Knickerblogger: A Layman’s Guide to Advanced NBA Statistics

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ashman ashman posted 10/29/2007 from www.knickerblogger.net [flag]
"This guide is intended for those that are interested in modern basketball statistics. In order to make it more accessible, I’ve decided to forgo the formulas and numbers. At times both fans and journalists alike struggle to use stats when it comes to basketball. Often enough, their interpretation is inadequate because they don’t have the right stats to explain what is happening on the court." [link]

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  • scrabblemaster scrabblemaster
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    Cool, this will be pretty interesting to test out
    Posted 10/29/2007 [reply] [flag]
  • Ben Q. Rock Ben Q. Rock
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    The damn thing won't load for me.
    Posted 10/29/2007 [reply] [flag]
  • KnickerBlogger KnickerBlogger
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    Unfortunately the high linkage (espn, here, a few other places) is too much for my provider. I'm working on the issue...
    Posted 10/29/2007 [reply] [flag]
  • KnickerBlogger KnickerBlogger
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    FYI the site came back up earlier today. Looks like a plugin I wrote was causing excessive db querying and other technical jargon. :-)
    Posted 10/30/2007 [reply] [flag]
    • Jason Jason
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      Too much technical jargon is a surefire way to bring down a web server.

      Great overview, Mike.  Now how about tackling the Collective Bargaining Agreement?

      Posted 10/30/2007 [reply] [flag]
  • KnickerBlogger KnickerBlogger
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    Jason I think someone is going to have to write one of those for me!
    Posted 10/30/2007 [reply] [flag]
  • Ben Q. Rock Ben Q. Rock
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    It was up earlier, but it seems to have been taken down entirely. What happened?
    Posted 10/30/2007 [reply] [flag]

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Monday Bullets
Published 10/29/2007 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
The much-needed layman's guide to advanced basketball statistics.Those players who don't have any amazing skills, but work their butts off? People love them. But they really don't get NBA jobs very often at all. One exception: Atlanta Hawk Mario West. Sekou Smith writes in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "West solidified his position with one hustle play after another in practices, scrimmages and exhibition games, each one of his jaw-dropping efforts in games eliciting the same reaction - a standing ovation - from the ...

Monday Arctic Foxes
Published 10/29/2007 by Seth at Posting and Toasting
Hello, everybody. Here's what's floating around the internets today... Knickerblogger's got a brand-new look, and he's schooling the civilians on advanced NBA statistics. Jake from Bread City steps in at FreeDarko to take us behind the scenes with Isiah Lord Thomas. From Son of Dippin: A Jerome James Halloween and a bold (possibly catastrophic) statement. He-who-must-not-be-named is someone else's problem now. In the name of Terry Cummings, lend ...

Tuesday Footnotes
Published 10/30/2007 by TZ <info@sactownroyalty.com> at Sactown Royalty
... Statgeekism: Knickerblogger has about the most direct breakdown of advanced basketball metrics possible, while 82games gets super-complex with a new set of ...

Carlos Arroyo vs. Jameer Nelson: Settling the Debate (I Hope)
Published 10/30/2007 by Ben Q Rock <3qcmagicblogger@gmail.com> at Third Quarter Collapse
... These data come from the Magic's preseason games leading up to the 2007/2008 NBA season. I adjusted the statistics to a per-40-minute basis to show how the two players might fare if they were given a good chunk of playing time. The numbers in parentheses represent the 2006/2007 regular-season statistics for those players, also adjusted per 40 minutes. A full explanation of why per-40 stats are more valuable than per-game stats is available at this handy reference page at Knickerblogger, under the heading "Player Stats," the subheading "50 words or less." It appears ...

The Season Starts When?
Published 10/30/2007 by ClipperSteve <info@clipsnation.com> at Clips Nation
... Stats, stats, stats.  I like to think of myself as plenty stat-savvy, but it's amazing what's going on out there right now.  Recent interesting tidbits include the KnickerBlogger's stat primer (hat tip to Henry at ...

Winning With The Other Things
Published 12/19/2007 by Kurt at Forum Blue And Gold
... , breaks down the game into the “Four Factors” for winning games — shooting efficiency, getting to the free throw line, offensive rebounding and turnovers. You can win games by doing those things so well on offense you’re opponent can’t match it (what Golden State tries to do), or by playing good defense so the other team can’t do those things (think Detroit circa 2004) or some combination (the Spurs, this year’s Celtics). (For a good primer on all this, start here.) ...

Anthony Carter, full of tread
Published 12/21/2007 at Ball Don't Lie
... But that didn't stop the Nuggets, they brought AC back for another round during the offseason, handed him the starting job, and watched as Carter gave his team the best year of his career. Really, it's not even close. Anthony is shooting 50 percent (!) from the floor, which is a pretty sound improvement on his career highs of 40.7 and 40.6 percent. He's making 78 percent of his free throws after entering the season making 68 percent of his freebies, and his current Player Efficiency Rating of 13.1 is a remarkable improvement (considering his age) on his career high of 11.3, set ...