Comments on: Layups: Friday Linkage http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9129 NBA & ABA Basketball Statistics & History Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:56:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 By: Ian http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9129&cpage=1#comment-47140 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:30:03 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9129#comment-47140 Not sure where to put this comment, but I'm very pleased to see box scores from the 1985-86 season up!

]]> By: Sean http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9129&cpage=1#comment-47069 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:10:06 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9129#comment-47069 Celtics' are a mess right now on offense, absolutely. And Shaq's return is more and more in doubt. The entire dynamic in the East has turned.

]]> By: Neil Paine http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9129&cpage=1#comment-47061 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 15:28:10 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9129#comment-47061 I think they may also be defining "possessions" in the pre-Dean Oliver sense, where an offensive rebound counts as a new possession.

]]> By: Greyberger http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9129&cpage=1#comment-47051 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 06:23:13 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9129#comment-47051 I don't have a synergy account, but from the Brewer piece I infer that 0.92 is about average for the category "guarded possessions". Teams score 1.04 points per possession on average, but that includes fast-breaks where there is no defender, free throw possessions, etc.

.92 is about average for half-court efficiency when you remove FTs, apparently.

]]> By: Matt http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9129&cpage=1#comment-47047 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 04:12:20 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9129#comment-47047 I may be reading this wrong, but don't the video analysis stats make Brewer look good and not average? Isn't .92 points allowed per possession pretty stellar? The author focuses on a couple bad categories, but I think the Mavs would take .92 on Kobe all day long.

]]> By: Greyberger http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9129&cpage=1#comment-47023 Sat, 26 Mar 2011 17:04:24 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9129#comment-47023 That's what you get when you combine Levy from Hickory High with the excellence that is Thet Woman Game. Double classy.

As for Brewer, rather rude of the Mavericks if they signed him just to keep the other contenders from getting him. That's the main value of Brewer if you don't have a rotation spot for him.

]]> By: Julius http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9129&cpage=1#comment-47012 Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:47:58 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9129#comment-47012 Thanks Neil, for this collection of highly different points of view to looking at the game. I don't comment often, but today I have to say I am particulary pleased with the link on Brewer's defensive impact. IMO there's a lot in there that appropriately summarize all the discussions I have read in this blog about +/-, subjectivity, and values of advanced stats, writen in a pleasant and open-minded scientific style.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9129&cpage=1#comment-46989 Sat, 26 Mar 2011 03:55:41 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9129#comment-46989 Fresh Prince metrics was lol.

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