Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, on his webpage blogmaverick.com, advocates 2 Mavericks for the All Defensive team: Dirk Nowitzki and Josh Howard. The first nominee is a curious one that will raise a few eyebrows. Over the last few years, Dirk’s defense has been thought as mediocre at best. Last year the Mavericks were awful [...]
[You should read Part I, which is just below this one. For those that are too lazy to scroll down, but not too lazy to click on a hyperlink, you can read Part I here.] Part I ended with my theory that coaches who win year after year are biased against for their consistency. The [...]
There are few things you can rely on year after year in the sports world. The Yankees are going to spend more money on their team than anyone else. The Arizona Cardinals are going to loose more games than they win. Boxing is going to find yet another way to embarrass itself. And the Spurs [...]
63.5% That’s what the Suns shot yesterday (eFG%). Just look at their big 6 (really a big 3 + a 3 large): Name……… Min Pts eFG% TS% S. Marion…. 42 20? 47% 1.01 Q. Richardson 39 25? 74% 1.47 A. Stoudemire 40 29? 54% 1.25 J. Johnson… 40 24? 66% 1.35 S. Nash…… 35 9? [...]
Last month, I did a little write up of the Phoenix Suns. With the Suns heading into New York on Tuesday, it’s seems like as good a time as any to revisit that column, and see how my analysis has stood up over time. The Suns main weakness is their bench. The Suns 5 starters [...]
What will new coach Herb Williams bring to the Knicks? Here are two points that I’m most interested in. 1. Overall team improvement. Improving on the Knicks win/loss record is the highest priority right now, but I’m going to concentrate on the team’s offensive & defensive rating (also known as points per possession). Why? Studies [...]
This morning the Knicks, who dropped 9 of their last 10, announced that their coach Lenny Wilkens (1332-1155, 54%) would step down. For the time being, New York will replace the winningest coach in history with the coach having the highest win percentage. Herb Williams (1-0, 100%) may give Knick fans some hope that he [...]
