APBRmetrics

You're right - 4.8 fouls per 36 minutes is pretty high. Maybe that's the only reason.

Nick Collison's RAPM numbers are more interesting to me than Collins. In the 14-year RAPM data set, Collison has a +3.9, which ranks him 37th out of the 1383 players listed. He's in the top 3% - truly elite. Below are his games started, minutes per game with team rank in parentheses, and team's reco...

Good, metrics should be criticized. Understanding where a metric fails is necessary for correcting it. Long-term APM is a fantastic metric, particularly for measuring defensive impact, but we should still examine the outliers and try to understand why guys like Amir Johnson, Nick Collison, and Jason...

I have a hunch that the surprisingly high plus-minus figures for some low-minute guys are caused mostly by selection bias, as in a coach purposely plays his specialists only in situations where he thinks they would do well and sits them otherwise. Example: Jason Collins is considered a great interio...