A statistical primer

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dsparks dsparks posted 7/24/2008 from hardwoodparoxysm.blogspot.com [flag]
Since it's the offseason, there's no better time to get up-to-speed with some contemporary "advanced" statistical basketball metric. This post describes several of the better-known methods, +/-, PER, and Wins Produced, offering some criticism and insight into their usefulness. [link]

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Thursday Bullets
Published 7/24/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... We talk a lot about new breed basketball statistics on this site, but when we do, what the hell are we actually talking about? Take a few minutes and read this nice little primer, with links to other nice little primers. ...

The 10-man rotation, starring Nike's controversial new ads
Published 7/24/2008 by J.E. Skeets at Ball Don't Lie
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The Mikeatrarian
Published 8/5/2008 by nolsen@wisc.edu (Nate) at My World, You're Just Living In It
... -So Hardwood Paroxysm has a writer called The Arbitrarian who is the site's expert on statistics. I understand some of his work but the math gets a little dicey and it usually takes me an hour (no joke) to comprehend a majority of his articles (or this one....or this one). Perhaps Mike, who very well might not even be reading this at the moment, could be the site's statistical expert. He could make sense of all of The Arbirtrarian gibberish and put it into people terms. Than come up with his own brilliant all encompassing statistic that will blow all past ...