This is just a quick chart dump, based upon Neil Paine’s research at Basketball Reference:
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As I prepare to release my first work based on the Adjusted Plus/Minus and derivative methods, I felt it would be wise to write a plain-English review of the state-of-the-art of Adjusted Plus/Minus and its derivatives, or at least what is known in the public domain. What is Plus/Minus? Plus/Minus, at its core, simply compares how the team fares with the player on the...
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Again using my “game value” metrics, here are the 750 best offensive performances this year, in graphical form: Notes: Some players are in there many times: Dwyane Wade has 17, though none are very easy to see. Chris Paul and Lebron James had 16 each. Kevin Love has 14, Kevin Durant 13 (wait–this is missing last night… should be 14), Carmelo Anthony has 13,...
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I’ve been playing around with some charts, and I thought it might be nice to have the NBA team colors in hex format: Team Color1 Color2 Color3 Color4 ATL #1B1C48 #FF2728 #C2C3BD BOS #00611B #000000 CHA #3E6085 #F26432 #D1D2D4 CHI #B00203 #000000 CLE #8B0034 #F9B433 #002859 DAL #006AB8 #BFC6CC #000000 DEN #6BADDF #002C61 #FDB726 DET...
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I’m working on a new metric to quickly measure a player’s single-game contribution (a slightly more complex “game score”). I’ve tabulated the results for every game played this year, and that lets me do this: Here are the brightest stars in the NBA, by dominant superstar performances this year. I’m giving 3 points for a top 50 performance, 2 points for a top 100...
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