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Introduction to Advanced Stats 101
Introduction to Advanced Stats 101
Fans love debating which is the best shooting team in the NBA. Do today’s modern statistics make it clearer or just complicate things more? The majority of basketball fans prefer to watch and debate the game subjectively. That is to say, they go with what their eyes and gut instincts tell them. One might watch a Detroit-Phoenix game and come away thinking Phoenix is a superior offensive ...
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Linkage – July 12
The AltRaps Blog — ... inability of most players to hit from the line consistently. It attempts to assess a player’s overall shooting valuation, since it considers all facets of their shooting ability. So, which teams make the grade given these new measures? And how different does the list of top shooting teams look compared to when using standard Field Goal Percentage? Below are lists of the Top Eight Teams based on Field Goal Percentage, Effective Field Goal Percentage and True Shooting Percentage. - Hoops Addict Toronto Raptors vs the Sacramento Kings Joey Graham and Josh Lucas the III will find ...

The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com — ... of the best testaments to Kobe Bryant’s greatness is that he led the Lakers to the playoffs twice despite having Parker as the starting point guard and Kwame Brown as the starting center. Point guard and center are arguably the two most important positions on a basketball team and while it is not necessary that the players at those positions be the two best players on the team it is usually vital that a team receives a certain amount of consistent production from those positions.” Trevor Smith of Hoops Addict :  “The majority of basketball fans prefer to watch and debate the ...

Hoops Addict Article - Intro to Advanced Stats 101
The On Deck Circle — ... on July 15, 2008 Trev took a page from my book and went with the numbers game for his latest Hoops Addict piece, a look at the difference between shooting %, effective shooting %, and true shooting %. I’m a big TS% fan, so I enjoyed it. Check it out! This entry was posted on July 15, 2008 at 10:15 am and is filed under ...

The 10-man rotation, starring the Celtics new bling
Ball Don't Lie — ... Lake Tribune. Jerry Sloan is not impressed with Kyrylo Fesenko's new bleached 'do. SG: X's and O's. A breakdown of Greece's awesome "screen the screener" inbounds play. PG: ICv2. Greg Oden to appear at San Diego Comic-Con to promote the launch of "Slam Dunk" manga series. 6th: Hardwood Paroxysm. Reel Rotations, featuring The Untouchables. 7th: Hoops Addict. A look at the difference between shooting %, effective shooting %, and true shooting ...

Turiaf, And More Summer League Thoughts
Forum Blue And Gold — ... • This is a nice breakdown of FG% vs. eFG% vs. TS%. Bottom line, I tend to use eFG% a lot around here, because it’s easy to calculate quickly, but I really should use TS% more. ...

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