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Shot after shot and only the first one dropped
Basketball analysis and shooting three pointers. Success effects attempts but does not carry over to the next shot. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16074623
2010-11 NHL Marginal Cap Efficency
In a post by SBN's Oilers' affiliate, The Copper & Blue, the Hurricanes were rated today as the eighth-best team in the league as determined by Marginal Cap Efficiency. That statistic is calculated using the points earned by the team compared to the team's payroll, showing in an unbiased manner...
The Decline of Dany Heatley
A statistical exploration of Dany Heatley's offensive production and a comparison to Martin Havlat. This was already linked-to on Fear the Fin and Puck Daddy, but if you didn't read it after seeing it mentioned in either of those places now you have a third chance! ...
"Situational Statistics": Bismack Biyombo, beyond the box score
Box-scores don't always tell us everything we need to know about what happened in an actual game, and seasonal stats can be misleading at times in attempting to project what type of NBA player a NCAA or international prospect will become. That's why it makes sense to branch out and explore other...
Playoff Fenwick Score Tied Update
From Gabe Desjardins: "Pittsburgh gets eliminated despite dominating Tampa." http://www.behindthenethockey.com/2011/4/28/2138251/playoff-fenwick-score-tied-update
The (weak) case against Dennis Rodman.
The Hall of Fame is not for supporting players. Here are Rodman's scoring averages for his three seasons with the Bulls: 5.5, 5.7 and 4.7 points. And if you're going to tell me that scoring isn't everything, I agree with you, but would also note that the Hall of Fame isn't for players averaging...
An analysis of DeMarcus Cousins and (in)efficiency.
At first glance, it does appear rather bleak. Cousins is currently posting one of the least efficient seasons in the history of 20-year-olds in the NBA. His PER has been artificially held afloat by his high shots per minute figures and rebounding, but there’s really no way around the fact that...
Berri/Hollinger/Oliver/Silver: NBA stats smackdown!
In his first few games with the New York Knicks, Carmelo Anthony has been everything everyone expected him to be. To admirers, he's putting up the numbers of a legitimate superstar: about 25 points and seven rebounds a game. Detractors see a different Melo: a ball hog who's shooting a meager 42...
Deal for Anthony May Limit Knicks’ Upside
The trade is being billed as a high-risk move. But in some ways it is just the opposite, seeming to lock the Knicks in to roughly 50 wins over the next handful of seasons — not a lot more, not a lot less — under most of the more realistic scenarios. What might the Knicks have done differently? One...
Stochasticity
This is a pretty solid episode of radio lab explaining stochastic statistics. It also goes in to how bad people are at judging randomness. I take the physics approach to calculating statistics which is, Simulate It! These Monte-Carlo methods are based on calculating likelihoods based on randomly...
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