[valentine]

WOULD YA’LL RATHER never see a player play but have a paper with there eff rating for a season or see a player play for a season but not see there eff rating ..when deciding if you are gonna draft him or trade for him….which do you think is more important

[SlimParticipant]

personaally not on a team right now so, see a player play!

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

obviously seeing them play…. quincey, the point is, you shouldn’t disregard PER… or per 48 minute stats. they are relevant

[IndianaBasketballParticipant]

It’s obvious the answer to this question is seeing them play, but per 48 min stats are extremely important and shouldn’t be overlooked. Efficiency tells you a lot about a player that the eye can’t see and is extremely valuable when it comes to putting a team together.

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

quincey, i’m also reading this article about shane battier’s value… really interesting.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/magazine/15Battier-t.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all

I think that’s the same Michael Lewis that has written a couple books…. he’s a good writer, if it’s the same michael lewis.

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

direct quote from the michael lewis article:

Battier’s game is a weird combination of obvious weaknesses and nearly invisible strengths. When he is on the court, his teammates get better, often a lot better, and his opponents get worse — often a lot worse. He may not grab huge numbers of rebounds, but he has an uncanny ability to improve his teammates’ rebounding. He doesn’t shoot much, but when he does, he takes only the most efficient shots. He also has a knack for getting the ball to teammates who are in a position to do the same, and he commits few turnovers. On defense, although he routinely guards the N.B.A.’s most prolific scorers, he significantly ­reduces their shooting percentages. At the same time he somehow improves the defensive efficiency of his teammates — probably, Morey surmises, by helping them out in all sorts of subtle ways. “I call him Lego,” Morey says. “When he’s on the court, all the pieces start to fit together. And everything that leads to winning that you can get to through intellect instead of innate ability, Shane excels in. I’ll bet he’s in the hundredth percentile of every category.”

[SlimParticipant]

Efficiency tells you a lot about a player that the eye can’t see and is extremely valuable when it comes to putting a team together.

i dont think it does. it justs puts it into numbers,

anybody can tell u that if u play defense and take
(& make) good shots then u give your team a chance to win

where the “eye test” comes in is you look at the position the player will be defending, if they can’t defend that
player then they better be able to outscore them (Dirk Nowitzki) or be very good at drawing fouls (Dwight Howard) and sending opposing players to the bench

at the NCAA level someone like JJ Reddick can knock down 20 footers all day and light u up or 50
and on the other side pack in the defense to make it hard for someone with limited range or a slower release
to score (see Andre Iguodala 12 ppg)

but at the NBA level well u see what happens, size gets bigger people move up positions and
mismatches are formed

[IndianaBasketballParticipant]

Wow… Great article.

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

tezo… did u read the battier article or the wayne winston article? the battier article is great, but i think michael lewis, the writer, had a lot to with it… he’s an amazing writer.

i love shane battier. lol

[IndianaBasketballParticipant]

I read the Battier article. The author definitely had a lot to do with it lol… He kept my interest throughout the whole article, though it was about Battier lol. I’m a big believer in what Battier brings to the game though.

[the microwaveParticipant]

efficiency rating is very important when viewing prospects for your tm… Productivity +/- #’s to me are as important if not more than seeing a player just play….

[quincey hodges]

im not trying to tell yall how to view a player im just saying i dont view it as important..to me its just how a player performs thats how i judge a player..i never judge a player by eff and never by per since a bench player can look like a allstar by going by per48min

[SlimParticipant]

efficiency rating is NOT that important,

[SlimParticipant]

efficiency rating is NOT that important,

[IndianaBasketballParticipant]

Lol obviously you should know when to take per 48 minutes stats seriously and when not to… For example… Kousta Koufos, Paul Davis and Rasho Nesterovic are ranked 1, 2 and 8 in terms of centers with the highest efficiency per 48 minutes. I mean, duh. Neither of them have a played a lot of games or gotten consistent minutes.

However, Dwight Howard is ranked 3 and is putting up monster efficiency per 48 minute numbers for centers. He’s playing less than 31 minutes per game, but is averaging 18.1 points, 10.7 rebounds and 1.75 blocks. You know to take that serious.

[JNixonParticipant]

I don’t even understand efficiency ratings to be honest, I would much rather watch guys play than look at any type of stats…

[JNixonParticipant]

If you have to figure out which one to take seriously and all that, why not just take the easier route and watch the guys play. That way you really know who’s who.

