Sorry for frustrating you, not my intention. We agree Portland has been horrible this year. The cause of them being horrible, we might see...
By far the contract that COULD hold us back the most. I think we both agree there's zero chance Olshey would do this considering he signed CJ to this...
Nice post, I like the data as well! If those things meant a ton, you'd assume we'd be last in the NBA standings as well. Would it make sense that a...
Fair opinion, my friend. I've always been with you that all things being equal, a team that moves the ball early and often is much more enjoyable to...
I'm pushing the narrative that assists don't have a strong correlation to winning because not only is it true, but about 10 years ago I was stunned...
I really do want to understand your point, so here's my main question I guess: When do you think it's more valuable to compare Portland's stats to...
It's noisy because there isn't a strong correlation. If the correlation were strong, it would look real clean and have an obviously progression to it.
The eye-ball test is about as flawed of a way to validiate anything. Humans are great at confirmation bias which allows them to see things that align...
You're asking a great question about why something does or doesn't have a strong correlation and I could only guess. The fact that there is not a...
All teams are different, I agree. It sounds to me that you're making a case because all teams are different, you can't compare data from one team to...
Yes, yes, I totally agree. It's why I would never point to assist numbers as proof of anything regarding the efficency of an offense. Just for the...
It would be very rare for a measurable to have meaning to one team and not 29 other teams. I guess in general, I would say yes it would make more...
That would be interesting to look at. Does "ball movement", assists, or something along those lines matter to one team, but not others. I'd be...
So graphs with large data sets don't prove much, but the much smaller sample size you are using proves a lot?
Here's a look at Offensive Rating vs Wins. Here you can see a correlation. [ATTACH]
I don't believe I ever said anything about ball movement not correlating to wins because I haven't seen data on that. I said assists and wins do not...
Here is a current chart plotting assists and wins. [ATTACH]
This, this, this. I believe Phoenix leads the league in assists per game. I don't think Vegas has them as favorites to win the NBA Championship. In...
What parts am I ignoring? I've provided data sets that consist of a minimum of 2400 games provided by a third party where they concluded based of...
I never said anything about them having a better season. As I've shown before, a bigger sample size across the NBA over multiple seasons proves...
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