Comments on: Team Similarity Scores, Again http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=4760 NBA & ABA Basketball Statistics & History Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:56:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 By: David Lewin http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=4760&cpage=1#comment-15165 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:25:40 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=4760#comment-15165 Neil,

When you do this you may also want to include efficiency differential with a weight of 1, and off/def efficiency with weights of 1/2 each so that you are matching on both quality and style. I'd be interested to see what you come up with with that method at the very least.

]]> By: Downpuppy http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=4760&cpage=1#comment-15157 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:54:51 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=4760#comment-15157 Is CLE is only team with a possible record of 62 plus wins this season?

Finally, one I can answer!

Since the Lakers are the only other team with less than 21 losses, Cleveland & LA have a chance.

But as far as similarity scores for the 2010 Celtics -
http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/pierce/2010/03/petrified.html

]]> By: Joseph W. http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=4760&cpage=1#comment-15147 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:41:20 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=4760#comment-15147 I noticed that four of the similar teams under the 2010 Utah Jazz were . . . the Utah Jazz. No other franchise had as many as four. It's worth noting and says quite a bit about Jerry Sloan's system especially considering that only one of the similar Utah Jazz teams (2008) had any players in common with the current team.

]]> By: Alvy http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=4760&cpage=1#comment-15131 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:25:24 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=4760#comment-15131 Is CLE is only team with a possible record of 62 plus wins this season?

]]> By: Neil Paine http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=4760&cpage=1#comment-15123 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:52:40 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=4760#comment-15123 Yeah, it was one of those situations where there's really no good place to put it, yet I wanted to have it on there as a comparison to the aggregate WPct of their most similar teams.

]]> By: David Lewin http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=4760&cpage=1#comment-15122 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:06:03 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=4760#comment-15122 It's a little confusing that you listed win% in the "playoffs" column for current teams...

]]> By: izzy http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=4760&cpage=1#comment-15115 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:22:52 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=4760#comment-15115 go ricardo. good idea!

]]> By: Ricardo http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=4760&cpage=1#comment-15107 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:03:06 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=4760#comment-15107 I'd like to see this list from another angle - list the NBA champions chronologically together with their most similars.

]]> By: Aku http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=4760&cpage=1#comment-15105 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:06:17 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=4760#comment-15105 Great stuff. It'd be interesting to see other comparisons between present teams and their closest historical analogs. Usage distribution for the top 5 players, maybe? Top 8? I'm curious what the relationship is between team balance and victories.

]]> By: P Middy http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=4760&cpage=1#comment-15104 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:55:05 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=4760#comment-15104 What do steps 3 & 4 do for the process?

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