OT: Yet another statistics / basketball article

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  1. andalusian

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    Oliver was with the Sonics till they moved. Warkentien was with the Blazers till they pushed him out after the Whitsitt exodus (when Sabonis left too). I guess I should read Oliver's 2 books, but this article is sure short on details. The only thing it gives away is

     
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    Isn't that pretty much obvious?

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    In efficiency points, assists (positive) and turnovers (negative) count the same in the NBA.com (and HoopStats) definition of efficiency, but they have different values from each other in the ESPN definition.
     
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    Sure, but some people do not understand why a bad tov% is so bad.

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    Also, fouls are worse than points, lottery teams are worse than championship teams, and a sharp stick in the eye is worse than most blow jobs.
     
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    Maybe andalusian meant turnovers are more negative than assists are positive.

    Turnovers being worse than assists, well...yeah. :)
     
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    Well, that was pretty much the argument in the article - for those that bothered reading it :devilwink:
     
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    You mean there was an article that could have assisted us in interpreting your mysterious words? Now you tell us.
     
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    That's only for people who have a private TV feed and are a cheap Chinese imitation.
     
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