Good luck. :-) Scoring is very important for al lot of fans. So the scoring per would be usefull. I hope you will publish your prospectus for a long time. I...
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Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Feb 1, 2004 7:21 pm
... The stuff I report for individuals is typically Eff FG% Turnovers as a percentage of possessions Eff OR% FTM/FGA These are equivalent to the Four Factors I...
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Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Feb 1, 2004 7:28 pm
Mike -- Efficiency-wise, MJ made quite a few players better. BJ Armstrong, Steve Kerr, Horace Grant, Scottie Pippen, Toni Kukoc, etc. Sure, he took...
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fadeawaymike
Feb 1, 2004 9:21 pm
I've bought your book also. First I've read the Prospectus of Hollinger and after that Basketball on paper. I'v read reviews that said: the prospectus is good...
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dlirag@...
dlirag
Feb 2, 2004 7:45 am
Bob Chaikin's program indicates that the shooting percentage of most NBA players while getting fouled is between 10-20%. Has anyone else done a study on this?...
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bchaikin@...
Feb 2, 2004 3:07 pm
Bob Chaikin's program indicates that the shooting percentage of most NBA players while getting fouled is between 10-20%. Has anyone else done a study on this? ...
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Charlie Board
charlie_board
Feb 2, 2004 4:42 pm
... Indeed - what jumped out at me from Ed's original post was the *huge* percentage of 3FGA that were assisted. If I'm reading his numbers correctly only 36%...
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wimpds
Feb 2, 2004 7:13 pm
Can somebody explain why Yao Ming doesn't play more minutes? Thanks!...
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bchaikin@...
Feb 2, 2004 7:57 pm
Can somebody explain why Yao Ming doesn't play more minutes? Thanks! excellent question... it's certainly not because he fouls too much.....and he's...
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Michael Tamada
tamada2
Feb 2, 2004 10:27 pm
... From: Charlie Board [mailto:cboard@...] Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 8:40 AM ... A good point, but now we're getting into things which are...
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nick_scholtz
Feb 3, 2004 12:20 am
I think the differences in 3pt and FT% obdcure the basic question: What is the scoring efficiency on plays with "potential" assists and on plays with no...
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nick_scholtz
Feb 3, 2004 12:39 am
uh . . . make that "obscures"; I don't mean to suggest that other questions are uninteresting (I would, for example, suggest that the reason why FT% is lower in...
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John Hollinger
alleyoop2
Feb 3, 2004 2:03 am
I think in Yao's case it's more a question of matchups. Certain teams can get him in situations where he's chasing guys around the perimeter and can't keep up...
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wimpds
Feb 3, 2004 5:29 am
This might be a dumb question, but why wouldn't an opposing coach just create those matchups every chance they get? Then they could play the whole game...
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Mike G
mikel_ind
Feb 3, 2004 3:56 pm
I've never seen Yao play; but it stands to reason that he's somewhat effective for a few minutes of "chasing guys around", and less effective as his minutes...
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Kevin Pelton
thedawgsareout
Feb 3, 2004 5:39 pm
Dang it, JohnH. One last column and you manage to steal precisely the topic I was planning to address within the next week -- how this year's "breakout"; stars...
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Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Feb 3, 2004 5:43 pm
... Still preliminary, but that's pretty close to the difference between points per possession and points per play, i.e., the value of an offensive rebound. I...
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bchaikin@...
Feb 3, 2004 6:10 pm
... Still preliminary, but that's pretty close to the difference between points per possession and points per play, i.e., the value of an offensive rebound. I...
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schtevie2003
Feb 3, 2004 6:28 pm
In the "how big is big" category, here is how I would contextualize the calculated value. Consider the case of Sacramento, the best passing team in the NBA,...
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Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Feb 3, 2004 6:33 pm
Plenty of papers available through... http://www.csub.edu/~dberri/ Some abstracts and papers at http://www.csub.edu/%7Edberri/Research.html ... ...
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schtevie2003
Feb 3, 2004 6:52 pm
... defeating ... of ... is ... Perhaps I should also have added the calculation for New Jersey, the second best passing team in the league, as measured by...
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Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Feb 3, 2004 6:55 pm
... Hadn't noticed that the SI gig was up. What are you up to? Of the guys you point out as surprises, I had noticed them myself, with the exception of Rodney...
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Kevin Pelton
thedawgsareout
Feb 3, 2004 7:07 pm
... I was pretty impressed with his college numbers (and the one game I saw him play), enough so to pick him as my #4 college SG prospect before the draft. His...
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bchaikin@...
Feb 3, 2004 7:33 pm
Plenty of papers available through... http://www.csub.edu/~dberri/ Some abstracts and papers at http://www.csub.edu/~dberri/research.html i eventually found...
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John Hollinger
alleyoop2
Feb 3, 2004 9:04 pm
Oy, Sorry to burn your turf like that. Probably should have wrote it sooner -- this year's "breakout"; guys have been amazing in how obviously predictable they...
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wimpds
Feb 3, 2004 9:54 pm
... That's what seems so confusing. His average value is so high, could his marginal value really be that low? I don't know if he's had many big minute...
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Mike G
mikel_ind
Feb 3, 2004 11:41 pm
Try this: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/3599/gamelog You might look for not only effectiveness beyond 30 minutes, but after zero games rest, etc. Mo...
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Kevin Pelton
thedawgsareout
Feb 4, 2004 12:54 am
... Here you go: http://www.sonicscentral.com/yaominutes.jpg I just used the NBA's Efficiency/Manley Credits; that's enough accuracy for a single game and...
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Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Feb 4, 2004 1:27 am
... it ... A case where a guy isn't living up to what he did before is Gilbert Arenas. He's had drops across the board, seemingly. Or, what about Carlos...
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bchaikin@...
Feb 4, 2004 1:30 am
In a message dated 2/3/2004 8:06:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... this graph appears to show that in about 1/3 of his games yao ming played 35 or more minutes....
