WS/48 goes James, Durant, Kawhi Leonard.
Kawhi Leonard has a +24 Offensive rating Minus Defensive rating (LeBron is +23): http://bkref.com/tiny/yhlzV
In Defensive Win Shares for the playoffs, only Paul George and Tim Duncan have more than Leonard and he is tied with LeBron James in that category.
In sum - Kawhi Leonard is unbelievable right now.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Necessary Bankruptness - Sinbad Files for Bankruptcy Again
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/sinbad-broke-comedian-second-bankruptcy_n_3306322.html
Oh David Adkins.... The saddest thing is that THE K sent me the bankruptcy schedules. No house, 3 fairly mediocre cars, a Lincoln Navigator that he will be surrendering. And that pesky $11,000,000 in unpaid taxes.
He lists his residuals at "under $300" a year! "First Kid" just not rolling in the bucks. Where is his teammate from "Necessary Roughness" Kathy Ireland with a few bucks? She is worth like $150M. Remember how Andre's tough defense allowed you to kick that game tying field goal in that 3-3 game played in a downpour? Where would your career be without that, Kathy?!?!?
Sure, Scott Bakula, you dragged the guy out onto the field when you needed a D lineman on a shitty team, but when he owes the IRS $11M you Quantum Leap away as fast as possible!
Jason Bateman - I have just about given up on you as well.
Oh David Adkins.... The saddest thing is that THE K sent me the bankruptcy schedules. No house, 3 fairly mediocre cars, a Lincoln Navigator that he will be surrendering. And that pesky $11,000,000 in unpaid taxes.
He lists his residuals at "under $300" a year! "First Kid" just not rolling in the bucks. Where is his teammate from "Necessary Roughness" Kathy Ireland with a few bucks? She is worth like $150M. Remember how Andre's tough defense allowed you to kick that game tying field goal in that 3-3 game played in a downpour? Where would your career be without that, Kathy?!?!?
Sure, Scott Bakula, you dragged the guy out onto the field when you needed a D lineman on a shitty team, but when he owes the IRS $11M you Quantum Leap away as fast as possible!
Jason Bateman - I have just about given up on you as well.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Worst NBA Players By PER and Win Shares - Sorted By Minutes Played In Their Career
Over 100 minutes less than 4000 minutes:
- Cezary Trybanski had -0.5 Win Shares in his career
but he had a better PER than Will Conroy's negative 3.1
4,100 to 13,999 minutes logged:
-- this is a category owned by two men: Woody Sauldsberry and Greg Kite. Both men logged over 10,000 minutes. Kite's 6.5 PER is awful, and the worst. But Sauldsberry is historically dreadful - negative 7.9 Win Shares.
14,000 to 17,999 minutes:
Jason Collins may be gay, but whatever good qualities that gives him are obscured by a historically terrible 7.1 PER
Jack McMahon comes in at 6.2 Win Shares, which is bad, but it makes Sauldsberry's negative 7.9 all the more amazing.
18,000 to 25,999 minutes:
Bruce Bowen was a great defender; not very productive on offense. PER of 8.2
Howard Komives logged a lot of minutes, did not produce many wins, only 5.0 Win Shares
By the way, this is where DeShawn Stevenson's 9.9 PER and 12.1 Win Shares places him amongst the all-time worst for this minutes played level. He is historically awful, just not the worst.
Above 26,000 minutes, going by increments of 4,000 minutes, you get:
Caldwell Jones and Guy Rodgers
Sam Lacey and Derek Fisher
Juwan Howard and Charles Oakley
Once you get above 46,000 minutes, there really aren't any guys who suck. Cliff Robinson had a PER under 15. So despite playing ungodly career minutes, his final PER was below league average.
Two of the worst players on the career minutes list were Hall of Famers Elvin Hayes and John Havlicek, whose career PER numbers are both under 18. Hayes registered only 120.8 career Win Shares. Chauncey Billups, Walt Bellamy and Adrian Dantley - each has more Win Shares than Elvin.