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

Quincey: all i was ever saying was that it’s very naive to just completely disregard those stats.

[quincey hodges]

exactly which is why i dont look at it..because a bench guy could look like star ….plus all it is is guess work..saying someone could average a certain amount of points because of what they do with the min they already have is just guessing that they could keep up what they do at the same rate per48?. so of course im not gonna take that seriously. then you have to take into account that they would have to play 48min for 82 games plus playoffs and average that….which is why i pay no attention to it

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

that’s being very naive. and it’s not guess work… lol. it’s pure, raw data that eliminates the variable of how much someone plays (per 48).

Iguodala: i can understand disregarding it because you don’t understand it, but would you agree that if you did understand it, it could be useful in judging/analyzing a player?

[quincey hodges]

in youre OPINION its naive. because i know when i like a team or player and im guessing most people who like a player or team dont go look at the teams eff first or a players eff first…im willing to bet most people (99percent) dont even know how eff there favorite player or team is. all they care about is if they win or if there player plays well…most iverson fans didnt care if iversons eff rating was low or even if his percentage was low as long as his team won more then they lost and competed and how exciting he was to watch. the nba didnt care either since they gave him the mvp award and im sure the hall of fame voters wont either. all they will care about is how good he played when they watched him…and most people i know who miss games dont go and see how eff there player was they go to see how many points,reb they had and if they won or not

[quincey hodges]

that is guess work….youre telling me that just because they say someone averges 20ppg per 48min then thats what they WILL average when you average out the games in which they played 48min?..lol..come on you cant be serious

[quincey hodges]

all its saying is after doing research this is what they THINK the player will average per48 min not what they WILL average per48min

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

you just proved my point… basically just defined naive.

also, stats like points, reb, ass, are kept because they are easy to measure, not just because they are overly insightful into the game. And, whether or not 99 percent of fans care about efficiency does not mean anything to me… lol

[JNixonParticipant]

Yea it carries weight just like any other basketball stat, but if a player isn’t efficient, it’s obvious to me whether I look at field goal percentage or turnovers, or not. But yea, it holds some merit, because it provides proof of exactly how efficient or inefficient a player is.

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

no…. it’s not guess work. if a player plays 8 mins and scores 6 pts… you take 48/8 and multiply by 6 and that’s how many points/48 they average.

thats not saying that you’d guess they would score that many points in 48 minutes… it’s just saying that in the minutes they had they scored this many points… (efficiency)

it’s MORE useful when you’re comparing someone who plays 24 minutes to someone who plays 36 minutes… that way you can see how many points they are scoring per minute, rather than per game… (since players play different amount of minutes per game)

[IndianaBasketballParticipant]

EXACTLY xbadgerhustler! You said that perfectly. I was trying to figure out a way to say that, but couldn’t.

“It’s MORE useful when you’re comparing someone who plays 24 minutes to someone who plays 36 minutes… that way you can see how many points they are scoring per minute, rather than per game… (since players play different amount of minutes per game)”.

The purpose of the 48 min stat isn’t to say, “Player A would average exactly this much if he played 48 mins”…. It’s just so substitutes can be compared to starters in playing time debates.

[quincey hodges]

i get what youre saying..but its not completely accurate because its saying IF they played that many mintues thats how much they would average but even with doing math no one can no that. its not like being a work where u make 10dollars a hr and work 5 hrs you make 50 but if you work 10hrs you make 100. because you know for certain you will still get that 10 a hr. its not certain that a player who scored 6pts in 8min will score 12 in 16. theres alot of unknown factors such as, a different defender checking him, a defense changes, the person gets more tired with more minutes, the person starts to miss the shots that they mad before. it only isnt a guessing game if they know for sure the player will continue to shoot the same, have the exact same defense is played against them with the same player

[quincey hodges]

and its the same if someone plays more minutes. the per48 only works if everything stays the same but in sports it doesnt. just because you scored on a move a couple times in the first 5min doesnt mean youre gonna score on that same move the next 5min or that the team isnt gonna double team you….a good example would be a guy who runs the 40 in track..say he runs it in 9sec..does that mean per80 yards hes gonna run it in 18sec?..per 120 hes gonna run it in 27sec

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

the point is that no one is trying to guess… they’re trying to measure the efficiency with which they score, or they rebound, etc…

for your money example:

it’s like saying: A made $200, while B only made $100… A must be better, right? but that doesn’t factor in how many hours they spent. what if it took A 20 hours to make that, but B made that in an hour because he’s a lawyer? which is better? i donno, but i’d much rather be B, because I made half as much as A, but still have 19 hours to do whatever I want!

