... I would maybe call them "fun stats", because while they don't have much analytical value, they're fun/interesting to look at and add to our enjoyment of...
I heard Breem say that too and nearly fell out of my chair. Definitely a good sign. ... baseball. ... It ... acceptance ... acceptance ... numbers. ... media ...
... On base percentage plus slugging percentage. I think I only began seeing it in papers and on ESPN regularly this past season, so it's definitely excusable....
In this Age of Acronyms, we occasionally find these acronyms built from things other than single words: phrases, other acronyms. It's virtually impossible to...
I'm not so sure that you can dismiss the triple double as a fun but meaningless stat. I just did some quick research of the first 28 triple doubles of...
3) Finally, perhaps the strangest little tidbit of them all, of the 28 triple doubles over that 4 month period, 15 of those came on a night when somebody else...
Overall the on court versus off court comparisons seem to be in line with most of the assumptions about players and their value to a team (so Kevin Garnett is...
... analysis ... the ... Defining positions is undoubtedly very tricky in some instances, and with the zone defenses even more so when trying to allocate ...
I've been thinking about this situation for a while actually. So far my thinking is progressing a bit like this: 1. You're measuring effectively wins and...
so much for sleep. That defensive difference was significant at about 2%. At least as a first cut. Too tired to do it right. I still think significance is, ...
... FG, 37% eFG,.. ... they ... effect.. So are you using "raw" in/out numbers because it's time-consuming to generate "strength-adjusted" numbers in...
More evidence of not dismissing a triple-double as a "pop stat": According to STATS, Inc. there have been 436 triple-doubles recorded since 1991-92. Teams...
I call it a pop stat because it doesn't really say much to help analyze a team or a player. The problem with relating triple-doubles to win-loss is that it...
Agreed. I was probably too harsh in my criticism of the triple double, and I don't think that I could have explained my real position better than Dean just...
<snip discussion of triple double correlation with wins> In the 2002-03 season, I count 42 triple doubles (3D), with the 3D player's team winning 29 of those...
This seems like a good way of looking at it. Not significant at what level? ... player's ... 233 teams ... digit ... and blocks, ... necessarily the ... shows...
... Probably, but maybe not if the phrase "offensive efficiency" gets co-opted to some other measurement than the ones we use it for. Which I suspect is the...
In a very interesting note, Rick Barry out here in Oakland has been quoting Roland's points per 100 possession numbers ON THE AIR!!!! Today he was talking...
... Funny, I was about to make the same post about Desmond Mason, who is a well-regarded, if overrated, defender. Mason has been starting lately, because...
... Dampier. ... his ... Here again, I ask: Does Cardinal play mostly against scrubs, while Dampier seldom does? There's plenty of statistical "evidence"; to...
Cardinal is not just playing against scrubs. He is just playing remarkably well. I haven't had a chance to figure out whether it's sustainable. I don't...
For what its worth... Brian Cardinal was the Detroit Pistons' second-round pick (44 overall) in the 2000 NBA Draft. In his three seasons prior to 2003-04 he ...
I'm wondering, ¿What's up with the Magic? It's really exceptional when a team that had a .500 record suddendly becomes the worst team in the league without an...
The Magic have two major problems: 1) they stink on offense, and 2) they stink on defense. Seriously, they're near the bottom of the league in both. McGrady...
... [...] ... Well, you don't lose 19 straight games and not be at least a little unlucky. But in this case, you're also seeing, in part, a fluke of using a...
... for Kirilenko tonight, one of those 5x5's we were discussing earlier in the week (10 pts, 12 rebs, 6 asts, 6 stls, 5 blks) in Utah's 22-pt win over the...
