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Originally Posted by Assani Fisher
Without looking anything up(honor system), give me a basic description of what the following stats mean and then give a brief paragraph saying the strengths of each stat, the weaknesses of each stat, and your view of their overall usefullness.
TS%
eFG%
APM
Roland Rating
PER
Win Shares
Wages of Wins
Defensive Rating
Offensive Rating
Pythagorean W/L
VAA
VAR
I could literally write a 5 page essay on any one of those stats right now(and those who know me on here, know that I sometimes will get carried away and make ultra long posts about these sort of things). I've spent hours and hours debating the merits of each of these stats with other threadzilla regs. I've also spent hours and hours discussing the merits of analyzing games through watching them....we've discussed things such as accounting for biases when watching, selective memory, and the benefits of charting our own stats which aren't kept anywhere else.
If you want some background on me personally, I was a DII college basketball player, I worked as head statistician for our men and women's teams after I graduated, and if not for poker I most likely would be in coaching right now. This past year, I was a part of a NBA betting team which put forth a very complex program to try to beat Vegas betting lines(although I'll be the first to admit that kbfc, another threadzilla reg, deserves 99.99% of the credit for that and I was mostly along for the ride).
And despite all of this, I don't even consider myself one of the most knowledgeable people on this forum when it comes to basketball. I think I'm maybe top 10.
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OK Assani honestly i dont know what most of those mean,
ts is shootin percentage when u factor in ft's and 3's
efg- i think is when u factor in 3's
apm- assist per min. IDk just a guess
per is effeciency
the wins things prly have something to do with how much the player wins
and im assuming the o and d ratings are pretty self explanatory
actually soo i guess i know some of those mybe half tops but def not as much as u( im assuming you know all of those.)
but Just bc you know what those stats mean doesnt make you an expert. ITs like saying i know all these current event stories in the world and that makes me an expert on world politics. IM sure if you told me what those stats mean i could explain to u prtty easily how they affect the game and what players are high/low in them.
Ok so you said you debate those stats alot so that makes me think that u do know a tooooon about bball and are very knowledgeable wich you prlly do if you do debate them that much, but that doesnt mean u know more then me im sure if you told me what each of them mean exactly i could debate them forever right with you.
As far as you personally yes you do have some nice expierience statician, d2 etc but no offense but d2 is a joke. understand that tho When i say that i mean no disrespect i just think unless you played d1 powerhouse or went nba d2 doesnt mean much...not trying to disrespect u just saying i think playing d2 is irrelevant to this situation