... Uh, yeah, that was a typo or space alien hijacking my computer. I honestly don't know what happened, but that first line was screwed up and I don't know...
3633
Mike G
mikel_ind
Apr 1, 2004 2:35 pm
... even ... Every rating system will have some players looking overrated relative to others. Part of it is your perception, and part of it is the system. ...
3634
Mike G
mikel_ind
Apr 1, 2004 3:05 pm
... regarding Reggie, Ray, Clyde, Penny, Pip... One reason I can't be too critical of systems that seem to unduly boost the rankings of high-efficiency /...
3635
Mike G
mikel_ind
Apr 1, 2004 3:16 pm
... <edkupfer@r...> wrote: ...> Especially interesting to me is the decrease in palming calls. ... I tuned in some NCAA action and was horrified. Recently...
3636
carlos12155
Apr 1, 2004 4:01 pm
... Well, part of the problem is that we are comparing players in different eras. Maybe John is measuring how effective are players relative to average...
3637
bchaikin@...
Apr 1, 2004 4:13 pm
I think BobC's simulation results are fascinating, if untestable. Such highly-varying results from "placing" a given player on a historic team. why might...
3638
Mike G
mikel_ind
Apr 1, 2004 5:36 pm
... untestable. Such ... team. ] ... are ... denounce the ... I'm assuming you can't take us back to 1996, trade Penny Hardaway to 8 different teams, and...
3639
bchaikin@...
Apr 1, 2004 6:28 pm
I'm assuming you can't take us back to 1996, trade Penny Hardaway to 8 different teams, and play 82 games with the whole NBA, 8 times over, to see how close...
3640
Michael Tamada
tamada2
Apr 2, 2004 11:35 am
Here's an article about statistical analysis of sports, in _The Economist_: http://www.economist.com/diversions/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2494781 The article...
3641
Mike G
mikel_ind
Apr 2, 2004 12:13 pm
... story_id=2494781 ... and alleyoop.com. ... They might have gotten "widely praised" from one of the websites mentioned. I see Alleyoop has Dampier in the...
3642
Mike G
mikel_ind
Apr 2, 2004 1:46 pm
... kobe and ... 14.3 pts/g, ... L record of ... what the real ... Very close. And the young Kobe is the one whose PPG are better than the sim suggests, while...
3643
Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Apr 2, 2004 4:20 pm
... think). ... Correct. ... Uh, yeah. Not a fun equation to derive or apply. It took me years to sit down and get motivated to get it right. But getting...
3644
bchaikin@...
Apr 2, 2004 5:49 pm
But what I find highly surprising is the Lakers' winning only 54 games, in this sim. Many people thought they'd win 70-80 games. Did you have to knock out...
3645
Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Apr 2, 2004 6:53 pm
... moves to American football and Dave Romer's article (the NY Times article about his paper probably helped here, plus the fact that true to its name, _The...
3646
bchaikin@...
Apr 2, 2004 9:58 pm
Because Roland lives in the Bay Area, the SF Weekly took him and me to a Warriors game, where, naturally, Dampier was the topic of conversation. Neither I ...
3647
Nate Duncan
luncandunc
Apr 2, 2004 11:46 pm
I was heartened to read Mark Cuban's blog today and see that he endorses a doctrine I've been espousing to my friends for awhile now; namely that far too many...
3648
Andy Finkelstein
andyf2
Apr 3, 2004 5:01 am
I'd be willing to bet that Dampier won't get a good look in the offseason, mainly because he's now out for the year with some sort of injury or other... as...
3649
Mike G
mikel_ind
Apr 3, 2004 1:51 pm
... position ... detriment ... get ... foul ... Seeing star players in a cast doesn't do much for the game, either. Stepping in front of/under a driving player...
3650
dan_t_rosenbaum
Apr 3, 2004 4:01 pm
I very much agree that offensive rebounds should be part of an offensive rating, but I think it is very tough to come up with the right way to do it. DeanO...
3651
Gabe Farkas
gabefark
Apr 3, 2004 5:46 pm
my guess is that he'll go through a similar hype and courting process that Marc Jackson (the tall one, not the 2nd-all-time-assists one) went through a few...
3652
Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Apr 3, 2004 5:55 pm
I personally thought that this idea was one of the worst I have ever seen. Taking away the ability of help defenders to draw charges would completely kill the...
3653
Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Apr 3, 2004 5:56 pm
... I will say that it was the conceptually most difficult aspect of what I've had to do. ... But this isn't actually true. A lot of offensive rebounders...
3654
Stephen Greenwell
etienneuri
Apr 3, 2004 7:25 pm
my guess is that he'll go through a similar hype and courting process that Marc Jackson (the tall one, not the 2nd-all-time-assists one) went through a few...
3655
bchaikin@...
Apr 3, 2004 8:03 pm
The problem with the offensive rebounding part is that unlike the points part or assist part, there is no negative associated with offensive rebounds..... But...
3656
roland_beech
Apr 3, 2004 10:53 pm
... actually I think there is a way to measure a negative associated with offensive rebounding to mitigate the effect somewhat. Namely "defensive rebounds...
3657
Gabe Farkas
gabefark
Apr 4, 2004 3:56 pm
don't forget also: McIllvaine, Jim. ie, the contract that ruined Shawn Kemp. anyway, my point of comparison was that both were having good/great years that...
3658
Gabe Farkas
gabefark
Apr 4, 2004 4:03 pm
your point about turnovers interests me. i'm curious, using your method, what the flip side of turnovers is? in other words, if Ron Artest steals the ball from...
3659
Mike G
mikel_ind
Apr 4, 2004 4:39 pm
... Good question, Gabe. The team gets indirect credit for "turnovers forced" in the final score. It amounts to an extra possession, and "points off ...
3660
Mike G
mikel_ind
Apr 4, 2004 4:54 pm
Dampier had 2 straight 20-rebound games, and a recent rebounding tear that coincided with an 8-1 streak by the team. He's ended his season as he started it,...
3661
bchaikin@...
Apr 4, 2004 6:49 pm
Dampier had 2 straight 20-rebound games, and a recent rebounding tear that coincided with an 8-1 streak by the team. He's ended his season as he started it,...
