Aldridge MRI as knee still hurts and some notes from todays practice

It also included examples of LMA complaining of fatigue. Reading failure on your part ... again. (BTW - there are only three periods in an ellipse. How did you score well enough on the English portion of your SAT to get into Stanford?).

60% there!! 6/10 is 60%, so I must know something about statistics, Will Hunting!

Also, I obviously know the difference, since I pointed it out in this thread. What good does a correlation show us about LMA as an individual? What are we correlating? What are the variables, time frames, etc.?

You still won't answer it.

Haha! Yes, I pointed out your logical failure, so you ignore me. I hope you at least read the portion about ellipses, because as a 'Furd Man, you're embarrassing your alma mater.

Also, my burger station got backed up. Lunch run is a bitch.

Again, you stated that data won't prove anything. Why would somebody go to the trouble of compiling a boatload of data that means nothing on an individual basis? Without such "proof", all we have are LMA's words and circumstantial evidence. Putting two and two together, he is complaining of fatigue frequently, and he has had 2 MRIs in the past few months on two separate joints. Plus, his statistics have declined over the past few weeks. I don't know if they teach this at Stanford, but part of the scientific method involves observation, which helps form a hypothesis. My observation tells me that LMA may be tired, and fatigue may have something to do with his body being run down, or even getting injured. This is a realistic hypothesis.

My reading comprehension is just fine, at least in terms of what was included in this thread. You can't even understand your own words, though, so perhaps I should consider you an 'expert' on people who lack the ability to comprehend what they're reading.[/QUOTE]

Yes, you've already mentioned this. That seems to be your own problem, and not anybody elses. Why don't you provide the data to show that playing more minutes doesn not have any impact on injury, and then tell us how that applies to LMA. You haven't provided any variables on what would quench your statistical thirst, so how is somebody else going to know what variables and data points to include in their analysis?

STOMP's argument was related to minutes played as well, not necessarily injury. he provided statistics of elite players who played major minutes. Some of them have an injury history; others don't. Those links certainly have absolutely zero to do with LMA's situation, although I could argue that playing rec league ball was an even bigger laugh. Plus, you never defined what data you were looking for until I called you out on it. No wonder you didn't get the answers you were seeking. Since you've now defined the debate in terms of what statistics would satisfy you, isn't it up to you to do the research yourself?

You might want to keep me on ignore, because other than ad hominem attacks and fucking up basic grammar, you don't really have much more to say to me.

Aren't you the one who ignored me? There you are, getting all confused about what you're reading again.

 

You're such an angwy wittle guy. It is cute that you're so caught up and concerned about what school I went to, burger man. You're just cute in general.

 

Angry? I was having fun. You got all butthurt and ignored me.

You're still at 60%, Will Hunting. Can we make it to 80% this afternoon?

Also, didn't the 'burger thing' start when you tried to insult some poster by insinuating that they managed a Burger King? Or, did you get all confused about things, again?

 

Fuckin' A, another thread where PapaG is bickering back and forth off topic with someone. This shit never gets old.

 

Statistics related to injury, fatigue, and minutes played are off topic?

I disagree...

 

Yep. All of this stupid inane blabber is "relevant" to the discussion. The only discussions you have on here is to nitpick people's posts, and argue semantics, instead of actually arguing basketball. And then argue of what people said. Not how it pertains to basketball. just argue the actual framework of the argument. It is all off topic. What does a burger stand, will hunting, stanford, linking this topic, etc. have to do with the topic? What's that? Nothing? Because you can't actually argue BASKETBALL. You just argue arguments. Like how you ran from our argument about Miller getting torched by quick guards once stats were brought up. If I, however, put forth a strawman, or had an avatar of my school, I'm sure the argument would have went further.

 

I ignored that particular comment. Why would I ignore you? Interacting with people that take awhile to get it is a good skill for me to work on.

Back on topic...

Were you able to find any data correlating minutes played with injury probability?

 

It is relevant, though. And I was arguing basketball in many of those posts.

I was actually commenting on the actual quotes from a basketball player (LMA) when all of this irrelevant statistical mumbo-jumbo was brought up. I found it humorous, and I find it humorous that you are now so far off-topic, that I don't think you even know what the thread was about.

If you can't follow this, how is that my fault? Are you going to comment on LMA's comments? That's the real question here, since I'd expect you to lead by example, and pull blazerboy and me out from the weeds and back into the herd.

 

Again, based on what variables? MRIs? Games lost? Declining production? Declining minutes?

And for what? To estimate how that may impact LMA? It has literally nothing to do with LMA as an individual. If you'd like to find a pattern, go for it, but that's not the discussion here.

You don't know what you're asking for, and it amuses me.

 

Anything that you are concerned about happening to LMA. I wasn't one of the posters claiming he should play less minutes. You were one of them. Why do you think he should play less minutes? So he can spend more time with his family? To keep reduce the chance of ....what?

To back up the claim that playing less minutes will reduce whatever you are concerned with in the above question. On average, across the population of players.

How do you know? What is the r-squared value of the correlation you are referring to? If the r-squared value is very high, then it probably has a LOT to do with LMA as an individual.

It is part of the discussion. Without ANYTHING to back up your claim, how can you state this magic number of minutes that LMA should be playing? Should he not play at all, all season?