dberri.wordpress.com - 9/25/2008
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In 2006-07 the Dallas Mavericks - led by league MVP Dirk Nowitzki — posted the best mark in the NBA with 67 victories. And then they met the Golden State Warriors in the first round and the dream came to a very quick end.
In the summer of 2007 the Mavericks made very few changes. But ...
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The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com —
... The Wages of Wins Journal: “Those that look at statistics and the NBA, though, have a different perspective. Although wins are often a very good measure of team quality, a team’s efficiency differential - offensive efficiency minus defensive efficiency - is a better predictor of future success (an example of this point is my discussion of the NBA Finals last June). What does efficiency differential tell us about the Kidd acquisition? At the time of the trade Dallas had a differential of 4.3. When the season ended, the team’s differential stood at 4.9. For a team to ...
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... David Berri of the Wages of Wins on Jason Kidd in Dallas: "What does efficiency differential tell us about the Kidd acquisition? At the time of the trade Dallas had a differential of 4.3. When the season ended, the team's differential stood at 4.9. For a team to increase its differential from 4.3 to 4.9 in just 29 games, that team would have to post a mark of 6.0 in the final games of the campaign. In other words, the Mavericks clearly improved after Kidd came to town." ...
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