Comments on: Replacing an Institution http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8750 NBA & ABA Basketball Statistics & History Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:56:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 By: Chuck http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8750&cpage=1#comment-43591 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:45:09 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8750#comment-43591 A little late on this, I know, but really great list here! It brings up an interesting idea, too ... could B-R do a list of everyone's primary starter at each position each year? Obviously, some of the starters are more difficult to identify than others (and you could easily go with a listing of two guys when it's not clear, as you've done in some cases here). But I think such a list would give you an easy, at-a-glance picture of a certain team in a certain year.

]]> By: Gabe http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8750&cpage=1#comment-43013 Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:53:12 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8750#comment-43013 Based on what you wrote in #4, it seems a bit confusing. The columns list the Fixture and then the Replacement(s); but the records columns show the records with the Replacement(s) and then the previous records with the Fixture.

]]> By: Greyberger http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8750&cpage=1#comment-42447 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:49:05 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8750#comment-42447 D'oh! Redundant post(s).

]]> By: Greyberger http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8750&cpage=1#comment-42446 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:48:11 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8750#comment-42446 I'll betcha Jordan's missing years in the roster makes the query overlook him as a 'fixture'.

]]> By: Neil Paine http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8750&cpage=1#comment-42443 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:40:12 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8750#comment-42443 I should have said that the list was sorted by players who had the most consecutive years as a primary starter for the same team. When he retired after 1992-93, MJ had been that for seven consecutive seasons, which didn't quite put him in the same class of a Karl Malone (18 straight) or even a Dr. J (11 straight seasons for Philly). Had Jordan played '94 and all of '95, he would have been able to claim 12 straight seasons and would have definitely been on the list (replaced by Brent Barry and Ron Harper in '99).

]]> By: nate smith http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8750&cpage=1#comment-42438 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:21:50 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8750#comment-42438 C'mon, no Michael Jordan -> Pete Myers?

Was it too obvious?

]]> By: Neil Paine http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8750&cpage=1#comment-42435 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:07:55 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8750#comment-42435 That's the team's W-L in the year listed (the year they had to replace the legend) and their previous W-L (record in the final year with the legend).

And yes, Alvan Adams is stretching the definition of "legend" here.

]]> By: P Middy http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8750&cpage=1#comment-42431 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:27:58 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8750#comment-42431 Couple of dumb questions, whose win loss and what's prev?

]]> By: Neil Paine http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8750&cpage=1#comment-42429 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:14:19 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8750#comment-42429 Good catch; the query was mistakenly calling on Havlicek's secondary position of SG instead of SF.

]]> By: Jason J http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8750&cpage=1#comment-42424 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:35:53 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=8750#comment-42424 You wouldn't say LB filled in for Hondo rather than Ainge & DJ?

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