... But Prince played in a competitive series and Harrington played against a lottery team. Indiana probably could have played their second string and still...
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Gabe Farkas
gabefark
Apr 27, 2004 6:09 pm
Wasn't Prince's breakout series against Orlando, the 8th seed? ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo!...
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tajallie@...
frontrange_
Apr 27, 2004 7:20 pm
... Orlando went up 3-1 in the series (T-Mac famous, "we're going to the second round" quote) and Prince was matched up against McGrady in his break-out year....
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tajallie@...
frontrange_
Apr 27, 2004 8:46 pm
... I went back and checked the PER rating for the last five from 1997- 1998 to 2002-2003 season to see who successfully made jumps from not playing but being...
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Kevin Pelton
thedawgsareout
Apr 28, 2004 4:31 am
I think both of the recent discussions here come down to one thing: context. One aspect of Harrington's context has already been alluded to -- the level of...
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tajallie@...
frontrange_
Apr 28, 2004 6:49 am
Don't rule out White, a unrestricted free agent . . .in the right place despite certain weaknesses in his game he could certainly be pretty interesting. After...
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Mike G
mikel_ind
Apr 28, 2004 10:06 am
... No, it wasn't a competitive series. That's because the Pacers dominated them, this time around. Last year, they didn't. Indiana's 2nd string -- notably...
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Mike G
mikel_ind
Apr 28, 2004 10:35 am
... As a Pacer fan, I'd surely like to know what to expect from Harrington. Before 2 weeks ago, he had no playoff contributions to speak of. He had in his...
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Mike G
mikel_ind
Apr 28, 2004 10:50 am
Giving all kinds of credit to SA players due to their domination in this series. Memphis had won 3 of 4 in the season, being the one team that took full...
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Mike G
mikel_ind
Apr 28, 2004 10:52 am
Again, all the best players appear to be on one team. Martin is the one Net that played out of his head. And Kidd's shooting was up there. 47.9 Martin,Kenyon...
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Mike G
mikel_ind
Apr 28, 2004 12:18 pm
The 1st team is exactly as it should have been: 30.7 Lebron James .487 20.2 5.5 6.0 29.2 Dwyane Wade .528 19.1 4.6 5.3 29.1 Carmelo Anthony .507 21.9 6.3 2.9 ...
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tajallie@...
frontrange_
Apr 28, 2004 3:37 pm
"It sounds as if you're saying that when team A dominates team B -- necessarily making team B look bad in the process -- team A's dominance is overstated...
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Kevin Pelton
thedawgsareout
Apr 28, 2004 4:04 pm
... Agreed. I was going to add him to my discussion of Daniels, but something went haywire between my brain and the keyboard. ... Robinson had two really good...
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tajallie@...
frontrange_
Apr 28, 2004 4:53 pm
It occurred to me last night laying bed agonizing over 'Melo's non- appearance in a game where 4-16 would probably have been enough to scare the s_ _t out of...
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dan_t_rosenbaum
Apr 29, 2004 2:57 am
I have completed a major update of my WINVAL ratings (using data from Roland at 82games.com) for both 2002-03 and 2003-04. I have come up with a way to...
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tajallie@...
frontrange_
Apr 29, 2004 2:45 pm
Dan, I like the ratings and am still digesting all the adjsutments. Just curious, how much difference would it make to Frahm's rating to remove the Dec 20 game...
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dan_t_rosenbaum
Apr 29, 2004 4:45 pm
It is a little tricky taking that one game of Frahm's out. It could be done, but it would probably take a few hours to make all of the necessary changes in...
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Kevin Pelton
thedawgsareout
Apr 29, 2004 5:33 pm
... If you were going to take out anything, I don't think it would be the 12/20 game. I don't recall his plus-minus being anything exceptional for that game. ...
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dan_t_rosenbaum
Apr 29, 2004 6:02 pm
Below are the details of clutch time/garbage time adjustments. Depending on exactly when Frahm played in that 12/10 game and the margin at the time, it is...
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dan_t_rosenbaum
Apr 29, 2004 6:50 pm
Here is a piece using my WINVAL-stuff that is more fun and easier to digest. In it I discuss which players I would have selected for All- NBA, along with what...
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tajallie@...
frontrange_
Apr 29, 2004 8:15 pm
Good stuff. Personal Disclaimer: Born in Portland, raised on the 76-77 Trail Blazers, living in Colorado for the last 9 years. So, having watched quite a bit...
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Gabe Farkas
gabefark
Apr 29, 2004 9:54 pm
didn't Trajan Langdon have something similar two years ago where he just exploded one game? ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000...
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Kevin Pelton
thedawgsareout
Apr 29, 2004 10:15 pm
... Quoting from his NBA.com playerfile: "on Nov. 21 vs. Detroit, scored a career-high 31 points on 11-13 FG (career-high 11 FGM), including 6-6 on...
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tajallie@...
frontrange_
Apr 29, 2004 10:43 pm
Dan, I am unclear how you adjust for player who typically compete against stronger players . . .in the article you say you adjust for who player play against...
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dan_t_rosenbaum
Apr 29, 2004 10:55 pm
There is nothing in the All-NBA piece that describes precisely what I am doing. The piece that I link to in article discusses that in gory detail. I do this...
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tajallie@...
frontrange_
Apr 30, 2004 2:22 pm
Dan, I saw the regression part which basically adjusts the value of each recorded activity against league/team averages. . .but I didn't see anything that...
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dan_t_rosenbaum
Apr 30, 2004 3:08 pm
Equation (1) has nothing to do with league/team averages. Variables are included in that equation for each of the players and that is where the adjustments...
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McKibbin, Stuart
thefiend42
Apr 30, 2004 8:34 pm
How close is this to the Holy Grail? What more could be asked of an evaluation method? It adjusts for who you play with, who you play against, home or away,...
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John Hollinger
alleyoop2
May 1, 2004 4:55 am
I completely disagree on Swift. He was used as a backup center, but he's 6-9 and 225 pounds. In other words, he's a power forward whose minutes are blocked by...
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John Hollinger
alleyoop2
May 1, 2004 4:59 am
Daniels should have been first team instead of Hinrich. He could have played 40 minutes a game for a crappy team and done much more than Hinrich did. But the...
