Most of us have heard the noise; taking any shots besides layups or triples is inefficient. On that issue, we likely fall into four main distinct categories: True Disciple – […]
Reasonable Defensive Expectations – because there are no shutouts in basketball
Finishing up some current thinking on charting individual player defensive accountability, we’d like to share one more thought on how coaches can use postgame defensive charting to zero in fixable […]
Charting Defensive Accountability: Part 2
In Charting Defensive Accountability: Part I earlier we promised further thoughts on charting defensive accountability. If you open the Sample Game file we can begin: The team in question gave […]
Charting Defensive Accountability
In a previous post (Overlooked Old School Advanced Stat-Matchup+/-) we discussed the simplicity and timeliness of the old school thinking of the goal of having each player outscore the opponent […]
Ball Reversals and the Positive Correlation with Points per Possession
I recently moved from my longtime high school gig to a volunteer position working for my old college coach. While I certainly miss running my own program I am really […]
Best Analytic? A Vote for “True Game Value” and “True Season Value”
(This article continues the thinking described in the recent “Is the Whole Truly Better than the Sum of the Parts?” article.) This past season we spent considerable time and several […]