Some Blog Stats for the Road
Posted by Neil Paine on November 1, 2011
By now, you've probably seen Sean's post about the BBR Blog (if not, go read it first)... We had a great run here (going back to the start of the 2008-09 season), and while it's unfortunate that we have to shut the blog down, I'm really proud of the work we did over the past 3 seasons.
So, in that spirit, I'd like to say thanks and give you some final stats about the blog:
All-Time Comment Leaders
| Author | Comments |
|---|---|
| Neil Paine | 1232 |
| Jason J | 723 |
| Anon | 514 |
| AYC | 485 |
| Sean | 351 |
| P Middy | 326 |
| huevonkiller | 323 |
| DSMok1 | 198 |
| Mike G | 181 |
| Anon x 2 | 145 |
| Greyberger | 119 |
| Justin Kubatko | 111 |
| Gil Meriken | 107 |
| Kevin | 101 |
| BSK | 97 |
| ricardo | 85 |
| Walter | 81 |
| AHL | 78 |
| Nick | 78 |
| ryan | 76 |
| Ben | 74 |
| khandor | 65 |
| Luke | 64 |
| Matt | 64 |
| Dave | 62 |
All-Time Most Viewed Posts
All-Time Most Commented Posts
Some Unsung Posts
- Basketball League of Amazing Benchwarmers (BLAB)
- Optimizing the ’95 Rockets I and II
- Estimated player W-L records
- Playoff Quarterbacks
- Championship Usage Patterns
- Championship Probability & Leverage
- Do the Finals Contain the Best Teams in Each Conference?
- And many more I'm forgetting.
Thanks again for reading, commenting, and helping basketball stats become more and more mainstream. It's been a great 3 years, everybody!
November 1st, 2011 at 5:23 pm
Yeah, but how many RINGS does Neil have?
Not as many as the immortal Pep Saul, now does he?
The BLAB league weeps :-(
November 1st, 2011 at 5:37 pm
Neil, many thanks for your valuable contributions. I understand it is a business matter but are you considering a personal blog? What's your next project?
November 1st, 2011 at 6:35 pm
Sad to see the blog get retired. I'll miss you're posts. Do you write anywhere else?
November 1st, 2011 at 6:53 pm
Major bummer. If I had just a little more time, I know I could have passed Anon on the all-time list, dammit! Who is going to listen to me rant about the evils of true shooting percentage and the brilliance of Hakeem Olajuwon now?
Seriously, Neil, you will be missed. We all wish you well....
November 1st, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Good luck, Neil. Thanks for all the good posts.
November 1st, 2011 at 8:23 pm
Goodbye, everyone.
November 1st, 2011 at 9:33 pm
Huge thanks for all the good posts, Neil. I don't always agree with your analyses, but I've never missed a post nonetheless. All the best!
November 1st, 2011 at 9:51 pm
I've sent the "Do the Finals Contain the Best Teams in Each Conference?" post to countless people and cited it constantly in petty internet fights. Truly a masterpiece of the blog format, with loads of context and citations packed into a quick read.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=9536
(Neil, by the way, the one item in the first paragraph of that post that doesn't have a citation is the reference to the 'best' team in baseball winning 29% of the time. I'm curious to know the source on that one.)
Hope you turn up elsewhere to keep blogging.
November 1st, 2011 at 9:51 pm
*loads of CONTENT and citations packed into a quick read
November 1st, 2011 at 10:43 pm
Bye forever. Will miss you.
November 2nd, 2011 at 1:16 pm
What?! I had less comments than Neil?!
Well, I'm against this decision. Still love the site, but will definitely be visiting a lot less without the posts.
Hope you'll be able to use the extra time to do great things, Neil.
November 2nd, 2011 at 10:09 pm
Well this is a giant pile of suck!
November 3rd, 2011 at 6:51 am
There's still the APBRMetrics forum -
http://apbr.org/metrics/index.php?
where ANYONE may create a thread, edit your post, embed a chart or a table, etc.
Perhaps most advantageous, a current post brings the thread to the top, rather than remaining permanently buried.
Actual ongoing discussion! Some topics last all season, or beyond.
November 3rd, 2011 at 1:53 pm
This blog was literally my favorite place for stats on the entire internet.
Pretty much the only place I went for interesting NBA stuff. Bah.
November 3rd, 2011 at 3:52 pm
This is a real shame and I don't understand the decision either. This blog got a lot of attention on ESPN's website for example. A bunch of writers over there use this place as a source for their articles. Such as that Tom Haberstroh guy.
I will miss this blog and the fun arguments. Good luck to Neil, Anon, and others. ;)
November 3rd, 2011 at 5:22 pm
Neil, could you run the stats over at the baseball blog too?
November 4th, 2011 at 4:33 pm
Time flies, eh? I guess my comment count sorta piled up.
I'm really sad to see this blog go. It fueled much of my NBA statistical interest, and I've referenced the blog tons.
Good luck in your future endeavors.
November 5th, 2011 at 3:41 am
I will miss this blog and the fun arguments. Good luck to Neil, Anon, and others
November 5th, 2011 at 1:12 pm
Such a sad moment. I really liked this blog, don't understand this decision at all.
Thank you and good luck Neil.
November 6th, 2011 at 11:31 pm
Yeah this blows
November 8th, 2011 at 9:34 pm
Neil, your thoughtful posts will definitely be missed. This was firmly in my top 5 sites for basketball insight. Hope we get to hear from you to some extent (even if much more infrequent) going forward.
November 8th, 2011 at 10:36 pm
I'm very sad to see the blog go. Thank you to everyone who bothered to engage me in constructive discussion even if we didn't agree necessarily.
Great job by Neil & Co. all this time. I hope the head 2 head function gets expanded to cover more seasons!