... OK. This is what I generally think, too. Managing the middle players is where it's at. But people do see the rebounding totals of these guys and they...
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schtevie2003
Jul 31, 2003 8:43 pm
... college ... to ... . . From my perspective, the types of increased competitive advantage I am anticipating do not necessarily relate to making the big hit,...
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igor eduardo küpfer
edkupfer
Jul 31, 2003 8:20 pm
<snip most> ... From: Dean Oliver To: APBR_analysis@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 4:05 PM Subject: [APBR_analysis] Re: SABR/Sports Econ update ...
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Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Jul 31, 2003 8:05 pm
... realized ... the ... I am more confident now than I was a year ago that we can bring estimation errors down a bit, but I do think that there is a more ...
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lilnemoinslumber
lilnemoinslu...
Jul 31, 2003 7:13 pm
... quite ... very ... I would agree with you that Phil has done a wonderful job of fitting role players in. But I would also say that this speaks to his ...
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schtevie2003
Jul 31, 2003 4:31 pm
... <tamada@o...> wrote: . . ... easier ... . . . ... of ... expected ... than ... draft ... . . . ... important ... You do restate my view correctly, though,...
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Michael Tamada
tamada2
Jul 31, 2003 8:57 am
... From: Kevin Pelton [mailto:kpelton08@...] Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 1:04 AM ... I think this is yet another area where basketball and baseball...
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Kevin Pelton
thedawgsareout
Jul 31, 2003 8:04 am
... In Bowie's case injuries were, of course, a major factor - though a predictable one, considering his college track record. I'm not sure I'd be comfortable...
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Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Jul 31, 2003 5:05 am
... I would actually argue that Phil Jackson has actually done this quite well. People note his ability with stars, but I'd say that he is very good with role...
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lilnemoinslumber
lilnemoinslu...
Jul 31, 2003 1:52 am
... This is an important point to keep in mind. We can all agree that it is easy to adapt to your players when they happen to be Jordan, Worthy, et al. But...
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Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Jul 30, 2003 11:12 pm
... wrote: lots of good stuff... ... issues, ... players ... and ... predicted ... sure ... such ... and ... What ... that ... his ... MJ is a very interesting...
... <kpelton08@h...> ... impossible to ... (only in ... games in ... His athleticism ... which was a ... probably ... (compared ... to the ... the study ... ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
2322
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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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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Mike Witty
djmikeymike99
Jul 25, 2003 6:09 pm
KOBE BRYANT'S LOVE TESTER GAME <-- How Well Do You Score?! http://www.madblast.com/view.cfm?type=FunFlash&display=2446 ...
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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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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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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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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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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...