And if you want to have a little fun - over 54,000 minutes there are only 2 guys - Kareem and Karl Malone. Karl had fewer Win Shares and a worse PER. So he is the worst in that category of minutes.
- Cezary Trybanski had -0.5 Win Shares in his career
but he had a better PER than Will Conroy's negative 3.1
4,100 to 13,999 minutes logged:
-- this is a category owned by two men: Woody Sauldsberry and Greg Kite. Both men logged over 10,000 minutes. Kite's 6.5 PER is awful, and the worst. But Sauldsberry is historically dreadful - negative 7.9 Win Shares.
14,000 to 17,999 minutes:
Jason Collins may be gay, but whatever good qualities that gives him are obscured by a historically terrible 7.1 PER
Jack McMahon comes in at 6.2 Win Shares, which is bad, but it makes Sauldsberry's negative 7.9 all the more amazing.
18,000 to 25,999 minutes:
Bruce Bowen was a great defender; not very productive on offense. PER of 8.2
Howard Komives logged a lot of minutes, did not produce many wins, only 5.0 Win Shares
By the way, this is where DeShawn Stevenson's 9.9 PER and 12.1 Win Shares places him amongst the all-time worst for this minutes played level. He is historically awful, just not the worst.
Above 26,000 minutes, going by increments of 4,000 minutes, you get:
Caldwell Jones and Guy Rodgers
Sam Lacey and Derek Fisher
Juwan Howard and Charles Oakley
Once you get above 46,000 minutes, there really aren't any guys who suck. Cliff Robinson had a PER under 15. So despite playing ungodly career minutes, his final PER was below league average.
Two of the worst players on the career minutes list were Hall of Famers Elvin Hayes and John Havlicek, whose career PER numbers are both under 18. Hayes registered only 120.8 career Win Shares. Chauncey Billups, Walt Bellamy and Adrian Dantley - each has more Win Shares than Elvin.
And if you want to have a little fun - over 54,000 minutes there are only 2 guys - Kareem and Karl Malone. Karl had fewer Win Shares and a worse PER. So he is the worst in that category of minutes.
Jason Kidd - The All-Time Worst 12 Game Playoff Stretch of All Time?
http://bkref.com/tiny/3wNva
Certainly if you control somewhat for minutes played, Kidd's 247 minutes dominates suckmeisters like Manute Bol and DeShawn Stevenson (by the way, how is DS ALWAYS involved in "all-time worst efforts" and yet somehow hangs around? Does he have under age sex pics of someone ELSE!?!?).
Mark Madsen had a playoffs where he shot 1 for 13, but he only played 48 minutes. Erick Dampier in 2009-10 shot 0% in 118 minutes.
It just doesn't happen often that a guy shoots 12% in the playoffs and gets to play in 12 games. In fact, it has happened twice - Madsen and Kidd.
If you are looking for a guy who shot 25% or worse in the playoffs over 240+ minutes, it is just Kidd and Lindsey Hunter in 2000-01 (he doubled Kidd's shooting percentage).
Time to hang it up and focus on anger managment, Jason.
Certainly if you control somewhat for minutes played, Kidd's 247 minutes dominates suckmeisters like Manute Bol and DeShawn Stevenson (by the way, how is DS ALWAYS involved in "all-time worst efforts" and yet somehow hangs around? Does he have under age sex pics of someone ELSE!?!?).
Mark Madsen had a playoffs where he shot 1 for 13, but he only played 48 minutes. Erick Dampier in 2009-10 shot 0% in 118 minutes.
It just doesn't happen often that a guy shoots 12% in the playoffs and gets to play in 12 games. In fact, it has happened twice - Madsen and Kidd.
If you are looking for a guy who shot 25% or worse in the playoffs over 240+ minutes, it is just Kidd and Lindsey Hunter in 2000-01 (he doubled Kidd's shooting percentage).
Time to hang it up and focus on anger managment, Jason.
