Sħãlïq™ Posted October 18, 2011 Report Share Posted October 18, 2011 (edited) Advanced Stats for the Ignoramus III - The Rise of the Planet of the Estimated Statistic Here's Part Three of our discussion of advanced stats: If you've missed all or any part of Parts One and Two, you'll find them here and here. In part one, we covered Plus/Minus, On/Off, and Adjusted Plus Minus (APM). Steve Perrin, our stat guru, got very excited over that last one, we're still cleaning up the mess. In part two, we moved onto True Shooting Percentage, Effective Shooting Percentage (another of Steve's favorites) and Points Per Shot, where Steve threw Corey Maggette under the bus (only figuratively, Steve's not a particularly big guy and he would not have been foolish enough to try and throw the magnificent Corey under anything. He might have, perhaps, tried to coax Maggs under a bus, but I digress). For the third part of our series, we'll be dipping our collective toes into some "estimated" stats. I am the Ignoramus, Steve Perrin is the smart guy. Here we go: * * * The Ignoramus: So, Steve, let's just skip the pleasantries, take off the gloves, crack our knuckles, sharpen our pencils, turn up the lights, damn the torpedoes, and get started. There are all these "estimated stats" I see everywhere: Rebound Percentages (Offensive, Defensive, Total), Assist percentages, Steal, Block, Turnover percentages, and my favorite, Usage percentage. First of all, these are all actually, percentage stats, but I've recently discovered that these percentages are based on estimates. But stat is short for statistic. Isn't the term "estimated stat" oxymoronic?Read More Edited October 18, 2011 by Shãłïq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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