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These aren’t John Hollinger’s dad’s statistics
These aren’t John Hollinger’s dad’s statistics
The current stats that the NBA keeps track of are either: not good enough, misleading, or taking space over better stats. As a numerophile I created five new ones: Pure Hustle, Defensive Gambling, and Gestalt Offense (GO Rating) to name a few. Comments and suggestions totally welcome!
These aren’t John Hollinger’s dad’s statistics
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