Friday, May 17, 2013
Phil Jackson - Michael Jordan WAY Better Than Kobe Bryant
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9285372/phil-jackson-compares-michael-jordan-kobe-bryant-book
Even a cursory look at the statistics of the two men would tell you that. It hardly takes a subjective Phil Jackson comment to tell you that:
Jordan was a much, much better defender than Kobe - Kobe 2.0 steals plus blocks, 105 defensive rating; Jordan 3.1 steals plus blocks, 103 defensive rating
Jordan was less of a ball hog and shot the ball better than Kobe - Kobe's career FG% is 45.4%. Jordan as a Bull in a year where he didn't play baseball never shot as poorly as 45.4%.
Jordan was a better teammate and a non-rapist -- well....yeah. I do not recall any of Jordan's teammates rapping after winning a title w/o Michael and asking "How's my ass taste?" as Shaq did in Miami.
Even a cursory look at the statistics of the two men would tell you that. It hardly takes a subjective Phil Jackson comment to tell you that:
Jordan was a much, much better defender than Kobe - Kobe 2.0 steals plus blocks, 105 defensive rating; Jordan 3.1 steals plus blocks, 103 defensive rating
Jordan was less of a ball hog and shot the ball better than Kobe - Kobe's career FG% is 45.4%. Jordan as a Bull in a year where he didn't play baseball never shot as poorly as 45.4%.
Jordan was a better teammate and a non-rapist -- well....yeah. I do not recall any of Jordan's teammates rapping after winning a title w/o Michael and asking "How's my ass taste?" as Shaq did in Miami.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
America's Recession Ghost Towns
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2011/08/04/9-Worst-Recession-Ghost-Towns-in-America.aspx#page1
Wild stuff. I like the guy who is the only resident of a 32-floor condo tower.
Wild stuff. I like the guy who is the only resident of a 32-floor condo tower.
Top 7 Playoff Performers (Minimum 9 games) - May 16 Update
http://bkref.com/tiny/1qgzx
Let's call it like it is. These have been very poor playoffs for the offense. In the regular season there were 24 players who had a PER over 20 and a WS/48 of at least .150.
In the playoffs thus far, of guys who have played 9 games or more (i.e., their teams are winning some games), there are only 7 guys who qualify.
This is NOT what you would expect. Generally the playoffs, particularly the first round, are a time for stars to shine and overwhelm outmatched opponents. Not so this year.
What speaks even more to the physical defensive style of play is that of the top 7 playoff performers on a Win Shares Per 48 basis only Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol are contributing MORE in the playoffs than they did in the regular season on a per minute basis.
Anyway - without further ado:
PER Leaders - James, Durant, Parker, Curry, Gasol, Zach Randolph, Mike Conley
Win Shares Leaders - James and Durant (tie), Gasol, Curry, Randolph, Conley, Parker
WS/48 Leaders - James, Durant, Gasol, Parker, Curry, Randolph, Conley
Scoring 7 points for a win or tie for first in a category, down to 1 point for a 7th place finish:
James - 21 points
Durant - 19 points
Gasol - 13
Curry - 11
Parker - 10
Randolph - 7
Conley - 4
How good are James and Durant? Both guys are having significantly worse performances in the playoffs than they had in the regular season. But both guys are, by far, the best overall statistical players in the playoffs.
How great have Curry and Parker been? Pretty great, right? Well:
Curry -- PER 21.3, WS 1.7, WS48 .179
Parker - 25.4, 1.4, .205
they in no way come close to
Durant (who Twitter now says sucks and cannot play) - 26.4, 2.2, .213
James (who is playing at about 85% of his regular season play) -- 27.3, 2.2, .299
Durant is now gone. If the Pacers take out the Heat, the playoffs will have Tony Parker and a bunch of guys struggling to stay above 20 in PER.
Let's call it like it is. These have been very poor playoffs for the offense. In the regular season there were 24 players who had a PER over 20 and a WS/48 of at least .150.
In the playoffs thus far, of guys who have played 9 games or more (i.e., their teams are winning some games), there are only 7 guys who qualify.
