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Are advanced stats hitting the mainstream?

Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 3:25 am
by colts18
Do you believe that Advanced Stats are now at the tipping point. For example, In the Warriors-Grizzlies game, I saw this graphic. I doubt I would have seen something like that a few years ago.

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Re: Are advanced stats hitting the mainstream?

Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 1:33 pm
by Mike G
I see one "advanced" stat, aka points per 100 possessions.
But we still continually hear and see FG% as if that means anything. What is Conley's effect on team eFG%? On TS% ?

Actually, the ORtg incorporates all that and more. So the next best stat to see would be point differential, or ORtg-DRtg difference.
And even then, how much of his off-court time is garbage time?

Re: Are advanced stats hitting the mainstream?

Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 10:50 am
by Mike G
Sometimes a given announcer will pick up a 'pet stat'. That Ast/TO thing has been kicked around for a while, even though nobody has shown it means much.

Wouldn't eFG% be something that regular fans could appreciate? It incorporates points (from FGA), 2fg%, 2fga, 3fga, and 3fg%. That is, it combines them into one effective FG%.

"A three is a basket and a half", is all you need to know. That's not hard to verbalize or to conceptualize.