Well, no one's responded to this; so I'll rephrase the question: Does anyone have a database of boxscores, that would allow for a search of such things as...
... From: Dean LaVergne [mailto:deanlav@...] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 5:27 AM ... Interesting. Some usual suspects in there (Hakeem, Vlade, AK)...
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Dean LaVergne
deanlav
Dec 2, 2004 2:03 pm
... I should have made a note: this only includes games beginning with the 1992-93 season. DeanL...
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Mike G
mikel_ind
Dec 2, 2004 2:28 pm
... Kevin ... Yeah, it's odd to see Tinsley getting 5 blocks. Jason Kidd has missed a lot of triple-doubles by failing to score 10 points. Maybe McMillan got...
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Michael Tamada
tamada2
Dec 2, 2004 5:00 pm
... From: Dean LaVergne [mailto:deanlav@...] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 6:04 AM ... I should also clarify that I'm not claiming that any of those...
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Gilbert Jeiziner
madwalliz
Dec 2, 2004 6:40 pm
... Mike, the link below contains all player boxscores from 91-92 up to last season as csv-files. http://m.1asphost.com/bxscores/ there are some download...
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monepeterson
Dec 2, 2004 7:08 pm
Curious what the thought was on the Suns hot start so far. What are the differences so far in how they're playing this year as opposed to last year. Is Nash...
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Mike G
mikel_ind
Dec 3, 2004 2:36 am
... to ... Short answer: Amare is about twice the player he was last year. His inside presence covers for the team's lack of a center. Nash's offensive...
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Coach McCormick
highfivehoopschool@...
Dec 3, 2004 7:01 am
Nash is shooting 50+% from the floor and leading the league in assists. Plus, he provides veteran leadership to a team that is otherwise a bunch of kids and he...
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Gabe Farkas
gabefark
Dec 3, 2004 7:41 pm
Taking a look at the per-days-of-rest splits for Drew Gooden this year, I found something peculiar: 0 days rest - 34.4 mpg, 16.2 ppg, 13.2 rpg, 4.4 FTA/g, 2.4...
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wimpds
Dec 3, 2004 8:22 pm
Interesting. Perhaps he's trying to rebound from the weak performance the day before! :)...
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Michael Tamada
tamada2
Dec 3, 2004 8:58 pm
That was my first thought too! More seriously, maybe he has elderly or low-stamina teammates who play poorly on 0 days rest. So on the second game of a ...
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Stephen Greenwell
etienneuri
Dec 3, 2004 10:21 pm
Has there been a study done on how players on average perform on 0, 1, etc. days of rest? I haven't seen it if it exists. From anecdotal experience, I've...
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Michael Tamada
tamada2
Dec 3, 2004 10:42 pm
Interesting, certainly for distance runners there's a ton of research which says they need to "taper" their training -- ease off and take it easy in the days,...
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Gabe Farkas
gabefark
Dec 3, 2004 10:53 pm
I thought it might be random at first too, but he consistently did it all last season too, on a different team! ... ...
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dlirag@...
dlirag
Dec 4, 2004 1:52 am
I don't know if it was Igor, DanR, or DeanO, but one of them tentatively concluded that 2 rest days between games was optimal for individual performance. On a...
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John Hollinger
alleyoop2
Dec 4, 2004 5:25 am
Nash, Marion and Stoudemire all are playing well above their career norms. Nash and Marion can probably be expected to regress a little since they're...
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thedawgsareout
Dec 4, 2004 6:39 am
... I'm pretty sure it was Igor, but I've been digging through the archives recently and I can't recall coming across it. Hopefully he can find it for us. In...
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Mike G
mikel_ind
Dec 4, 2004 12:12 pm
... career ... little ... Marion should still improve at his age. Last couple of years he kind of stalled out at sub-allstar level. The doldrums, between ...
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Mike G
mikel_ind
Dec 4, 2004 12:30 pm
In the Wiz blowout of the Hawks last night, all 12 Hawks played at least 10 minutes. 10 Wizards played 20 minutes; 7 scored in double figures. The Magic got a...
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wimpds
Dec 4, 2004 2:47 pm
I'm not sure Stoudemire's FG% is sustainable. Nash's almost certainly is not. Ben...
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sultanoswat@...
sultanoswat
Dec 6, 2004 1:41 am
Anyone able to get this working? This is what I have for Paul Pierce: FGA: 239 FTA: 249 AST: 3 TO: 45 MIN: 565 (239+(149*0.44)+(73*0.33)+45)*93.47/(565*95.25)...
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John Hollinger
alleyoop2
Dec 6, 2004 3:31 am
I somehow left out the "Multiply by 40" part. If you're doing a ranking it won't affect the order at all, but it makes the rating a measure of how many...
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dan_t_rosenbaum
Dec 6, 2004 5:01 am
I think the Phoenix Suns are a perfect case where stats-folks like us can really miss the boat. Last season because of his poor passing and the Sun's poor...
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sultanoswat@...
sultanoswat
Dec 6, 2004 5:12 am
Thanks John - that was it. ... a ... 40...
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Justin Kubatko
kubatko
Dec 6, 2004 2:40 pm
Hi, I have added a "Most Similar at Age" column to the "Other" section of the player pages on Basketball-Reference.com. For an example, please see Tracy...
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John Hollinger
alleyoop2
Dec 6, 2004 11:50 pm
Using the (3FG * 3FG%)/MP is a way to rate players in these categories that I hadn't considered; I'll have to put these into my formulae and see how the output...
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Justin Kubatko
kubatko
Dec 7, 2004 12:13 am
... Please let me know what you discover. As I mention in the write-up on my site, I wanted a way to measure both three-point quantity and quality. I thought...
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thedawgsareout
Dec 7, 2004 3:12 am
... That's a good way of doing it. I considered it (I think) before deciding to go with something along the same lines but slightly different. I'm not sure,...
