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The Foibles of Formulas: A Quiz

Jason posted 12/17/2007 from ballhype.com

Since its release last year, The Wages of Wins has sparked a number of discussions on how best to evaluate basketball players statistically. Most recently, we have seen a blog debate over this season's top Laker and The Pot Calling the Kettle Black from Dan Rosenbaum and Dave Lewin.

We can all agree that quantifying the performance of basketball players is very challenging, and all of the currently-available techniques have their flaws.

The primary metric used in Wages of Wins to evaluate basketball players is Wins Produced, or Wins Produced per 48 minutes (WP48). Find out how well you know your Wages of Wins by taking the following quiz, which matches up 12 pairs of NBA players and compares their WP48 scores for the 2006-07 season. Good luck!