I don't agree with that for "this yr" and I explained why in another post. We'll just have to agree to disagree
[QUOTE="Strenuus, post: 4299860, member: 27918"]Lazy journalism or a job that is having to cater to the impatient consumer?[/QUOTE] If they want to title their article as "How to Identify an NBA Draft Bust in Just 10 Games", I don't think it's a lot to ask to do a multivariate regression as opposed to a uni-variate regression.
True. Its why I don't post on the board as much anymore. Too many knee jerk opinions. That and I realized that I don't give a shit about peoples opinions. The Blazers are more enjoyable to watch now.
The thesis of the article is to put down Fultz, thus praising the Lakers for taking Ball #2. Sound familiar from the media? The article cites this. Notice that many of the worst were injury-prone? So duh, they had bad career starts. https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/tiny.fcgi?id=FgXYg The article cites this. The article conveniently forgot to note its theory's failures like Brandon Jennings at #5. https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/tiny.fcgi?id=ElVFj
If they want to title their article as "How to Identify an NBA Draft Bust in Just 10 Games", I don't think it's a lot to ask to do a multivariate regression as opposed to a uni-variate regression. [/QUOTE] lol. I can't tell if you're trolling or not.
Seattle played Durant at his wrong position on purpose, because it was their weakest position. The reason was not his physical weakness. The purpose was to get him minutes instead of being a substitute, since he was obviously a future star. Because he got a year at SG, his shooting progress was greatly accelerated. Kind of like LeBron starting at PG his whole rookie year. You got part of it right, Julius. They based their findings on everyone after playing 4 years. The first 10 games indicate (probabilistically, not certainly) the results 4 years later. Of course, this ignores early injuries like Przybilla's.
It's a flim-flam article, short on evidence and long on conclusions. They're trying to get clicks. As opposed to, say, a quality message board like this.
Probably not, but its a chance for a rookie to impress his coaches. Biggie’s great summer showing didn’t hurt his chances to be getting PT now instead of Zach.