Another example: that’s like comparing how many hits/game the lead-off man gets to the number of hits/game the 9-hitter gets… obviously you’d expect the lead-off man to get way more hits per game, but what matters is how many hits they got per at bat!

[the microwaveParticipant]

if u looked at the “PER 48 minute stat” you would have known when Speights got the minutes he would have been a manchild like he has been (until injury)….

article from 08-09 season…

a great example would be to view speights efficiency rating from last yr (he was #1 out of all rookies)… (given minutes it has shown to be factual)… Im not saying every case is this way, but this happens to be great example of where efficiency matters…

[quincey hodges]

but microwave..yes speight would have put up better numbers but if he played 24min a game and averaged say 20ppg that doesnt mean if he played 48min a game he would average 40ppg..you can say mathmatically he would but it reality it he wouldnt

[IndianaBasketballParticipant]

I know I’d much rather be that B guy lol.

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

quincey, i give up. you’re just being stubborn now. lol. no one is saying they would score that much.

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

the shitty part about that made up situation ^^ is that lawyer make WAY more than 100/hr… law school is a BITCH though, so i guess they kind of deserve it.

[quincey hodges]

as far as eff badger i see what you are saying and if you factor in how good a player is by adding that then thats cool. im just saying that i dont and people i know dont factor in that when deciding how good a team or player is….a good example that could work for youre opinion and my opinion is the patriots coach going for it on 4th and 2…percentage wise it was a good decision because he had something like a 65 percent success rate but from just watching it, it was a bad decision…

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

thank you.

pats certainly took a risk. it was a calculated risk though, and it burned them in the end. you have to take risks if you ever wanna get anywhere in life.

[the microwaveParticipant]

im just giving you one example of where efficiency was correct. SPeights wasnt one of the top rookies last yr, but was productive when he got on the court, whether it be for 3,5,7 or 20 minutes… I also think both are very important.. Your pts and badgers.. Im sure i can come up with other scenarios where it would prove in your arguments favor, no doubt… I just think that in this case efficiency matters most. (its a case by case basis).. Because speights productivity is better than Rose of last yr does not make me want to draft Speights over Rose, but when comparing players of comparable #’s effiency plays a big part in who is the better player IMO.

[quincey hodges]

not being stubborn im just letting you know why i dont pay attention to the per48…i dont say you are wrong or being stubborn because you do pay attention to it or follow it…if someone does that doesnt ake them wrong if they dont that doesnt make them wrong..

[quincey hodges]

im not saying efficiency doesnt matter im saying i dont go look at sheet of paper to see how efficiency a player is when determining how good a player is

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

fair enough.

[quincey hodges]

this was a pretty good debate i must say..kind of sad to see it end..lol

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

hhahahahahaha i haven’t posted on here for a while, but i’m back at the CPA studying, so this is my break between studying. discussing basketball is addictive.

[gatorheelsParticipant]

How efficient a player plays is very important.  That being said you can’t totally rely on that.  You have to look at PER & watch them play.

[gatorheelsParticipant]

per48 is useful when comparing two players.  

PER (player effeciency rating) is a valuable number to look at.  For an NBA player the average PER is 15.  

[IndianaBasketballParticipant]

How close are you to completing your hours and taking the exam?

[quincey hodges]

nice…im juSt comming on here while i heal from a knee injury , in between finishing up classes for xray tech/phlebotomy,M.A

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

I passed three exams this summer (thank godddddd) and my last one is nov 30! i’ll be done with my 150 credit hours in May! PAY MEEEEEEEEEE lol

[IndianaBasketballParticipant]

Lol congratulations. So you take that damn uniform something something exam on Nov. 30?

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

the Uniform CPA exam (Certified Public Accounting/ant)… there are 4, but I only have one left to pass

[IndianaBasketballParticipant]

Yea… Uniform Certified Public Accounting Exam lol. My mom is an accountant. I thought about following in her footsteps, but my ethics aren’t as good! Just kidding… Too much work for me though!

[xbadgerhustlerParticipant]

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~kanye. college dropout

[quincey hodges]

thank for the points 🙂

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