nytimes.com - 2/14/2009
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Statistical Anomaly His greatness is not marked in box scores or at slam-dunk contests, but on the court Shane Battier makes his team better, often much better, and his opponents worse, often much worse.
nytimes.com - 2/14/2009
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nytimes.com —
The N.B.A. (learning from baseball) is discovering the
power of new statistics and weird analytics. By these...
measures, the unsung and undervalued Shane Battier is a true all-star. >
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The No-Stats All-Star
nytimes.com - 2/16/2009
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His greatness is not marked in box scores
or at slam-dunk contests, but on the court Shane...
Battier makes his team better, often much better, and his opponents worse, often much worse. BY MICHAEL LEWIS
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The No-Stats All-Star: Shane Battier
nytimes.com - 2/16/2009
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nytimes.com —
Statistical Anomaly His greatness is not marked in
box scores or at slam-dunk contests, but on the...
court Shane Battier makes his team better, often much better, and his opponents worse, often much worse.
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The New York Times: The No-Stats All-Star
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The No-Stats All-Star
Bright Side Of The Sun —
The No-Stats All-Star
This is a very long, but utterly jaw-dropping look at Shane Battier, probability and the Houston Rockets front office. It's one of the best basketball articles I've ever read. It's by Michael Lewis, who wrote "Moneyball."
Deadspin.com linked to it earlier today, but I had to re-post it here. It's that ...
A great read on modern numbers
Lakers Blog —
Some of you have seen this already, but this weekend the New York Times ran a great piece by acclaimed author Michael Lewis about the value of Shane Battier - ethereal, mysterious, and only tangible it seems in conjunction with numbers that appear outside the conventional box score. More fun, the article is written around the exciting 105-100 Lakers win over the Rockets at Toyota Center, and gets pretty deep into the, or at least a, philosophy of defending Kobe Bryant. It's a little long to pull excerpts, but well worth the read. We touched on these sorts of issues last month in reference to Lamar Odom. Given the demands of the salary cap ...
Some Good Reading Since The Grizzlies Aren't Worth Watching
David's Memphis Grizzlies Blog —
There have been some great articles about the NBA recently. First, there was this gem from the New York Times about Shane Battier. Then, there's just about anything John Hollinger writes. I especially like this article. Think about what Hollinger says about margin of victory being both a useful measure of how ...
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nytimes.com 2/14/2009 — Statistical Anomaly His greatness is not marked in box scores or at slam-dunk contests, but on the court Shane Battier makes his team better, often much better, and his opponents worse, often much worse.
The No-Stats All-Star
brightsideofthesun.com 2/14/2009 — The No-Stats All-Star
This is a very long, but utterly jaw-dropping look at Shane Battier, probability and the Houston Rockets front office. It's one of the best basketball articles I've ever read. It's by Michael Lewis, who wrote "Moneyball."
Deadspin.com linked to it earlier today, ...
New York Times: The No-Stats All-Star
nytimes.com 2/14/2009 — He had more or less admitted to me that this part of his job left him cold. ‘It’s the same thing every day,’ he said, as he struggled to explain how a man on the receiving end of the raging love of 18,557 people in a darkened arena could feel nothing. ...
NewYorkTimes: The No-Stats All-Star
nytimes.com 3/6/2009 — He had more or less admitted to me that this part of his job left him cold. ‘It’s the same thing every day,’ he said, as he struggled to explain how a man on the receiving end of the raging love of 18,557 people in a darkened arena could feel nothing. ...
Recap: Rockets 114 - Nets 88
thedreamshake.com 2/18/2009 —
Shane Battier, fresh off a new tan, drives past the Nets' Ryan Anderson in the Rockets' 114-88 victory Tuesday night.
(AP Photo)
Well...that was easy. Looks like the only team that we can go Aubrey Coleman on right now is the New Jersey Nets. Two of our ...
Slam-Dunk Picks for the NBA All-Star Game
highheelsgambling.com 2/13/2009 — Speaking of fun, will anybody be able to beat Dwight Howard's Superman moves in the dunk contest this year? My money's on nobody, people.
Shane Battier - All Star
thedreamshake.com 2/14/2009 — Shane Battier - All Star
Here's a really good article from Michael Lewis (author of Moneyball) on Battier. It's a bit long, but it's a great read. One of the more interesting stats is that, when his plus-minus stat from last season is adjusted, Battier contributed as much to his team ...
Michael Lewis Gives The NBA Its "Moneyball" [Nba]
deadspin.com 2/17/2009 — It took me the entire weekend and most of Monday, but I finally got through Michael Lewis ' epic deconstruction of Shane Battier , also known as "Moneyball: NBA Edition." If you didn't read it, here's the Cliff Notes: • The Houston Rockets are the ...
Thoughts on the Money(Basket)Ball Rockets
thepaintedarea.blogspot.com 2/19/2009 — The Michael Lewis piece in New York Times Magazine on how the Rockets organization is attempting to apply the Moneyball model of advanced statistical analysis to basketball, personified in the quest to try to quantify the value of Shane Battier, has been the talk of the basketball world for ...
