Off-Day Open Thread: Statistical Analysis and What It Means to You

PER
eFG%
TS%
Adjusted Plus/Minus
WARP

And any others that you use on a consistent basis.

WARP Factor 4 Scotty!

I’m new here, and I am a major fan of this Orlando Magic team, I’ve been a fan since 1992. I do think D12 should be MVP, he had amazing games.

I’m new but I’ve been on this site a couple of times, I just decided to sign up today. I like the post you and Ben Q. Rock be doing.

I don’t think there is any front page posters anywhere on SBN that has MORE focus on statistical analysis than what you two (Ben & Eddy) bring. It’s always interesting to see what can be said, but as to what’s missing? No clue.

As far as what I specifically like, I read one comment by Eddy about the argument of Bass vs Anderson and it made sense. A lot of sense. (It also was a solid criticism on Otis Smith.)

Either way I personally like a lot of sites that use statistical references. I like Hoop Data, B-Reference, 82games, Basketball Value, I don’t look at the Knickerblogger stats page (but that’s useful too), and I’m sure the APBR forum has some interesting conversation there too. Either way, lots of good stuff out there. But, that’s the stuff I generally use. The best stuff I’ve seen is generated by those like Tom Ziller, Matt Moore, Bethelham Shoals and that’s not so unusual either.

There is, IMO, only so many ways to slice stats. But there are plenty of places out there to find the non-traditional stats and I tend to find use in all of them.

so long-suffering :D

I saw that you have to read a book for those. That’s pretty serious lol.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/tiny.cgi?id=BbyPx

Bass has tied RA in PER, and he is 4 pts higher in ORTG
Better offensive rebounder

Both players are proving to be very valuable.. Nothing like having two above avg big men as back-ups..

There seem to be many fans that don’t understand that the value of the 1-4 offense is to open up one of the two most efficient shot in basketball, the close in/dunk or the 3-point shot. Complaints about too many 3-point shots are often misplaced because of a lack of understanding of why they are the 2nd most efficient shot in the game.

And which ones are not really held in high esteem? Besides NBA Efficiency Rating: PTS + REB + AST + STL + BLK – FG missed – FT missed – TOS. That one is obviously kinda random. From Hoopdata btw.

I.e. a paper doc or a spreadsheet template to more easily play “score-keeper at home”? It probably wouldn’t be too hard to develop, but why reinvent the wheel if it already exists.