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Stats 103: The Selfish All-Star
For the decade and a half that I've been a basketball fan, there's been a wide perception of basketball players being either selfish or selfless. There's been a distinct categorization of those players that "would do anything to win" and those players that play well "just for the stats." I'm sure...
Stats 104: Possessions
Been a while since the last of this stats series, but back at it. Up next is a super fundamental concept that I'm sure many of you are familiar with already- possessions. I'll toss it up here for two reasons: (a) completeness' sake and (b) to wrap up all the different per-possession statistics...
Stats 101: Why Statistics?
Happy New Year everyone! Hope everyone had a great January 1st. Missed the DEN and POR games; from what I gather, Tyson Chandler got in a fight, and David West was awesome. Business as usual. Oh, and thanks for holding down the game threads. Now... it's back to real business. Namely, statistics....
Stats 102: The 'Hive Five'
Let's tackle the 'Hive Five' first, the five things I normally look at after a game. In plain English, they're shooting, rebounding, ball-handling, foul drawing, and game speed. The first four are commonly referred to as the "Four Factors," a concept pioneered by Dean Oliver. Oliver has shown that...
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