Comments on: Comparable Careers By Quality and Shape, Part II

By: deflated

deflated — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:04:12 +0000

Fun idea, but it throws up some pretty odd comps. Tell an old-school Bucks fan that Michael Redd is a good comparison for Sidney Moncrief and their head will probably explode.

That said I'd still like to see who compares to Ben Wallace and Dennis Rodman.

By: Travis

Travis — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:22:24 +0000

Anon:

This comparison isn't necessarily looking at playing styles. It is looking at offensive and defensive win shares by age. MJ blows out Kobe in both offensive and defensive win shares, but compares to Charles Barkley, who had one of the greatest four year runs of offensive efficiency ever seen in the game of basketball (and did so at the same time and age Jordan was putting up his ridiculous numbers).

By: Travis

Travis — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:00:37 +0000

NickS:

Michael Cooper was an all-NBA defender on reputation only. DRtg does not indicate he was any better than league average. Kind of like another prominent Laker who plays at SG.

As advanced stats evolve and gain more attention in the mainstream of sports opinion, people will begin to look at overrated defensive players, much like they are (kind of) starting to do now with inefficient scorers.

By: Jared Ras

Jared Ras — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:18:25 +0000

I don't know about these positions... I mean, Oscar Robertson (PG) drawing relation to Dirk Nowitzki (PF)? I can't wrap my head around it.

Although, with more variables, you could probably find similar play-styles as well.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:54:14 +0000

I'd like to see Lebron, Chris Paul, Dwight Howard, and Sabonis.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:36:17 +0000

'74. I meant '74 draft class.

By: NickS

NickS — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:29:19 +0000

Tom Chambers ... Bobby Jones, Michael Cooper

??? How does he end up compared to two all-league defenders?

By: Gabe

Gabe — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:18:17 +0000

Okay, so I bit the bait and clicked the link to John Drew. Every time I read about him, I just get sick to my stomach. Sad thing is, he's not even the biggest drug-related flame-out from the '73 draft class.

By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:13:13 +0000

A few observations: I always thought that Ben Wallace (especially in his prime) was probably the closest player to Bill Russell in the modern era, a player who was about as dominant on the defensive end as I have ever seen. I know this isn't a stylistic comparison, but I thought it was interesting nonetheless. I also liked the Kobe/Magic comparison especially considering how people usually see Kobe as having a playing style more like MJ than Magic. I would like to see an analysis done for The Admiral, The Dream, Pat Ewing, and my favorite underrated player in history, "Miller Time" (Reggie).

By: Gabe

Gabe — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:54:28 +0000

So basically Lever is just so far out there. This leads to Pressey having a whole bunch of players who are much closer to him than Lever is. Is that what you're saying?