Comments on: Two Minor Site Additions

By: sean

sean — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:55:09 +0000

Great job extending the win shares data! I dream of the day the head to head for players feature is extended at least covering the 80s! Keep up the great work!

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:46:23 +0000

Thanks, Justin. I should have been more clear in that I meant the formula for seasons prior to 51-52.

I could never get the ABA formula to work out - I'll have to revisit it to see why.

Thanks again!

By: Justin Kubatko

Justin Kubatko — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:13:33 +0000

Ian wrote: Justin, would you be willing to share the formula with which you calculate win shares? I've always shared it; it's right here. Also, I haven't figured out how to calculate win shares for the ABA, which is an open inquiry here (#11984). The method is the same.

By: Ian

Ian — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 02:20:59 +0000

Justin, would you be willing to share the formula with which you calculate win shares? I've got a project of my own going where I'd like to be able to calculate them exactly, and this would be great to know. Also, I haven't figured out how to calculate win shares for the ABA, which is an open inquiry here (#11984).

By: Justin Kubatko

Justin Kubatko — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:27:06 +0000

Luke wrote: Justin, quick question: Why is there missing data for players during this era when they split time between multiple teams in the same season? Because I don't have their splits for each team, and in order to calculate their Win Shares I need this information. I could probably come with some kind of workaround for this, but I just haven't done that yet. Also, I'll take a look at the team HoF registers. Thanks.

By: Luke

Luke — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:03:48 +0000

Justin, quick question: Why is there missing data for players during this era when they split time between multiple teams in the same season? (Fred Scolari, Andy Phillip, Bob Houbregs, etc.) They seem to be missing win share data for those seasons. I understand why that wouldn't be there for the individual team info when you don't have the specific number of games for each team, but why don't you have the win share data for the season as a whole? And as a side note: the missing game info seems to be affecting the Hall of Famer register on each team's page when they games played data is missing. Houbregs isn't listed for the Celtics or Hawks. Phillip isn't listed for the Warriors or Pistons in 1953. I only checked those two, but I assume it's the same for everyone.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 18:44:37 +0000

Great stuff!

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:35:22 +0000

The Grozas were freaks. Lou Groza was Alex's brother.

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:34:45 +0000

Oh, Justin... I don't know whether to thank you, or curse you. I'd been working on a project for years to progressively keep track of NBA player "greatness" year by year. And win shares are a major component of that. I'd given up hope that it was even possible to track win shares prior to 1952, so I just started with the league's tenth year. Now it looks like I'll be adjusting a lot of stuff... This is gonna get messy...

By: Justin Kubatko

Justin Kubatko — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:55:40 +0000

Bill Wrote: Check out Alex Groza. That's an impressive two years for a guy who only lasted two years. He was Mikan-level. If not for Groza's lifetime ban, he would have been one the the NBA's all-time greats.