... That's the issue, how often can these defenders really make a difference in the number of possessions. ... Yes, and there's other examples: Michael Cooper...
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HoopStudies
Mar 1, 2002 10:22 pm
... last ... but ... The value, presumably, in having a good defender on a good player is that you don't have to help off with other players. Even if Bird did...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Mar 2, 2002 12:30 am
I agree with all of this. Except where DeanO sets the compromise between the parallel and series models at 4:1 parallel:series, I'd put it somewhere between...
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dlirag
Mar 2, 2002 11:53 am
Would it be okay to use 90% as a level of significance in our research?...
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HoopStudies
Mar 2, 2002 7:41 pm
... research? It's not typical. 95% is more typical. That doesn't necessarily mean it's wrong, it just means results are less reliable at the 90th percentile....
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Dennis Keefe
sonicdk2
Mar 3, 2002 12:32 am
... ..... And my 4-1 resistor model basically ... I suppose there would be some Celtics who agree with the 4-1 model: Like Bob Cousy, who didn't do defense, ...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Mar 4, 2002 3:59 am
... Good advice, there's one thing that should be added however: sometimes we're working with small samples here, and one has to be aware of the possibility...
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Dennis Keefe
sonicdk2
Mar 4, 2002 5:17 am
... As an intuitive tool, when reporting and comparing averages, I think reporting 95% confidence intervals for the averages would serve a useful ...
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mikel_ind
Mar 7, 2002 2:05 am
If Brent Barry of the Sonics continues to shoot at his current pace, he will have the highest season shooting pct of any player in some years. Currently, Barry...
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mikel_ind
Mar 7, 2002 2:15 am
As an adjunct to previous post, here are career combined shooting pct. leaders: .612 Cedric Maxwell .609 James Donaldson .608 Artis Gilmore .606 Dave Twardzik ...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Mar 8, 2002 12:11 am
... We were just commenting on this in one of the Sonics' listservs... ... Which of course is *lower* than his record .727 FG%, due to his poor FT%. ... 1957...
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mikel_ind
Mar 8, 2002 3:09 am
... him ... Russell ... Johnston's career had a pretty typical trajectory for the era: peaking in his 2nd season (1953), 5 great years, 2 years of decline, ...
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harlanzo
Mar 10, 2002 4:21 am
Russell did dominate those slow hook shooters like Johnston and Foust. However, the thing with JOhnston is that, according to Tall Tales, Russell blocked a...
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deanlav
Mar 10, 2002 11:15 pm
I believe I have gotten them all. Sorry for the slow response, I've been swamped. Thanks and keep it up. Dean Dean, Bruce Bowen 1998-99 - all his stats are...
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APBR_analysis@yahoogr...
Mar 11, 2002 12:33 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the APBR_analysis group. File :...
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HoopStudies
Mar 11, 2002 6:43 pm
Just got back from the SEC Tourney. I've got some notes I want to bring up, but that's for later... ... quite ... efficiency ... Jordan got very close in...
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bchaikin@...
Mar 11, 2002 7:04 pm
"....This is the "problem" we raised at the start of the season. Defenses now absolutely will not give up a layup. Big men have had declining shooting...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Mar 12, 2002 6:54 am
On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, HoopStudies wrote: [...] ... What I'd like to see (but come to think of it, somebody might've suggested this also at the start of the...
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HoopStudies
Mar 14, 2002 2:10 am
I posed the following to a bunch of coaches. This group is a bit tainted by my opinion, but I'll ask anyway... I am interested in obtaining some opinions on...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Mar 14, 2002 8:43 am
Here are my gut feel answers: ... Passer 2/3, dunker 1/3. ... A not so gut feel answer: The identity of the shooter is what has me thinking; ideally we'd want...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Mar 14, 2002 11:06 am
Thanks, I've got Tall Tales but had forgotten that tidbit of information. Russell's first year in the NBA coincided with perhaps the worst season that Foust...
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mikel_ind
Mar 14, 2002 11:47 am
This raises the spectre of French judges, and tends to drive me to the side of those who like to say "stats don't matter; only winning matters". But I will...
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mikel_ind
Mar 14, 2002 12:15 pm
... Any number from .1 to .9 might be appropriate. ... superior ... (If it's ... no great ... Passing to Bradley 30 feet away will yield no assists, so this...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
Mar 14, 2002 12:19 pm
Back to the hot hand/Nick Van Exel discussions we were having a couple of weeks ago: The Sonics played the Mavericks, now featuring Van Exel, this Monday. Can...
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mikel_ind
Mar 14, 2002 12:46 pm
Van Exel's offense has declined all year, after a fast start. Since going to Dallas, the dropoff has been more dramatic: team min. .FG% .FT% 3pt% Denv 38.6...
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mikel_ind
Mar 14, 2002 3:32 pm
Rose and Best now have 13 games with the Bulls; Artest and B.Miller have played 11 games in Indiana. My intuitive overview is that Rose and Best have done...
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mikel_ind
Mar 14, 2002 4:22 pm
This trade is 8-10 games along, so some early analysis of the principles can be assessed. Juwan Howard tm. min. Pct. Sco. Reb Ast Stl (TO) Blk Dal 31.3 .504...
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mikel_ind
Mar 14, 2002 4:37 pm
Since we all know the proof is in the pudding (that's an idiom, for you non-English speaking persons), here are the pre- and post-trade records of the teams...
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alleyoop2
Mar 14, 2002 4:40 pm
Fascinating topic Dean. I put in my $0.02 below each item. ... Normally, I think the shooter should get most of the credit, since he has to both get open and...
