Actually Spain's entire playing style was extremely physical the entire tournament, with the exception of Pau. But you're right that the balance of the sketchy...
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thefiend42
Aug 27, 2004 7:59 am
... but ... over ... to ... get. ... the ... Dan, I think DanVal is a huge step forward for analysis. I'm always refering to it in discussions because how you...
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dan_t_rosenbaum
Aug 27, 2004 2:29 pm
In order to come up with a good defensive metric, I need to (1) have a good measure of overall productivity, (2) have a good measure of offensive productivity,...
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John Hollinger
alleyoop2
Aug 28, 2004 2:34 am
I'm not sure what this is worth, but I thought the crowd might at least be interested. I worked up the points per shot attempt for each of the olympic players....
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Coach McCormick
highfivehoopschool@...
Aug 29, 2004 5:02 am
would the computers have picked a better team? I used numbers found on others' web sites, and came up with the following: ...
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dan_t_rosenbaum
Aug 30, 2004 8:29 am
Here is an update to my work comparing young American and foreign players. http://www.uncg.edu/bae/people/rosenbaum/NBA/olympics1.htm Team USA losing in the...
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Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Aug 30, 2004 3:18 pm
... And, just as a similar viewpoint, see http://82games.com/comm52.htm where I look at the quality of this team and the quality of the rest of the world. ...
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McKibbin, Stuart
thefiend42
Aug 30, 2004 5:43 pm
Actually, Olajuwon was the best foreign player in 1992. Or, at least, he was as foreign as Detleff Schrempf was....
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monepeterson
Aug 30, 2004 6:06 pm
... fans who had not noticed the influx of a large number of young and talented foreign players into the NBA. But common excuses such as (1) that Team USA did...
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Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Aug 30, 2004 6:33 pm
... least, he was ... That was a tough call. Yeah, Olajuwon was foreign, but he did 2 things that kept me from naming him -- he became an American and he ...
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Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Aug 30, 2004 6:50 pm
Y'know, I don't think the conclusion changes if you use some other approaches either. Ranking players as I do, Radmanovic falls, but the other foreign players...
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jimmy_purnell
Aug 30, 2004 9:27 pm
Why are points, rebounds, and assists grouped together as glory stats? Those are the three most high profile stats, but substantively they don't accord with...
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John Hollinger
alleyoop2
Aug 30, 2004 10:21 pm
Have you tried to separate out steals? I was thinking about this the other day, and it seems to me the differences would be huge and might explain some of the...
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dan_t_rosenbaum
Aug 30, 2004 11:19 pm
I group points, assists, and rebounds together for two reasons. First, I think it best approximates the value both fans and GMs place on players. Second,...
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Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Aug 30, 2004 11:38 pm
A sidelight note. I found the following quote from Leonard Koppett on basketball: "Absorption with the remarkable-but-irrelevant says a great deal about ...
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igor eduardo küpfer
edkupfer
Aug 31, 2004 1:10 am
Just to lay this thread to rest, I've adapted DeanO's offensive ratings to the positional counterparts shown at 82games.com. Here's the top 20 defenders...
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Michael Tamada
tamada2
Aug 31, 2004 1:24 am
... From: monepeterson [mailto:mone@...] Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 11:07 AM ... This is an important point. While the rise of foreign talent levels ...
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John Hollinger
alleyoop2
Aug 31, 2004 2:03 am
... Not so fast. Meant to post this before, but FWIW here's my top and bottom 10 from last year. I used a high standard for playing time -- 1300 minutes. BEST ...
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McKibbin, Stuart
thefiend42
Aug 31, 2004 2:36 am
Laid to rest? Okay. Here's a few theoretical problems I have with Ed's approach, which on first blush sounds reasonable. 1. A portion of the offensive ratings...
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dan_t_rosenbaum
Aug 31, 2004 3:44 am
I am not sure I disagree with anything in this post. With many of these teams, unlike Nigeria, having other players of NBA talent, Team USA may remain the...
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igor eduardo küpfer
edkupfer
Aug 31, 2004 3:54 am
... Hell, you didn't even mention the two biggest problems, IMO: I had to estimate both the FGM and OR terms, both in a way which penalizes big men. Anyway... ...
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dan_t_rosenbaum
Aug 31, 2004 4:03 am
The biggest advantage for internationals is in true shooting percentage (53.3% vs. 50.4%) and in blocks per 40 minutes (1.30 vs. 0.68). The difference in...
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Michael Tamada
tamada2
Aug 31, 2004 11:16 am
A good reply, I was going to ask the questions that you just provided the answers to: are the glory items associated with some measure (such as salary) which...
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Michael Tamada
tamada2
Aug 31, 2004 11:34 am
... From: Dean Oliver [mailto:deano@...] Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 4:38 PM ... We see this also in all-star games, which in basketball are markedly...
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Michael Tamada
tamada2
Aug 31, 2004 12:15 pm
... From: dan_t_rosenbaum [mailto:rosenbaum@...] Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 8:44 PM ... Here's what I think should be qualified: the phrase "In other...
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Mike G
mikel_ind
Aug 31, 2004 2:19 pm
... players ... rebounds, ... Dan, in your study, you dissect the stats of 7 foreign players who played 2000 minutes: Kirilenko, Gasol, Ming, Nene,...
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tajallie@...
frontrange_
Aug 31, 2004 2:38 pm
... Well of course they have higher EFG and Blocks, the top young players include Yao, Nene, and Gasol (not to mention AK) for international compared to...
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harlanzo
Sep 1, 2004 2:33 am
I wrote a little about the US team: http://www.hoopsanalyst.com/qt30.htm In a nutshell, I found that looking at the raw team numbers, the US's big weaknesses...
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doc319
Sep 1, 2004 5:05 am
This is almost exactly the point that I have been making over in APBR. I suggested that Argentina would be lucky to win 20 games in the NBA as an expansion...
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Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
Sep 1, 2004 6:23 am
... One thing I'd like to point out with all this consideration of adapting to rules is that it works both ways. If we reason that it would take a little...
