Stats. What are they good for?

[CelticConcourse]

http://www.blazersedge.com/2013/3/6/4069874/blazers-edge-mailbag-stats-sloan-sports-analystics-conference

A good post, like always, from BE

[slamtheking]

EDWIN STARR
"STATS" sung as "War"

STATS, huh, yeah
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Uh-huh
STATS, huh, yeah
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Say it again, y'all
STATS, huh, good God
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Listen to me

[indeedproceed]

Statistics are 100% accurate. Cuz numbers. Inferences based on those statistics vary widely. Cuz people. Science.

Yep, except that basketball statistics are not 100% accurate. Cuz people....moving people. Btw, do you know of any spacing statistics? I mean, isnīt that what most coaches design their offense for? To create space? Seems pretty important to me, yet thereīs not a single stat about that (at least none Iīm aware of).

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Well, guys, while I appreciate all the attention Iīm getting, I really canīt reply to every single post with the attention it deserves, however snarky itīs tone might be.

So, now that we all had a good laugh at my expense, how about some of you highly-educated folks prove your reading comprehension by actually answering my question, instead of me having to argue on 7 different level?

Show me a basketball stat which actually says what it is supposed to say, maybe with a nice, short explanation how that helps anyone instead of using deduction or experience, and I will explain to you while that is not the case. It really is that simple.

TRB%: Total Rebound Percentage (available since the 1970-71 season in the NBA); the formula is 100 * (TRB * (Tm MP / 5)) / (MP * (Tm TRB + Opp TRB)). Total rebound percentage is an estimate of the percentage of available rebounds a player grabbed while he was on the floor.

This stat is great because it reduces noise from inflated rebound numbers from playing in an up-tempo pace, and allows one to compare players who spend varying amounts of time on the floor (The 'Jeff Green is a good rebounder because he got 7 rebounds per game' conundrum).

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/statistics/_/sort/reboundRate

Simple, easy, informative.

[CelticConcourse]

http://www.sbnation.com/longform/2013/3/7/4071420/sloan-sports-analytics-conference-recap-ssac-2013

I should go see it one day

[CelticConcourse]

Statistics are 100% accurate. Cuz numbers. Inferences based on those statistics vary widely. Cuz people. Science.

Yep, except that basketball statistics are not 100% accurate. Cuz people....moving people. Btw, do you know of any spacing statistics? I mean, isnīt that what most coaches design their offense for? To create space? Seems pretty important to me, yet thereīs not a single stat about that (at least none Iīm aware of).

-----------------------------------------------------------

Well, guys, while I appreciate all the attention Iīm getting, I really canīt reply to every single post with the attention it deserves, however snarky itīs tone might be.

So, now that we all had a good laugh at my expense, how about some of you highly-educated folks prove your reading comprehension by actually answering my question, instead of me having to argue on 7 different level?

Show me a basketball stat which actually says what it is supposed to say, maybe with a nice, short explanation how that helps anyone instead of using deduction or experience, and I will explain to you while that is not the case. It really is that simple.

TRB%: Total Rebound Percentage (available since the 1970-71 season in the NBA); the formula is 100 * (TRB * (Tm MP / 5)) / (MP * (Tm TRB + Opp TRB)). Total rebound percentage is an estimate of the percentage of available rebounds a player grabbed while he was on the floor.

This stat is great because it reduces noise from inflated rebound numbers from playing in an up-tempo pace, and allows one to compare players who spend varying amounts of time on the floor (The 'Jeff Green is a good rebounder because he got 7 rebounds per game' conundrum).

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/hollinger/statistics/_/sort/reboundRate

Simple, easy, informative.

Unless there's five great rebounders on a team. There are only so many rebounds to go around.