Owner Real Deal Posted December 12, 2009 Owner Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 So far, at least...pretty interesting. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/stats/rpi?season=2010&sortColumn=sos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenneral Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 *sigh* -_- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moeroadkill Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 we got really tough 5 or 6 games ahead of us cavs, lakers, mavs, rockets, suns(i think) and another team. hope we can take care of home games and we should be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lkr Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 correct me if I'm wrong...but don't all NBA teams play each other? Therefore, how can one have a tougher schedule? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 How about that, Houston number 1. Lol, if you look back in all those rankings, Celtics are always towards the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted December 12, 2009 Author Owner Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 correct me if I'm wrong...but don't all NBA teams play each other? Therefore, how can one have a tougher schedule?We play East teams only twice, all West teams 3-4 times. And even then, there's the difference between teams in the conference. We may play Denver four times this year, while another West team plays them just three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfish Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 correct me if I'm wrong...but don't all NBA teams play each other? Therefore, how can one have a tougher schedule?People are hating on the Lakers saying their schedule is easy so far because they have been beating up on bad teams. And I think what this shows is that the Lakers opponents have been better then most of the teams so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Built Ford Tough Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 I'm not sure about how SoS is determined and what not, so I would appreciate it if somebody cleared a few things up for me. 1) Are road games and home games weighed differently? It is obvious that most teams play better at home than they do on the road. 2) Are back to backs factored into this? For example, a road game on the tail end of a back to back against a team like Atlanta could be just as hard as a home game after 3 days rest against somebody like the Lakers. 3) Basically, how do they determine this metric? lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChosenOne Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Houston at #1! I kinda like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfish Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 I'm not sure about how SoS is determined and what not, so I would appreciate it if somebody cleared a few things up for me. 1) Are road games and home games weighed differently? It is obvious that most teams play better at home than they do on the road. 2) Are back to backs factored into this? For example, a road game on the tail end of a back to back against a team like Atlanta could be just as hard as a home game after 3 days rest against somebody like the Lakers. 3) Basically, how do they determine this metric? lol.Im pretty sure its just opponent team winning %, not sure though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted December 12, 2009 Author Owner Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 I'm not sure about how SoS is determined and what not, so I would appreciate it if somebody cleared a few things up for me. 1) Are road games and home games weighed differently? It is obvious that most teams play better at home than they do on the road. 2) Are back to backs factored into this? For example, a road game on the tail end of a back to back against a team like Atlanta could be just as hard as a home game after 3 days rest against somebody like the Lakers. 3) Basically, how do they determine this metric? lol.It's based on the RPI (Relative Power Index), which is... The basic formula is 25% team winning percentage, 50% opponents' average winning percentage, and 25% opponents' opponents' average winning percentage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleveland's Finest Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 This is sorta discluding the home/road game stuff. Phoenix has played what, almost half the amount of home games they have road yet they aren't in the top 10? And the Lakers with all those home games shouldn't be top 10. Nice to see the Celtics easiness recognized by this though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bravenewworld Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 I understand the concept of what is going on with the SOS of NBA teams, but i just dont see how it is really relative simply because ever team does play every team. Kind of a worthless stat for professional basketball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owner Real Deal Posted December 15, 2009 Author Owner Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 I understand the concept of what is going on with the SOS of NBA teams, but i just dont see how it is really relative simply because ever team does play every team. Kind of a worthless stat for professional basketball.Well, again, East teams play each other 3-4 times a year (same with the West). Opposing conferences play each other only twice. So while the Heat would play the Nets four times, the Spurs only play the Nets twice...and in the same fashion, the Heat play the Lakers twice, yet the Spurs play LA four times. And that is where winning percentages come into play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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