Wednesday Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Of all the things modern basketball statistics might do, one of the most difficult challenges is to rank players. It's nearly impossible to quantify everything a player does. But that's what everybody wants. Here is a look at some of the different new-breed player rankings systems, with a lot of work put into figuring out who ranks really high and really low in each system. Amir Johnson is high in all of them. Chris Paul is way up there in some, but middle of the pack in others. Al Jefferson is either one of the best or one of the worst players in ...
Statistical Analysis That Could Help 'Free Amir'
The Sporting Blog —
I don't mess with advanced stats much, largely out of sheer laziness. But boy is my day brightened when their conclusions collide with my personal prejudices. [image] For instance, as much as I like Pistons guard Rodney Stuckey, forward Amir Johnson is even more awesome to me. You know the problems Maxiell is giving Boston? Amir's got that same quality, but with more height and a higher skill level. So I was positively delighted to read this post from Count the Basket , which pulls together every conceivable esoteric measure of player performance to find out who's really ...
Stat geeks everywhere love Amir Johnson
Detroit Bad Boys —
... Count the Basket compares and contrasts the results of several advanced player rating systems, (including some I’ve never even heard of) … ...
Losing Splitter Stings, But Forget Not Mahinmi
FanHouse —
... . He graduated to the Pistons this year and in limited minutes proceeded to light up every player rating system known to Man, according to the awesome Count the Basket (via ...
Lakers/Spurs Game 5 Chat
Forum Blue And Gold —
... has to trust the offense and not get into isolation mode. The Spurs role players have been less impressive outside of Texas, but if one gets hot (um, say Barry) the Lakers need to give him a little extra attention.
If you are looking for some good reading/talking points while waiting for the game to start (or waiting for TNT to avoid leaving the Ronny Turiaf cam on), check out this great post from Ziller at Ballhype about the value of combo guards. Or, read up on the various statistical player measurement stats and how they stack up. Or we can discuss Doug ...
Mardy Collins Sucks (and other statistical analyses)
Posting and Toasting —
... . Mardy Collins is guilty of two basketball sins that immediately make me hate a player: a) he is bad at shooting and keeps doing it, and b) he is supposedly "good at defense" according to coaches, but honestly brings nothing on either the offensive or defensive end. So, there's that. I don't like the guy. But via Count the Basket, we can see how truly bad Mardy Collins is. ...
Amir Johnson Explains His Productivity
FanHouse —
... a couple of weeks ago, but the blog Count the Basket compared seven different advanced metrics for evaluating player performance independent of playing time, and Johnson rated favorably in almost all of them: ...
2008 Win Scores NBA Draft Preview
Draft Express —
... : 1.8 PAWS/40 When comparing advanced statistics like PER & Win Scores, differences arise. Between these two metrics, PER favors players that create a lot of shots while Win Scores focuses on efficiency. ...
Stats And Such
My World, You're Just Living In It —
Count the Basket did a phenomenal job of compiling last years statistics and different statistical methods for ranking players. You might be familiar with John Hollinger's PER stat from ESPN.com. Just imagine about 10 other statistics that place different levels of importance for different statistical categories such as points, rebounds, assists etc. After the compilation, Eli compared their ranks across all statistical categories and came up with a Top 10 player list for the 2007-2008 NBA season based on every major statistical scoring method. ...
The Best Player In The Orlando Magic / Philadelphia 76ers Series
Third Quarter Collapse —
... In terms of the construction of this post, an article written by Eli Witus at Count The Basket (another great resource) roughly a year ago helped guide me along the way. Basically, I took a look at every available metric that tracks playoff statistics and sorted them out in a spreadsheet format. I believe encompassing as many metrics as possible will help balance the playing field, so to speak, and help eliminate flaws in each system when taking a look at all the data. ...
