Comments on: DPOY Decision ’10: The Halfway Mark

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:33:21 +0000

What about charges taken? Or is that factored into forced turnovers? A charge taken is much better than a blocked shot. A blocked shot might go out of bounds back to the offensive team or if might get blocked back to a player on the offensive team. A charge taken is both a foul on the offensive player and a guaranteed switch in possession. Andrew Bogut is 2nd in blocks and 4th in charges taken plus he's top 10 in rebounding. That sounds like a solid case to be a bit higher on the list than he currently is.

By: Anthony Coleman

Anthony Coleman — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:23:53 +0000

Jared Ras "Can you run the year that Hakeem Olajuwon torched Dennis Rodman in blocks and rebounds, yet Rodman won the award? That seems a travesty to me; though Rodman's Pistons had the best defense in the league, Hakeem was a better defender by the conventional stats. Anyway, with Howard leading the league in blocks and rebounds, it seems that he is a prudent choice until the voters get tired of voting for the same person every year." Actually the Rockets had the best defensive efficiency that year and they beat out the Pistons by .1 percent. However, the Pistons had the lowest points per game allowed (because of their slow pace) and Rodman's perimeter D, even at that time, was becoming legendary. However, Olajuwon's performance was better, in fact it was arguably the best defensive season by any player since the merger. He lead the league in defensive rebounding percentage, was 3rd in the league in block percentage (while leading the league with the fifth highest bpg average ever at 4.59), and added 2.1 STEALS PER GAME, his third consecutive year in a row finishing in the top ten in steals. Sometimes defensive stats lie, but not in the case of The Dream. He was that damn good on defense.

By: Irish

Irish — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:54:33 +0000

Dwight Howard is underrated. He will become the first player ever to lead the league in rbs and blocks two seasons in a row after the year is done. Go Magic!

By: PJ

PJ — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:57:00 +0000

Any idea why Rasheed Wallace is so high on DRtg? He's had his moments, but he's looked terrible often -- particularly on help defense. I don't know enough about how DRtg is calculated; would weak help defense not penalize a player?

By: Romain

Romain — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:58:39 +0000

I wonder how accurate your model on who should win based on past results is.

I mean, the one you did on the MVP voting (NBA MVP Award Tracker) does not seem well calibrated: Mo Williams, Andrew Bynum and Lamar Odom in the MVP top 10? Doesn't it seem like you put too much emphasis on team success?

By: Jared Ras

Jared Ras — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:19:56 +0000

Can you run the year that Hakeem Olajuwon torched Dennis Rodman in blocks and rebounds, yet Rodman won the award? That seems a travesty to me; though Rodman's Pistons had the best defense in the league, Hakeem was a better defender by the conventional stats.

Anyway, with Howard leading the league in blocks and rebounds, it seems that he is a prudent choice until the voters get tired of voting for the same person every year.

By: P Middy

P Middy — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:11:42 +0000

Negatory, Patrick. I'm rooting for the Knicks and Bucks this year.

By: Downpuppy

Downpuppy — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:01:18 +0000

Is there a direct measure of how many points the guy they're supposed to guard scores?

Rondo has been getting torched.

http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2010/01/25/opposing_point_guards_present_problem_for_celtics/

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:59:10 +0000

Looks like a Bobcats fan was just put in their place.

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:19:49 +0000

That's a good point... Here's the regression re-run using per game metrics:

Player	Team	G	MP	tmDRtg	MPG	FG/G	FGA/G	Stl/G	Blk/G	p(DPOY)
Dwight Howard	ORL	48	1687	103.0	35.1	5.7	9.6	1.1	2.7	0.247
Gerald Wallace	CHA	45	1894	102.0	42.1	6.2	12.8	1.6	1.2	0.128
Rajon Rondo	BOS	44	1622	101.7	36.9	6.0	11.5	2.4	0.1	0.057
Marc Gasol	MEM	46	1639	110.0	35.6	5.6	9.4	1.1	1.6	0.032
Nene Hilario	DEN	47	1603	106.1	34.1	5.3	9.1	1.6	1.0	0.031
Josh Smith	ATL	46	1550	106.1	33.7	5.8	11.5	1.5	2.2	0.027
Jason Kidd	DAL	46	1660	105.5	36.1	3.2	7.5	1.7	0.6	0.017
Pau Gasol	LAL	31	1132	102.0	36.5	6.5	12.1	0.5	1.6	0.015
Marcus Camby	LAC	46	1433	107.7	31.2	3.3	7.0	1.3	1.9	0.013
Kendrick Perkins	BOS	45	1306	101.7	29.0	4.6	7.4	0.3	2.0	0.012
Brendan Haywood	WAS	45	1501	109.4	33.4	3.8	6.9	0.4	2.1	0.011
Chris Paul	NOH	38	1472	108.3	38.7	7.5	14.9	2.3	0.2	0.009
Joakim Noah	CHI	44	1450	104.2	33.0	4.3	8.7	0.7	1.8	0.009
Al Horford	ATL	46	1579	106.1	34.3	5.6	9.8	0.7	1.2	0.009
Ronnie Brewer	UTA	46	1490	104.2	32.4	4.1	8.1	1.8	0.3	0.008
Ben Wallace	DET	46	1383	109.0	30.1	2.3	4.3	1.2	1.1	0.007
Anderson Varejao	CLE	47	1404	102.7	29.9	3.3	6.2	1.0	1.0	0.007
Andrew Bynum	LAL	46	1467	102.0	31.9	6.3	11.1	0.5	1.6	0.006
Andrew Bogut	MIL	39	1282	104.2	32.9	6.8	13.1	0.6	2.2	0.005
Brook Lopez	NJN	46	1676	110.1	36.4	6.9	13.9	0.8	2.1	0.005