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Change of venue
Folks, starting today, I’ll be writing a weekly post on Thursdays, over at Hardwood Paroxysm. I’m likely to continue posting here, although frequency might drop a little bit. If you would … more »
The Arbitrarian
Change of venue
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d sparks wrote 2 days ago: Folks, starting today, I’ll be writing a weekly post on Thursdays, over at Hardwood Paroxysm. … more »
Estimating team chemistry
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d sparks wrote 4 days ago: I posted recently to introduce a new method of characterizing basketball playing styles, which I cal … more »
Mr. Consistency
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d sparks wrote 3 weeks ago: Who are the most consistent scorers in the NBA? This is a question of some interest for those who pa … more »
Anything's possible.
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d sparks wrote 1 month ago: Huge game. I’d like to point out, that despite seemingly everyone picking the Lakers to win th … more »
Improving Brand's Image
d sparks wrote 1 month ago: If the BoxScores methodology and the Scorer-Perimeter-Interior playing style trichotomy is new to yo … more »
Paul Pierce: An MVP performance in a losing effort
d sparks wrote 1 month ago: Last night, Paul Pierce made a strong case to be finals MVP–unfortunately for him, the Celtics … more »
Ray Allen, finals MVP?
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d sparks wrote 1 month ago: He certainly seems to have found his stroke in this series, and has been arguably the most consisten … more »
The Grizzlies were good, once
d sparks wrote 1 month ago: And not too long ago, either. It may seem hard to believe today, but the Memphis team once featured … more »
Making Pierce a liability
d sparks wrote 1 month ago: … is what the Lakers managed to do last night. Garnett, had he not rebounded well, would have … more »
Just how bad was the free throw discrepancy in Game 2?
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d sparks wrote 1 month ago: An inquisitive reader asked me to examine just how bad was the home/away free throw attempt discrepa … more »
Credit where credit is due
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d sparks wrote 1 month ago: Last night’s game was awesome–I admit a pro-Celtics bias on account of a pro-Kevin Garne … more »
Carrying the burden
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d sparks wrote 1 month ago: There has been some discussion lately as to whether the Lakers are better when Bryant scores a lot v … more »
The Road to the NBA Finals
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d sparks wrote 1 month ago: Using a modification of the BoxScores formula, and applying it to single games, I’ve developed … more »
Most Underappreciated: The Sonics of the 1990s
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d sparks wrote 1 month ago: Gary Payton, Shawn Kemp, Hersey Hawkins, Detlef Schrempf: between 1992 and 1998, each of these playe … more »
Hardaway : Mourning : Brown :: Wade : O'Neal : Haslem
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d sparks wrote 1 month ago: Seriously. The first trio, in 1996-97, had the winningest regular season in Heat history. The second … more »
Winshares: Player contributions to team success
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d sparks wrote 2 months ago: Note: Since this post was published, the Winshares formula has undergone some revisions of some subs … more »
A little self-promotion
d sparks wrote 2 months ago: Regarding the previously mentioned People’s Statistic Project (in which you should participate … more »
Choosing the MVP, geometrically
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d sparks wrote 2 months ago: To begin, here are is my pick/prediction for the 2008 NBA MVP award: Chris Paul of the New Orleans H … more »
No-brainer of the year
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d sparks wrote 2 months ago: As you might have heard, the Sixth man of the year is Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs. Appare … more »
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