Stats


19 Aug 2010

Striving for equitable shot-distribution

The 16.5 shot attempts freed up by Bosh’s departure will need to be accounted for, who should get them? Should they go towards solidifying Bargnani as the “main man”, or would they be better served for YGZ®.

02 Aug 2010

Win Probability Added

Yesterday’s ESPN Insider article previewed WPA. If I divulge the whole article here, the EIP (ESPN Insider Police) will break down my front door and take custody of my child, so I’ll only give out the definition.

30 Jul 2010

Why a completely “free market” NBA won’t work

How much freedom should the players have? And what impact could that have on compensation?

21 Jul 2010

Summer League – Yes, We Can Learn Something

We attended 3 days and 2 Raptors games live. I think there is too much criticism that summer league is “a waste of time” and “you cannot learn anything”. Why? You can observe, among other things.

12 Jul 2010

Analysis of Turkoglu vs Barbosa and Diaw

We obviously have three players that have different skill sets, but its still an interesting comparison. The analysis is about what assets we are obtaining versus the asset we are “losing”.

28 Jun 2010

Ed Davis – By The Numbers

There is a fair bit of commentary about Davis’ poor second season. So, how does Davis compare to the rest of the draft class and other two bigs we mentioned? His numbers stack up quite well against the two: Mr. Davis gets to the line more often, rebounds well and has the best block-to-PF ratio (1.54) of the three. We’ll take it.

23 Jun 2010

The (geek-infused) Big Board

The team at Raptors Republic has done a great job at breaking down our possible selections on the RR – so much so that it seems other popular mock drafts are copying phdsteve’s selection of Avery Bradley in the 13th slot. However, the stats guy has a different selection at #13…

06 May 2010

Winners spend well over the tax

The eight teams that remain in the playoffs spent an average of $80.0 million this year. And only Atlanta spend less than $75 million. We can conclude that we likely need to spend in Colangelo’s “higher than that” category to be a contender.