In that case, I'd expect people to value forced TO's as much as they do steals. A few, though, might say that a steal has more fast break potential than most...
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mikel_ind
Jan 3, 2002 1:59 am
Missed shots and missed shot opportunities, from defensive pressure of all kinds, can be factored into any player's production rating, by taking the ratio of...
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dlirag
Jan 3, 2002 8:31 am
Jordan seems to be doing just as well as the group predicted, if not slightly better. The Wizards' improvement seems to involve slowing down the game and/or...
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Ed Weiland
weiland1029@...
Jan 3, 2002 12:43 pm
... Here are some numbers with and without Heywood: without(first 12 games): record: 3-9 point diff: 84.5-89.5 Reb diff: 41.5-42.9 FG Pct. diff:...
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mikel_ind
Jan 3, 2002 3:20 pm
Without looking up my own prediction about Jordan, I definitely recall myself saying he might average 17 points, unless he plays excessive minutes (anything...
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HoopStudies
Jan 3, 2002 6:49 pm
... Haywood is a pretty true center, one of the few that approaches Shaq size. He does not have Shaq's touch. And he had a tendency in college to play too...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Jan 4, 2002 12:20 am
If they don't permit you to post the article, can you give the citation (Author, Journal title, date and/or volume number, article title, page number if you...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Jan 4, 2002 12:34 am
Oops, I sent this prior to reading in detail the message that it'd been uploaded. Never mind. --MKT...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Jan 4, 2002 1:47 am
On Mon, 24 Dec 2001, HoopStudies wrote: [...] ... Mike G's critique I think makes a number of worthwhile points. One of the most important ones is the...
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Ed Weiland
weiland1029@...
Jan 4, 2002 1:19 pm
... Right now Tinsley, Gasol, Haywood, Kirilenko and Johnson would seem to be the favorites, but the season has a ways to go and I'm sure others will emerge. ...
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dlirag
Jan 4, 2002 4:30 pm
My observations/questions- 1. He does seem to criticize linear weights, but I think he meant to criticize specific formulas such as Heeren's and Bellotti's for...
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HoopStudies
Jan 4, 2002 4:59 pm
... of the ... This was my initial main point to him as well, and the one he seems to understand the least. I'll try to run the APBR_A words past him. I was...
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HoopStudies
Jan 4, 2002 6:42 pm
... demonstrate ... value ... being ... Iverson's ... Berri has said that he does not think that the value of stats do not depend on a team's other stats....
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ga basket
basketga
Jan 4, 2002 6:51 pm
You're right Pau Gasol is a very good player and he plays as well as his las season in Europe. But, Tony Parker, the young PG of San Antinio also makes a very...
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mikel_ind
Jan 5, 2002 12:29 am
... I have the following ratings for rookies: 29.9 Pau Gasol, Mem 28.7 Andrei Kirelenko, Uta 27.6 Jamaal Tinsley, Ind 27.1 Zeljco Rebraca, Det 24.6 Shane...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Jan 5, 2002 1:40 am
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, mikel_ind wrote: [...] ... Where do you have Earl Watson rated? He's scored fewer points per game than Radmanovic (both are rookies for...
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HoopStudies
Jan 5, 2002 1:56 am
... per game ... Watson's ... Having seen the Sonics and being pretty close to their operations, I know a bit about what they're thinking. They like...
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mikel_ind
Jan 5, 2002 2:11 am
Earl Watson rates 17.9, Radmanovich 19.6. Neither is worthy, at this time of starting anywhere, or even getting much time for a strong team. ... game ... ...
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harlanzo
Jan 5, 2002 3:53 am
I think the Charles Smith of SA is not rookie but a guy who was drafted by the Miami Heat back in 97 ouf of New Mexico and then went to the Clippers for Brent...
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mikel_ind
Jan 5, 2002 10:40 am
Right you are, harlanzo; and this is good news, as far as keeping track of guys named Charles Smith. After 2 seasons playing less than 300 minutes, and no...
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harlanzo
Jan 6, 2002 7:17 pm
I've already commented on this issue and I already agree with much of what has been said about the econometric NBA paper. Still, I have been thinking about...
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dlirag
Jan 7, 2002 3:21 pm
I agree. In your example, it's unlikely that Stoudamire became a much worse player after he joined the Blazers. His change in role contributed to the changes...
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dlirag
Jan 7, 2002 4:12 pm
If one were told that a certain NBA team had an X-game winning streak where X is the length of that winning streak, would one have enough information to make a...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Jan 8, 2002 5:39 am
... This is another perpetual difficulty of sports statistics: to what extent can we measure "ability" vs "performance"? You're undoubtedly correct that...
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HoopStudies
Jan 10, 2002 12:54 am
... extent ... correct ... But the ... What we have measures performance. It may not consolidate it into perfectly meaningful stuff, which is why we have...
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mikel_ind
Jan 10, 2002 1:50 pm
... Stoudamire wasn't so bad in TO, not quite an all-star, but the key to respectability for the Raps for 2 seasons. Here is his career briefly, according to...
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McKibbin, Stuart
thefiend42
Jan 11, 2002 2:51 am
I think Mr Berri's done us all a great favor by crunching the appropriate marginal value of wins out of each statistical category the NBA compiles. As others...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Jan 11, 2002 3:11 am
Two excellent points that Stuart McKibbin has made: Prof' Berri's adjustment's by position are indeed an attempt to correct for players' roles on a team. And...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Jan 11, 2002 4:01 am
... The other possibility is that the go-to guy is getting the good shots, and the now-role-playing Stoudamire had the settle for the following kinds of shots:...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Jan 11, 2002 4:08 am
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, HoopStudies wrote: [...] ... Interesting, this sounds similar to the "James Donaldson vs World B Free" analysis that I mentioned in...
