Comments on: 2010 Playoff Series Preview: Phoenix vs. Portland http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=5465 NBA & ABA Basketball Statistics & History Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:56:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 By: Jason J http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=5465&cpage=1#comment-16360 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:12:06 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=5465#comment-16360 "It sees his lack of steals and blocks as indicative of a very negative defensive influence."

That's surprising to hear, because I recall Stockton being pretty far up the all-time SPM list. He's not much of a scorer or rebounder.

]]> By: Neil Paine http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=5465&cpage=1#comment-16344 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:39:13 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=5465#comment-16344 SPM really hates Nash's defense. It sees his lack of steals and blocks as indicative of a very negative defensive influence. It also sees assists as trivial, essentially meaningless in predicting how much impact a player has on the game. In Frye's favor are better rebounding, steals, and blocks, a better eFG%, more 3PA per minute (it loves players who space the floor), and more fouls (it sees fouls as indicative of defensive effort). This is not necessarily accurate (see Nash's actual +/- vs. Frye's), but you can explain why it comes out with that result.

]]> By: Jeremiah http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=5465&cpage=1#comment-16342 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:30:02 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=5465#comment-16342 Channing Frye's SPM is 3 points higher than Steve Nash's??

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