Sorry folks. Between work, my wife’s birthday & the stat page, there hasn’t been much time for blogging. So here’s an interview with Mr. Curry. LINK: http://www.insidehoops.com/curry-knicks-interview-111105.shtml InsideHoops.com: So yeah, talk about the evolution of your game. Eddy Curry: The next step for me is to continue to try to jell with this team. Try [...]
LINK: http://www.courtsidetimes.net/articles/6/ The problem with per game stats is simple. Although each team plays a 48 minute game, the participants can try to limit (or expand) the number of opportunities to score each game. Last year the Pistons had fewer opportunities to score than the Suns. This is because the Suns had Steve Nash pushing [...]
The NY Sun’s John Hollinger: First, Trevor Ariza has to replace Matt Barnes as the starting small forward.While Barnes is a better on-ball defender, he is just killing them offensively by shooting 40% and averaging a meager 6.7 points per game. Opponents don’t even bother guarding him, because he’s so ineffective from outside, and he [...]
LINK: http://www.courtsidetimes.net/articles/23/ The truth is we could use any multiplier for per minute stats: 10, 12, 40, 48, pi, the square root of 2, or the national debt. The number 40 was taken because in today?s NBA the best players average about that many minutes. What?s important to remember is that per 40 minute stats [...]
Again just some quick notes: * Matt Barnes can do everything on the defensive end, but he’s a mess on offense. He drives to the hoop uncontrollably, and he doesn’t have Marbury ability to pass or finish. On one drive he panicked in the air and threw the ball right into Arenas’ hands. Gilbert was [...]
Check it out if you like basketball, stats, On Star GPS, coin flippin, Jackie Butler, Randy Johnson, Tanyon Sturtze, Dirk Nowitzki, or Reggie Evans. –> http://www.courtsidetimes.net/articles/21/
Sorry folks I don’t have time for a full analysis tonight. Tonight the Knicks played 4 good quarters of basketball, but the game went 5. Here are some nuggets to chew on: Throughout the game, you could tell that the Knicks defense looked improved. Even guys like Marbury showed improvement. It’s nice to have a [...]
