... http://www.hoopsworld.com/article_6419.shtml There's my review. Admittedly, you'd probably get just as much out of reading DeanO's chapter summaries at...
Happy New Year to everyone, and here's to some happy 2004 NBA moments! Just ran some clutch shooting analysis and among notable players, Kirilenko's...
I just joined this group so apologies if the following throughts are old news. ... I've been trying to think of a good way to measure the value of an assist ...
This is nice stuff, but do you also adjust for home vs away games? I would guess that on average it's probably even more important than opponent's strength in...
... From: Kevin Pelton [mailto:kpelton08@...] Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 10:26 AM ... I still haven't finished reading DeanO's book, in fact I'm...
When you state "multivariate regression" I assume you mean one dependent variable with multiple explanatory variables. Correct? That is "multiple regression"....
... you found: it ... I try to assign weights that correspond to minutes played. For some guys [Bruce Bowen], there are no stats that you can "jack up" to ...
... made ... Simmy, this is excellent. I've tried to find time for a comprehensive reply. But before this info becomes too stale, I'll just blurt out some...
Hi, I haven't yet attempted to adjust for home vs. away. I know it would make a big difference for Portland - at the time of these ratings, the Blazers had...
... Thanks. I do want to inject some severe caution into using this rating I posted as any sort of true player rating. For one thing, there are several ways...
... records, ... Can we see what kind of rankings you get if you just ignore the individual losses? I tried some correlations of your win #'s , but I don't...
... possessions, ... app and ... posession ... points). ... and ... If so, ... Here's a list of some Usenet threads discussing the possible value of assists: ...
The major problem I have with assists, is that I believe it isn't a very good individual statistic. It relies too much upon what another player does with the...
... I don't buy this, and here's why. In this column, http://www.hoopsworld.com/article_5259.shtml I took a look at the "stickiness" of various statistical...
Well, assist totals can be similiar from year to year or team to team, just like the saves category in baseball, but it still doesn't do anything about the...
... From: jsm_44092 [mailto:tpr42345@...] Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 10:16 PM ... The terminology may be discipline-dependent. In econometrics, I...
I was thinking of a simpler, cruder home-away correction. Although some teams seem to thrive at home and wilt away from it (Utah) and others seem to be road...
... From: Michael Tamada Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 9:44 AM ... Correcting myself, I think the appropriate comparison is a .667 team to a .333 team. That...
Well, in basketball just about every statistic is dependent upon what a player's teammates do. Even rebounds are harder to get if your teammates fail to block...
Michael, thanks for the thoughtful reply. vr, Xeifrank ... doesn't ... has ... are ... <kpelton08@h...> ... <xeifrank@y...> ... isn't ... the ... point ... and...
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But if you're looking for some completely teammate-independent, context-independent statistic, no you're not going to find one in basketball. you sure about...
... are old news. ... volunteers ... or ... assist ... Couple comments (I'm on the road and have little time... again)... 1. In my book, I surveyed the...
Thanks to everyone for your thoughtful responses. I'm happy that finding this group got me to organize my thoughts on the subject and I'm continuing to go...
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(A) But if you're looking for some completely teammate-independent, context-independent statistic, no you're not going to find one in basketball. (B) you sure...
I wonder if there is a correlation between the presence of a shot blocker and the number of long range shots taken by the opposing team- -the presumption being...
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anyone looking at the Sacramento Kings this year might wonder how they could be doing so well without chris webber. brad miller has been a very nice addition,...
Thanks, clearly my figure of 2/3 home wins was based on 1970s-1980s memories, in recent years the figure's been more like 3/5. There's a lot of little detailed...
