It would be better for the state of the art if everything was "open source," but guys want to...
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John Hollinger
alleyoop2
Mar 15, 2003 10:32 pm
That would imply that Minnesota is about -22 points a game in the 10 or so minutes when Garnett is not on the floor. That's not even remotely believable....
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John Hollinger
alleyoop2
Mar 15, 2003 10:48 pm
I think you're all forgetting the HOF is combined college and pro. I agree with the sentiment that Worthy was mightily overrated as a pro, but collegiately he...
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Mike G
mikel_ind
Mar 16, 2003 3:34 pm
... FGMiss; my impression is that they do not because he doesn't seem to include them when he lists players' similar stats. Shooting % is pre-included in the...
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Charles Board
charlie_board
Mar 16, 2003 4:33 pm
... Point of fact...Worthy was never a National Player Of The Year winner (at least not of any of the major awards that the NCAA recognizes). In fact, he was...
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bchaikin@...
Mar 17, 2003 3:41 pm
the fact that anyone would even consider james worthy for the hall of fame is beyond me.... looking strictly at his pro stats there is nothing overly...
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harlanzo
Mar 17, 2003 4:31 pm
... of fame is ... impressive about ... point - as ... shoulder more ... (39 min/g ... game did not ... his scoring ... career, ... mchale, and ... When you...
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aaronkoo
HoopStudies
Mar 17, 2003 8:13 pm
... of fame is ... impressive about ... point - as ... shoulder more ... (39 min/g ... did not ... his scoring ... Sounds like Hornacek a little. People use...