This is NOT what you would expect. Generally the playoffs, particularly the first round, are a time for stars to shine and overwhelm outmatched opponents. Not so this year.
What speaks even more to the physical defensive style of play is that of the top 7 playoff performers on a Win Shares Per 48 basis only Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol are contributing MORE in the playoffs than they did in the regular season on a per minute basis.
Anyway - without further ado:
PER Leaders - James, Durant, Parker, Curry, Gasol, Zach Randolph, Mike Conley
Win Shares Leaders - James and Durant (tie), Gasol, Curry, Randolph, Conley, Parker
WS/48 Leaders - James, Durant, Gasol, Parker, Curry, Randolph, Conley
Scoring 7 points for a win or tie for first in a category, down to 1 point for a 7th place finish:
James - 21 points
Durant - 19 points
Gasol - 13
Curry - 11
Parker - 10
Randolph - 7
Conley - 4
How good are James and Durant? Both guys are having significantly worse performances in the playoffs than they had in the regular season. But both guys are, by far, the best overall statistical players in the playoffs.
How great have Curry and Parker been? Pretty great, right? Well:
Curry -- PER 21.3, WS 1.7, WS48 .179
Parker - 25.4, 1.4, .205
they in no way come close to
Durant (who Twitter now says sucks and cannot play) - 26.4, 2.2, .213
James (who is playing at about 85% of his regular season play) -- 27.3, 2.2, .299
Durant is now gone. If the Pacers take out the Heat, the playoffs will have Tony Parker and a bunch of guys struggling to stay above 20 in PER.
Minaj - Out!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/15/nicki-minaj-american-idol_n_3281290.html
In other news - I woke up today. Sun has not gone supernova. There were other cars on the road today.
In other news - I woke up today. Sun has not gone supernova. There were other cars on the road today.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
I Never Thought I Would Ever Turn Down a Pop Tart, But.....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/15/pop-tarts-gone-nutty-peanut-butter_n_3278330.html
Analogy - "Hey look, honey, there is an NBA game on - oh, it's Pelicans-Bobcats."
Analogy - "Hey look, honey, there is an NBA game on - oh, it's Pelicans-Bobcats."
Monday, May 13, 2013
David Robinson - Underrated Greatness
Defensive Rating
1989-90 NBA 96.8 (2)1990-91 NBA 95.9 (2)
1991-92 NBA 94.4 (1)1992-93 NBA 99.9 (6)
1993-94 NBA 98.0 (8)
1994-95 NBA 98.6 (3)
1995-96 NBA 96.5 (1)1997-98 NBA 93.6 (1)1998-99 NBA 87.9 (1)1999-00 NBA 92.2 (1)2000-01 NBA 92.1 (2)
2001-02 NBA 94.9 (2)
2002-03 NBA 94.9 (3)
Career NBA 95.6 (4)
Career 95.6 (4)
13 years he finished no worse than 8th in the league in Defensive Rating. He also has 5 firsts, 4 seconds and 2 thirds in that stretch.
Career Win Shares per 48 -- .2502; second only to Michael Jordan, and ahead of Wilt and LeBron.
May 13 Update - 5 Best NBA Playoff Performers
Need a PER over 20, over 1 Win Share and Over .2 Win Shares per 48.
PER Leaders
Durant
James
Curry
Gasol
Allen
Win Shares (Total) Leaders
Durant
Curry
James
Gasol
Allen
WS/48
James
Durant
Allen
Gasol
Curry
Give 5 points for a category win, down to 1 point for a 5th place finish:
Durant - 14
James - 12
Curry - 7
Gasol - 6
Ray Allen - 5
PER Leaders
Durant
James
Curry
Gasol
Allen
Win Shares (Total) Leaders
Durant
Curry
James
Gasol
Allen
WS/48
James
Durant
Allen
Gasol
Curry
Give 5 points for a category win, down to 1 point for a 5th place finish:
Durant - 14
James - 12
Curry - 7
Gasol - 6
Ray Allen - 5
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