On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Dean Oliver wrote: [...] ... That's exactly the thing that I'm wondering. Or alternatively, calculate loss-shares. And then calculate...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
May 1, 2002 11:34 am
... My guess is the 5-2 player, because 8-8 is not sufficiently high in win % nor a sufficiently larger number of games to outweigh the benefits of the 5-2...
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mikel_ind
May 1, 2002 11:41 am
There really does seem to be no one after Shaq, these days. And I don't see anyone on the horizon, either. Here's a reverse chronology of major centers in the...
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mikel_ind
May 1, 2002 12:15 pm
Jump down the page to see the extended version continued. ... 1989 44.0 Olajuwon 39.2 Ewing 37.2 Parish 34.9 Malone 34.1 Daugherty 31.4 Benjamin 30.8 Gminski ...
I know a lot of people here are Sonics fans, and I was wondering what the general consensus was regarding Gary Payton getting voted first- team All-Defense. I...
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bchaikin@...
May 1, 2002 7:33 pm
does anyone know where i can find a listing of the past all-defensive teams by total votes cast for each player in the league (a book or maybe a website)? i...
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thedawgsareout
May 1, 2002 8:06 pm
... I'm not certain if the All-Defensive team has any honor to be blighted, but I don't think your opinion is so far off at all. As early as two years ago, I...
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Dennis Keefe
sonicdk2
May 1, 2002 8:33 pm
... As a long-time NBA fan, I know there have been worse selections. Larry Bird comes to mind, in my opinion. I'm a Sonic fan but I'm sorry I can't give a ...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
May 1, 2002 11:05 pm
On Wed, 1 May 2002, thedawgsareout wrote: [...] ... True, and Kevin Johnson too for that matter. But there was awhile, when Payton was at his height in the...
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john wallace craven
Johnny_Slick
May 2, 2002 12:00 am
... Two points: 1. I think it was mostly a "legacy" vote; GP's been such a good defender for so long that he's going to get the benefit of the doubt the first...
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HoopStudies
May 2, 2002 12:12 am
... hypothesis: "Player ... tested ... would be ... games. ... suspect ... probabilities, ... solve ... I tried it, too. I forgot about it until you...
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HoopStudies
May 2, 2002 12:41 am
... what ... first- ... but ... defender ... first year ... now. ... playoffs ... don't. He's ... the ... Welllll... Payton has been falling off a bit on the...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
May 2, 2002 9:17 am
On Wed, 1 May 2002, mikel_ind wrote: [...] ... The 14.8 point difference between the #1 center and the #2 center is the largest of all the years you show....
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
May 2, 2002 9:50 am
On Thu, 2 May 2002, HoopStudies wrote: [...] ... Makes sense ... one possible complication though is the interaction between players on a team. Maybe those...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
May 2, 2002 10:06 am
On Thu, 2 May 2002, HoopStudies wrote: [...] ... Yup, if I were modelling players' defense, I would literally create two sets of measures: the player's...
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mikel_ind
May 2, 2002 10:27 am
... I $knew$ there was a Sikma fan hiding out there somewhere. ... level ... that Jim ... anybody else. In the ABA with the Carolina Cougars, rookie McDaniels...
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dlirag
May 2, 2002 2:31 pm
... to ... even ... I remember you writing in an old article about the WNBA that the guards there may have the upper hand defensively over the centers due to...
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Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
May 2, 2002 4:06 pm
... I need to update that study. The WNBA has changed. Now, the big (wo)men are more important defensively. That was not the case early on (and it changed...
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Dean Oliver
HoopStudies
May 2, 2002 4:51 pm
... This is getting at what an individual win-loss record should mean. We could go 'round and 'round ... They change the marginal players, I think. I don't...
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
May 2, 2002 7:07 pm
On Thu, 2 May 2002, Dean Oliver wrote: [...] ... There are two interpretations of what you're saying here: when you say that tall players are inherently most...
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Dennis Keefe
sonicdk2
May 2, 2002 7:51 pm
... I agree that part of good defense is fitting into the team system. Bird did that quite well. He was a great team player. ... Here's where I get puzzled....
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Michael K. Tamada
tamada2
May 2, 2002 8:27 pm
On Thu, 2 May 2002, mikel_ind wrote: [...] ... [...] ... I haven't heard rumors of drugs, I think he was just too thin and weak to succeed in the NBA. I...
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alleyoop2
May 2, 2002 8:34 pm
Thanks for all the replies on Payton everyone. I thought Eric Snow got hosed and just wanted to get a feel for others' reaction. Regarding Bowen, I have to...
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HoopStudies
May 2, 2002 10:16 pm
... team ... win- ... of ... David ... performance ... I think this is a good partial disagreement. No doubt that Bowen does help the defense, but not as much...
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Dennis Keefe
sonicdk2
May 3, 2002 6:57 pm
... McDaniels) was just ... Jim McDaniels suffered from a plethora of minor injuries in Seattle, and apparently that was one reason he didn't excell in the...
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harlanzo
May 5, 2002 3:48 pm
I know this has been touched upon, but does anyone have the capability to look the stats of a player only when he plays greater than 15 or 20 minutes? If we...
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Ed Weiland
weiland1029@...
May 6, 2002 11:40 am
... This info can be taken from the individual player game logs that most of the big sports site have. I prefer Yahoo, because there I don't have to deal with...
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mikel_ind
May 6, 2002 12:13 pm
... Interesting. Since Wallace only averaged 11 minutes for 46 games, and shot only .435 FG pct, he must have been Really Bad in those other 36 games. Most...
