Comments on: Spreading It Around

By: Walter

Walter — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:04:44 +0000

As a Laker fan it is sickening to see that 2006 squad in which the most shot attempts taken after Kobe and Lamar were Smush Parker, Brian Cook, and Chris Mihm. That had to be one of the worst supporting casts ever for a team with a winning record.

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:48:10 +0000

Here are Detroit's 30 most balanced teams in terms of points scored (2010 is through Tuesday):

Rk (of 878)	Year	Tm	Index
6	1981	DET	96.7
20	1979	DET	95.1
69	1990	DET	93.1
74	2009	DET	93.0
102	1988	DET	92.4
104	1984	DET	92.3
134	1989	DET	91.4
146	2005	DET	91.2
186	1991	DET	90.5
195	1995	DET	90.3
198	2008	DET	90.3
218	1987	DET	89.9
219	1985	DET	89.9
232	1994	DET	89.7
235	1997	DET	89.7
244	1978	DET	89.5
245	1983	DET	89.5
285	1980	DET	89.0
320	1986	DET	88.5
339	2007	DET	88.3
347	2004	DET	88.2
358	2002	DET	88.1
371	1998	DET	87.9
395	2006	DET	87.5
431	1992	DET	87.2
459	1982	DET	86.8
529	1999	DET	85.9
533	1996	DET	85.9
559	2003	DET	85.5
691	2010	DET	83.0

They definitely tended toward the "balanced" side, but they were nowhere near as extreme as some teams. I think it has to do with Ben Wallace -- if we looked at each team's top 4 rather than the top 5, I think they'd look more balanced, but Wallace not really scoring at all makes them look less balanced.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:56:48 +0000

After all the conventional wisdom talk about how Detroit's most recent championship team was a bunch of role player without a star, I'm curious where they fall on these lists. I guess the assumption would be that they're near the top of the most balanced, right?