This board has a lot of great material among the messages. Also a lot of incriminating evidence. Will Yahoo delete it all if there's minimal activity here?...
It appears that most of our activity has migrated to the New and Improved APBR Metrics site at http://sonicscentral.com/apbrmetrics/ If you haven't found your...
This isn't about pro hoops, but it's of some analytical interest: Most of us probably remember Paul Westhead's ultra-run-and-gun strategy at Loyola Marymount...
not just this season but even last season whenever i run a simulation with shane battier on a team that team always seems to improve alot (8-10 games per ...
http://www.nba.com/sonics/news/moneyball050127.html "What would you do to follow your passion? What risks would you take? What sacrifices would you make? "Dean...
Hi, I have added some new research tools to Basketball-Reference.com. Basically, these tools will allow you to see leaders in various statistics over a chosen...
http://www.nba.com/sonics/news/moneyball050119.html "'Part of me is partial to the Sonics because they're the closest thing the NBA has to the Oakland A's in...
Just thought it was interesting... People were talking about Bill Simmons being fairly interested in more advanced stats, citing some columns where he pulled...
Surprised there hasn't been any commentary on this trade . .seems prime for discussion on this group. Mobley is generally percieved as a better player and he...
Hi everyone, I'm trying to do a little bit of analysis here, and I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find downloadable plus/minus data from 03-04?...
... Since this seems to be moving forward, that means that there is a way to receive the messages via e-mail from the sonicscentral site too, right? That is a...
many are touting steve nash as an MVP candidate because of the suns fast start, saying phoenix couldn't be doing what they are doing without him. however i see...
The NBA page at espn.com has an Insider article enttitled "Insider Scout Brian James: The 9 best fast-breaking teams". I don't have ESPN Insider, does anyone...
Does anyone know what happened to this stat? Also if anyone can post how this stat was computed I would appreciate it. The last year posted on Anderson...
There has been some discussion before about moving the board off of Y!Groups to a more modern site to better fit our needs. Our current message board has...
There is a very good debate going on in baseball regarding the role of "traditional" scouts and sabermetricians. There are two columns, both out today on...
Ongoing debate about Antawn Jamison's defense inspired me to do a check, and I found some muy interesting results. Jamison's defense was getting ripped, and...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/09/sports/basketball/09score.html? oref=login "From a loft in Oakland, Calif., where an old point guard named Dean Oliver had...
the difference was illustrated last season with peja stojakovic's shooting percentages. they fell dramatically when chris webber returned from injury. why?...
got into a discussion with someone recently about amare stoudemire and his dramatic improvement this season versus last. my contention was that his dramatic...
Rip Hamilton was 0-10 from the field tonight, and 14-14 from the line - he didn't make a field goal and he didn't miss a free throw. What's the record for most...
Foul Play How a Slate scientist changed the NBA forever-or at least a week. By Daniel Engber Posted Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005, at 4:01 PM PT If you're a...
Hi, I wanted to let everyone know that I recently made some updates to Basketball-Reference.com. One major change includes adding Dean Oliver's Offensive...
There is an interesting take on this issue by Paul Forrester at http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/paul_forrester/01/05/ma rbury.carter/index.html...
Hi, I am a big John Hollinger fan and glad to see his PER ranking catching hold. Is there any site that is updated with this season's stats that show PER? ...
Has anyone checked out Mr Cuban's latest blog entry: http://www.blogmaverick.com/entry/1234000790025973 ? Anyone want to take a crack at deciphering? I'm ...
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/basketball/205859_sonx30.html The Ridnour discussion is interesting. I've found that with first- year point guards, their...
