I've temporarily uploaded to the Files section an Excel file of current/recent players' careers. In a couple of days, probably, I'll download it to my...
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Leo Walsh
Lojowo
Jul 2, 2003 10:28 pm
Hi Mike, Pretty interesting file. What are you using it for? ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! ...
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Mike G
mikel_ind
Jul 3, 2003 6:31 pm
... Well, Leo, I like to see how the course of players' careers go. Whether they look to be peaking, nearing the end, etc. I also like updating my list of the...
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Daniel Dickey
danthestatma...
Jul 4, 2003 2:30 pm
I was using a scaled replacement level when I was woring on my NBA stuff last year. Replacement level for a player that played very little was about league...
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Mike G
mikel_ind
Jul 10, 2003 5:11 am
As recently as 1999, the East was winning 55% of inter-conference games. The West took over and beat the East down to 39% in 2001. The East rebounded to 45%...
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Michael Tamada
tamada2
Jul 10, 2003 5:40 am
... From: Mike G [mailto:msg_53@...] Sent: Wed 7/9/2003 10:11 PM As recently as 1999, the East was winning 55% of inter-conference games. The West...
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igor eduardo küpfer
edkupfer
Jul 10, 2003 5:55 am
... From: "Mike G" <msg_53@...> To: <APBR_analysis@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 1:11 AM Subject: [APBR_analysis] East - West...
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Mike G
mikel_ind
Jul 10, 2003 1:50 pm
... wrote: remember around December of this season when the East ... flurry of postings ... could be an artifact of ... the season things ... advantage. ...
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Charles Board
charlie_board
Jul 12, 2003 1:10 am
To me the amazing thing about the disparity this year was how *complete* it was in terms of teams....it was very much like two distinct leagues, one clearly ...
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igor eduardo küpfer
edkupfer
Jul 13, 2003 4:48 am
There are players who seem to hang around forever, never having a huge impact, but being just good enough to earn a roster spot every season. Guys like Will...
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Mike G
mikel_ind
Jul 14, 2003 4:23 pm
... (Would someone please Unsubscribe this guy?) ... about the disparity this year was how *complete* it ... leagues, one clearly ... Can the league prohibit...
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Michael Tamada
tamada2
Jul 15, 2003 1:11 am
Interesting stuff. Also, 5 of the Top 10 and 11 of the Top 20 by my count fall into a subcategory of Stiff: BWS (Big White Stiffs, i.e. centers who are (a)...
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Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Jul 15, 2003 5:26 pm
... <mlaybr@y...> ... I just got back from a sports economics and SABR meeting. Lots of interesting stuff to talk about... later. For now, that guy is...
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igor eduardo küpfer
edkupfer
Jul 24, 2003 6:01 am
I was looking at the offensive ratings over time, and I came up with the 10 worst since 1974: 1 CHI_1999 90.7 2 NYN_1977 91.1 3 NOJ_1975 91.3 4...
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schtevie2003
Jul 24, 2003 5:13 pm
I am not sure exactly what is being computed when you subtract offensive ratings from defensive rating and get values in the 90s. Effectively this represents...
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Mike Witty
djmikeymike99
Jul 25, 2003 6:09 pm
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Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Jul 26, 2003 2:18 am
Interesting. I did this analysis for my book to some degree actually. There were a lot of rookie coaches on the bad teams. There was a lot of player turnover...
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Gary Collard
gmcollard
Jul 26, 2003 3:55 pm
This is certainly inappropriate for the APBR lists. ... -- Gary Collard SABR-L Moderator collardg@......
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John Hollinger
alleyoop2
Jul 27, 2003 3:57 am
I have the Nuggets rated as the worst offense of recent history. Relative to the league average in offensive efficiency, as I measure it, they are far, far...
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Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Jul 30, 2003 12:32 am
As I'm now a couple weeks removed from the meetings in Denver, where I attended both the SABR conference and the sports economic sessions of the Western...
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PDXWiz@...
cmdrgorlo
Jul 30, 2003 2:55 am
This sounds like they were very interesting--and very brain-taxing conferences--but that many ideas went out both ways to stimulate new thinking. Very ...
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PDXWiz@...
cmdrgorlo
Jul 30, 2003 3:07 am
Another thought occurs, about the similarity of the rise of Green Bay in the late 50s to league dominance in the 60s, to the rise of the Bulls in the 80s to...
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Kevin Pelton
thedawgsareout
Jul 30, 2003 7:58 am
... This is all important stuff, naturally, but I do believe you've saved the best for last here, DeanO. For me, it was impossible to read _Moneyball_ without...
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Mike G
mikel_ind
Jul 30, 2003 2:05 pm
... So if baseball goes belly-up, we can expect some of these people to jump into basketball ? ... about 5 ... partially true ... Analysts have a field day...
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Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Jul 30, 2003 6:38 pm
... Baseball ain't going belly-up. Another of the sessions was about what baseball will be like in 20 years. Some think there will be 45 teams. But only one...
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Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Jul 30, 2003 6:43 pm
... I talk about the draft part with the Sonics every so often. They obviously took more seasoned ballplayers this year, but would have gone for LaBron or...
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Michael Tamada
tamada2
Jul 30, 2003 7:17 pm
... From: Dean Oliver [mailto:deano@...] Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 11:43 AM ... wrote: [...] ... [...] ... This repeats some things we've discussed...
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schtevie2003
Jul 30, 2003 8:34 pm
... <kpelton08@h...> ... impossible to ... (only in ... games in ... His athleticism ... which was a ... probably ... (compared ... to the ... the study ... ...
... wrote: lots of good stuff... ... issues, ... players ... and ... predicted ... sure ... such ... and ... What ... that ... his ... MJ is a very interesting...
