... mid- ... Adrian ... show. ... is ... It's tough to make this case without looking a bit more carefully, I think. Do individual players show declining...
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harlanzo@...
Mar 8, 2001 3:16 am
I see things on the site have slowed down of late so I thought I would pose a less scientific question than most that are wrestled with on this site. The...
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bchaikin@...
Mar 8, 2001 1:47 pm
harlan - using the online historical basketball stats database at the APBR website, you can compare KJ vs. Kidd in a number of categories, including per game...
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msg_53@...
Mar 8, 2001 3:00 pm
... thought ... he ... statistical ... must ... I have been looking for an occasion to present an example of my analysis technique. Kidd vs. KJ will do just...
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Dean Oliver
deano@...
Mar 8, 2001 3:48 pm
... I've personally had to work on other basketball tasks as well as real work. ... thought ... he ... Opinion first -- KJ was generally a better offensive...
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Dean Oliver
deano@...
Mar 8, 2001 4:17 pm
... teams. ... Brain spasm here. Kidd never played with Finley. They were traded for each other (something I even wrote about when it happened). I had been...
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Dean Oliver
deano@...
Mar 8, 2001 7:19 pm
... My point is that McDyess was MUCH better with the Suns than he has ever been with the Nuggets -- this All-Star year fully withstanding. Gugliotta before...
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Robert Bradley
bradleyrd13@...
Mar 8, 2001 7:45 pm
... Personally, I think Johnson would be a better fit on the current team considering their weaknesses (which are scoring and perimeter shooting - two areas he...
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Dean Oliver
deano@...
Mar 8, 2001 10:39 pm
... Very opposite. I really will have to work to dig up their numbers. I'm still accumulating old data through a source with the league. The Group database...
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msg_53@...
Mar 9, 2001 12:07 am
... For their careers: Westphal: sco 20.8, reb 2.5, ast 5.6, stl 1.7, TO 3.2, blk .4 DJohnson: 14.4 4.3 5.2 1.5 2.6 .7 regular...
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Robert Bradley
bradleyrd13@...
Mar 9, 2001 12:31 am
... Johnson of course enjoyed a much longer period of productivity and was far superior defensively, Westphal was as good offensively as Maravich an Gervin in...
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msg_53@...
Mar 9, 2001 12:41 am
To all who wonder: Mike Goodman's alltime rankings, based on statistics compiled since 1952, are based on standardized per-game averages, career totals,...
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Dean Oliver
deano@...
Mar 9, 2001 7:20 pm
I was barely 10 yrs old when Westphal had his last good year, so forgive my memory. His numbers were quite good before he went to Seattle.... Scor. Poss....
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harlanzo@...
Mar 9, 2001 9:49 pm
It is tough to evaluate DJ because he apparently has the dreaded "intangibles" label where we know he played with winners and we are pretty sure that good...
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Dean Oliver
deano@...
Mar 9, 2001 10:43 pm
... The big intangibles are in the defense, as far as I'm concerned. But I would also point out that the Celtic defense fell apart after 1986 (Walton left and...
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Dean Oliver
deano@...
Mar 13, 2001 4:29 am
Has anyone looked at the effect of playing games with certain amount of rest? At the request of someone I work with, I did a quick check tonight. This is what...
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harlanzo@...
Mar 13, 2001 5:34 pm
Did you look at the effect of rest in terms of age as well? I remember that there was talk that the last couple of years Ewing was much more effective in the...
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Dean Oliver
deano@...
Mar 13, 2001 8:49 pm
... Good question. I will attempt to look at it, but my personnel db has limited info on birthdates. For what I have, I will give it a shot....
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msg_53@...
Mar 23, 2001 9:39 am
Seeing a dearth of activity in here, I will attempt to stir things up with my list of the top players of the current NBA season, and their composite...
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Dean Oliver
deano@...
Mar 24, 2001 6:52 pm
I must admit that I have much less time than I thought for doing the work I want to do. I have some studies in the work to study the defensive effects of...
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msg_53@...
Mar 25, 2001 12:18 am
I was surprised when I saw an article lamenting the omission of Dennis Johnson from the NBA alltime Top 50. I certainly did not predict any statistical...
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Al Hoffman
ath@...
Mar 25, 2001 2:32 am
... Same things he has always done when give the opportunity (minutes): rebound, play good D, take care of the ball & shoot a good %. He's one of the few...
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msg_53@...
Mar 25, 2001 1:33 pm
expanded subject heading: How to compare players of different eras. I have been grappling with a few factors: 1) Between 1952 and 1969, the NBA increased its...
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Dean Oliver
deano@...
Mar 25, 2001 7:09 pm
... eras. Fundamentally, my answer to this question is always: Depends on what you want to do. 1. Do you want to see who dominated their era more? 2. Do you...
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Dean Oliver
deano@...
Mar 25, 2001 10:50 pm
As mentioned a couple messages ago, I have started to look at the effect of losing certain players on their team defense. Knowing that defense is the toughest...
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harlanzo@...
Mar 26, 2001 6:29 am
The problem of comparing eras is obviously one where there are no verifiable answers. Still, I don't think we are at a complete dead- end and should give up....
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Dean Oliver
deano@...
Mar 27, 2001 4:59 am
... one ... Yeah, I guess I have had Spoon looking decent for a while. This year, though, playing well on a bad team is impressive. Sc.Poss Poss Fl%...
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deano@...
Mar 28, 2001 9:16 pm
Has anyone ever tried to duplicate what Bill James did with similarity scores in baseball? Similarity scores are what comes out of a statistical comparison...
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bchaikin@...
Mar 28, 2001 10:04 pm
dean - i've read most of james' books but don't remember this. can you give an example?... bob chaikin bchaikin@......
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Dean Oliver
deano@...
Mar 28, 2001 11:22 pm
... an ... I think he introduces it in his '86 Abstract. But until I get home to check, here is an online reference... ...
