... Heh. Too little, I guess... ... Malone did play center a little bit, and the Jazz did kind of suck when they did so. That being said, I think you can trace...
2605
roland_beech
Nov 1, 2003 10:54 pm
...one game is all it took and I'm a believer. I would change my rookie of the year vote in a heartbeat -- I don't think it will be any contest barring...
2606
Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Nov 2, 2003 7:06 pm
I apologize for not responding sooner. I've been traveling and in depositions for some expert witness work. Interesting experience. Kinda fun, but not as...
2607
Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Nov 2, 2003 8:22 pm
Interestingly, the NBA puts out a table of league average experience by season. I found this to be an interesting pattern. I'll post without comment for now:...
2608
igor eduardo küpfer
edkupfer
Nov 2, 2003 11:08 pm
Has this been covered? Ast/FGmade 02-03 Home Away Win 62.4% 59.1% Loss 61.2% 57.8% Seems like pretty clear bias against the visitors to me. ed...
2609
Mike G
mikel_ind
Nov 2, 2003 11:29 pm
... Granting assists more liberally to the home team (almost 6% more generous, win or lose) might cause someone to think differently about a player -- unless...
2610
Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Nov 2, 2003 11:43 pm
... My take on home court bias in reffing or scoring is this: you can't tell whether it's home court bias or just players playing better at home. Is there...
2611
harlanzo
Nov 3, 2003 12:03 am
... can't ... I'd be interested to see how the white Jason Williams home assists changed when he went from Sacramento to Memphis. It was rumored that Memphis'...
2612
wimpds
Nov 3, 2003 12:13 am
Am I the only one having trouble accessing the new material? I can only read the old articles, I can't access team/player pages....
2613
Mike G
mikel_ind
Nov 3, 2003 2:00 pm
... can't ... Yes. Home teams are granted 5.6% more assists in games they win. Home teams get 5.9% more assists in games they lose. I suppose it's possible...
2614
Mike G
mikel_ind
Nov 3, 2003 2:29 pm
... is that? It sounds like the defense did the right thing, but the offense was even righter. Forcing the offense to a low-% shot is the goal of the defense....
2615
schtevie2003
Nov 3, 2003 3:09 pm
... experience ... through present. ... And one other comment: What stands out most clearly is that the average player (approximately a small forward in...
2616
Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Nov 3, 2003 3:44 pm
... Actually it's a wide open shot -- that's not a low % shot. Unguarded shots are 10-20% more likely to go in, by some of my charting. ... The inequity is...
2617
Michael Tamada
tamada2
Nov 3, 2003 8:52 pm
... From: Kevin Pelton [mailto:kpelton08@...] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 5:37 PM [...] ... I like the more organic "laugh test" which just sort of...
2618
Mike G
mikel_ind
Nov 3, 2003 9:25 pm
... context ... as ... become ... The laugh test is somewhat subject to the general tenor of the discussion. Just as in real life, one person laughing becomes...
2619
Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Nov 3, 2003 10:44 pm
... Just FYI -- my book does have some of my reasons for not thinking that Cummings is so great. Not having time to put them down now (mainly because my brain...
2620
Michael Tamada
tamada2
Nov 3, 2003 10:55 pm
... From: Mike G [mailto:msg_53@...] Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 3:29 PM ... All good points, although I would also take DeanO's point and drive it...
2621
Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Nov 4, 2003 12:04 am
Thanks, Mike, for clarifying what I had little time to explain. And, yes, Hakeem did have an assist taken away. They do review such things, though I don't...
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igor eduardo küpfer
edkupfer
Nov 4, 2003 2:21 am
... From: "Michael Tamada" <tamada@...> To: <APBR_analysis@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 5:55 PM Subject: RE: [APBR_analysis] Re: Home...
2623
Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Nov 4, 2003 4:57 am
... awarded ... home while ... home, which ... a lot of ... teams) and ... hand ... And it's pretty hard to prove that this is anything but random noise in...
2624
Charlie Board
charlie_board
Nov 4, 2003 9:07 pm
... Well, I dunno....my version would be "If you have Shaq at the top, your rating system either undervalues defense, undervalues actual time on the court - or...
2625
Stephen Greenwell
etienneuri
Nov 4, 2003 9:27 pm
Well, I dunno....my version would be "If you have Shaq at the top, your rating system either undervalues defense, undervalues actual time on the court - or...
2626
John Hollinger
alleyoop2
Nov 4, 2003 11:37 pm
Hey, sorry I didn't see this sooner. Amazon made a grossly negligent error and has since corrected it. The book is in stores and all the major online dealers...
2627
John Hollinger
alleyoop2
Nov 4, 2003 11:44 pm
I actually covered this briefly in the Prospectus. Memphis' scorekeeper gave him assists like it was Halloween candy. ... at...
2628
John Hollinger
alleyoop2
Nov 4, 2003 11:46 pm
They did the same thing to Webber last year after the Sac scorekeeper gave him a bogus assist to get a triple-double. ... And, ... <tamada@o...> ... no ... ...
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john1974@...
Johnny_Slick
Nov 5, 2003 1:38 am
... This is certainly something deserving of more intense scrutiny, I'll agree with that much. My take on Cummings and Gilmore, based only on personal...
2630
Michael Tamada
tamada2
Nov 5, 2003 2:40 am
... From: john1974@... [mailto:john1974@...] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 5:39 PM On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Mike G wrote: [...] ... The...
2631
Gary Collard
gmcollard
Nov 5, 2003 4:10 am
Yeah, and they tried to pretend they did not. I got the following in reply to my very terse e-mail telling them of the error of their ways - the funny thing...
2632
Mike G
mikel_ind
Nov 5, 2003 8:29 am
... These guys have similar career totals, it's true; and also true that Love got most of his credentials in a 7-year span -- and outside of that, very little....
2633
john1974@...
Johnny_Slick
Nov 5, 2003 3:03 pm
... I have to disagree here. Fielding Runs for first base were way off too. Outfield had its own problems (stemming, I think, more from Palmer and Thorn's...
