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Doc319
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 Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:13 am Post subject: ABA Reunion/Will A-Train Ever Arrive at HoF? |
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Although this is a stats oriented group, some readers may be interested in my first-hand account of the ABA Reunion that Fatty Taylor organized in Denver during NBA All-Star Weekend:
http://hoopshype.com/articles/aba_friedman.htm
The ABA Reunion and the 29th anniversary of the ABA Slam Dunk Contest bring to mind the career of Artis Gilmore. This year's Hall of Fame Finalists were announced during All-Star Weekend and Gilmore failed to make the cut. He produced 24,041 points and 16,330 rebounds during his ABA-NBA regular season career. He made the ABA or NBA All-Star team in 11 of his 17 seasons and led the Kentucky Colonels to the 1975 ABA Championship. I know that DeanO has said that he is more interested in using his formulas to evaluate current teams and to devise coaching strategies, but I would be interested to hear how Gilmore's career rates under the various formulas that have been discussed here. Perhaps DanR and others can weigh in on this subject. |
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KD
Joined: 30 Jan 2005
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| Though I can name a half-dozen basketball books that I would classify as "better" or more important, I've probably read "Loose Balls" more than any other hoops tome out there. It's the perfect bathroom book, and with remembertheaba.com updating as little as it does, I needed the ABA fix. Great article. |
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GreggGeth
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:14 am Post subject: Loose Balls |
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| There's also a great chapter in there about Hubie Brown using stuff like the pythagorean model and scoring differential for his Kentucky Colonels. |
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Mike G
Joined: 14 Jan 2005
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Location: Delphi, Indiana, USA
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| I've got Artis ranked #27 alltime. He was as high as #10, in the mid-80s. |
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KD
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| Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 2:17 pm Post subject: Re: Loose Balls |
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| GreggGeth wrote: | | There's also a great chapter in there about Hubie Brown using stuff like the pythagorean model and scoring differential for his Kentucky Colonels. |
All I got was his insistence on scoring differential. Hubie and Costello were brilliant, but let's not give the mid-70s (and those lapels) that much credit. |
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Doc319
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| Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:33 am Post subject: Another ABA article |
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For KD and anyone else who has an ABA fix that can only be helped by reading more about the league with the tri-color ball, click on this link:
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/basketball_spotlight
You will find the first installment of my three part series about James Silas.
Parts II and III, plus other ABA material (and NBA material) are forthcoming. |
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