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What does this case of "synergy" mean? (Truehoop)

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 11:38 pm
by AcrossTheCourt
http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_ ... ck-synergy

It's not defined, but is it based on simple plus/minus? PER? Like how a player's PER increases or decreases with a player.

I looked at a player pair's plus/minus, and then compared it to the team's offensive rating. That sorta worked to replicate what they're doing in that video, but I'm still not sure.

http://stats-for-the-nba.appspot.com/te ... _page.html

Re: What does this case of "synergy" mean? (Truehoop)

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 11:07 pm
by knarsu3
AcrossTheCourt wrote:http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_ ... ck-synergy

It's not defined, but is it based on simple plus/minus? PER? Like how a player's PER increases or decreases with a player.

I looked at a player pair's plus/minus, and then compared it to the team's offensive rating. That sorta worked to replicate what they're doing in that video, but I'm still not sure.

http://stats-for-the-nba.appspot.com/te ... _page.html
Yeah I saw that and was wondering the same thing. Does ESPN track that? The PER increasing/decreasing with a player in/out of the lineup would be interesting.

Re: What does this case of "synergy" mean? (Truehoop)

Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:04 am
by talkingpractice
Third person here who saw this last week and had no idea what the heck it was, but is very curious.