Monthly Archives: March 2011

An APM Primer/Bleg

Apologies for how quiet it’s been around here; it turns out that even grad students have to do stuff sometimes.  Although it seems to have paid off, because I have a postdoctoral position lined up for the fall, which is … Continue reading

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Looking Forward to the Playoffs

ESPN has put up its Playoff Predictor, powered by Accuscore, which is fun to play around with, and John Hollinger has a post (Insider required) that mentions some of the points we can take away from it.  As it turns … Continue reading

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Derrick Rose for MVP?

Just for argument’s sake: Rose versus Wade.  They’re very similar (I love that they had the exact same number of points when I looked this up) but so far this year Wade is a more efficient shooter, a better rebounder, … Continue reading

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Sometimes Regular Stats Will Do

I was watching the Knicks-Hawks game yesterday, and before it started the commentators were of course talking about Amar’e and Carmelo.  One of them, I think Doris Burke (not 100% on that), said that both shoot a decent percentage.  I … Continue reading

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