Comments on: 2009 Finals SPM Scores http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2725 NBA & ABA Basketball Statistics & History Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:56:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 By: Neil Paine http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2725&cpage=1#comment-10694 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:38:27 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2725#comment-10694 I can only speak for myself, but I wouldn't think a team that was seriously interested in analytics would rely on a stat that is, IMO, pretty outmoded by current standards. In the evolutionary chain of APBRmetrics, PER is probably the best descendant of Dave Heeren's TENDEX, but I'd like to think we've all largely moved past TENDEX-type formulas by this point. Now, that's not to say it isn't useful as a quick-n-dirty metric in the absence of more modern ones, however.

]]> By: Boss http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2725&cpage=1#comment-10693 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:02:40 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2725#comment-10693 Ahhh, thanks for explaining that. So are basketball statisticians slowing moving away from it or is it just personal preference?

]]> By: Neil Paine http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2725&cpage=1#comment-10677 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:36:17 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2725#comment-10677 To be honest, I don't even have a spreadsheet for calculating PER anymore, it's been so long since I've paid attention to that metric. No offense to John, whom I respect tremendously as a writer, but I'm not a huge fan of PER and don't particularly care to use it if I don't have to.

]]> By: Boss http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2725&cpage=1#comment-10673 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:34:56 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2725#comment-10673 Neil, you wouldn't happen to have Kobe and Gasol's PER numbers for the 2009 Finals would you?

]]> By: Guy F http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2725&cpage=1#comment-10641 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:22:18 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2725#comment-10641 4-7 games isn't nearly long enough for SPM to be meaningful.

]]> By: Jason J http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2725&cpage=1#comment-10622 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:55:28 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2725#comment-10622 Neil - If you wanna stir up more trouble (and traffic) you should post the SPM for all Jordan's finals performances ;-)

Actually it would be interesting to see the SPM for as many finals MVPs as possible, just to see how they stack up. I have a feeling Shaq might wind up top of the hill.

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