Comments on: Nate Williams 1972-73 Minutes Played http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2614 NBA & ABA Basketball Statistics & History Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:56:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 By: Justin Kubatko http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2614&cpage=1#comment-10382 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:33:38 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2614#comment-10382 Gabe, but in that case wouldn't it be true that player minutes played would not sum to team minutes played for at least one other team? However, that's not the case.

]]> By: Gabe http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2614&cpage=1#comment-10378 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:44:48 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2614#comment-10378 what about mid-season trades? are any players counted for games where they shouldn't be? maybe if they played against the Kings in that season before/after playing for the Kings, the player was counted for the wrong team.

]]> By: Mike G http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2614&cpage=1#comment-10357 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:54:02 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2614#comment-10357 Well, if your numbers were off by 125 minutes or 75, I'd still say there are probably some more overtimes to be found. But since it's a single keypad error to create a 100 minute discrepancy, I'll guess you are right.

Will update my files when I see it on yours.

]]> By: Justin Kubatko http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2614&cpage=1#comment-10355 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:46:19 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2614#comment-10355 Mike, if you leave the Kings team total at 19880 then that means that they played eight overtime periods. As I mentioned, however, I can only find four overtime periods for the Kings (the Kings media guide confirms this). Unless there are four other overtime periods I haven't accounted for, the Kings team total has to be off by 100 minutes.

]]> By: Gary C http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2614&cpage=1#comment-10354 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:36:51 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2614#comment-10354 If the others teams' minutes balance, you pretty much have to have the number of overtime games and periods right, so the team total must be your amendment. I would definitely make that the default assumption.

Doesn't the NBA or the Kings have old dailies with the game by game stats? Or am I just spoiled by baseball? I would have thought that by the mid to late 60's and the growing influence of Harvey Pollack that they started to be more thorough about these things.

]]> By: Mike G http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2614&cpage=1#comment-10353 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:13:45 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2614#comment-10353 Also, how common is it that a team's total minutes are determinably wrong in the records? If this would be one of relatively few such instances, that makes it less likely.

]]> By: Mike G http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2614&cpage=1#comment-10352 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:08:54 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2614#comment-10352 I'd stay with the 1979. On a keyboard, the zero is next to the 9. A typist hitting 0 instead of 8 is off by 2 keys. Kind of like when I sing.

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