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  Hall of Fame Inducts Barkley, Dumars, Wilkins

  Posted: April 3rd, 2006, 12:23am PDT by Kevin Pelton

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  LINK: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=239500… Barkley and Wilkins each got the required 18 votes from the honors committee and will join former Detroit Pistons guard Joe Dumars, Connecticut women’s coach Geno Auriemma, Italian coach Sandro Gamba and longtime contributor Dave Gavitt at September’s induction in Springfield, Mass. “Charles and I go back since college,” Wilkins said Monday after the announcement [...]
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  Morey Reaction

  Posted: April 3rd, 2006, 12:19am PDT by Kevin Pelton

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  A quick look at the early reaction to the Rockets naming Daryl Morey as assistant GM and the successor to Carroll Dawson as GM: Marty Burns, SI.com NBA teams have been employing number-crunching stat heads more and more in recent years. But some around the league wonder how valuable such analysis can be in a five-man [...]
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  BobcatsBasketball.com: Bobcats Waive Rush

  Posted: April 3rd, 2006, 12:08am PDT by Kevin Pelton

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  LINK: http://www.nba.com/bobcats/news/release_rush_06040… “The Bobcats are about two things – hard work and maximum effort,” Bickerstaff said. “With that in mind, we think that it is best to go in a different direction with Kareem.” Ouch. But suddenly that’s not the story. Phil Jackson (Rush’s former coach, and presumably something of an expert on his work ethic) responded: “I thought [...]
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  Chronicle: Rockets GM Dawson will groom Morey as successor

  Posted: March 30th, 2006, 11:03am PST by Kevin Pelton

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  LINK: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/3758241… Morey’s position with the Celtics is his first in sports. He teaches a course at MIT, where he received his masters in business administration in “Analytical Sports Management.” With the Celtics, he is not listed with the basketball operations department led by executive director of basketball operations Danny Ainge and general manager Chris Wallace. Morey [...]
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  McCallum: Stoudemire Could Be Out for Season

  Posted: March 30th, 2006, 11:00am PST by Kevin Pelton

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  LINK: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/jack… If the Phoenix Suns are going to win an NBA championship this season — and that is their stated goal — they will most likely have to do it without star frontcourtman Amaré Stoudemire. Stoudemire’s comeback from surgery on his left knee lasted only three games before the Suns decided to shut him down, “maybe [...]
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  82games: To foul or not to foul?

  Posted: March 23rd, 2006, 1:06am PST by Kevin Pelton

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  LINK: http://www.82games.com/lawhorn.htm We’ve all been there. Our team has a 3-point lead, and the clock is winding down. The opposing team has the ball, and it looks like we’re one play away from victory. What should we do defensively to secure the win? The purpose of this research article is to answer precisely that question. First, [...]
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  SI.com: Paul Producing Historic Rookie Season

  Posted: March 22nd, 2006, 8:50pm PST by Kevin Pelton

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  LINK: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/82ga… While PER does not account for all facets of a player’s performance — among them intangibles and one-on-one defensive ability — in terms of what can be measured, Paul is having the best rookie season since fellow Wake Forest product Duncan entered the league eight years ago. Since the start of this decade, only [...]
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  82games: The Value of a Good Pass

  Posted: March 21st, 2006, 1:30am PST by Kevin Pelton

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  LINK: http://www.82games.com/assisted.htm So a shot that comes by virtue of an “assist worthy” pass had an over 8% better chance of going in for the sample we looked at! That is of course huge evidence for the value of an assist. In addition, more than half of field goal attempts occurred where our charters would have [...]
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  Hollinger: All-Underrated Team

  Posted: March 21st, 2006, 4:37pm PST by Kevin Pelton

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  LINK: http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insider/columns/sto… Hollinger picks the league’s 12 most underrated players: Nazr Mohammed, Spurs I’m cheating a little and playing Mohammed at his natural position on this team since he’s only 6-9. Whether at power forward or center, he is easily overlooked because of his lack of athleticism and terrible hands. Yet at the end of the day, his [...]
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  Hollinger: Stats Back Up Wade’s MVP Case

  Posted: March 17th, 2006, 7:23pm PST by Kevin Pelton

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  LINK: http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/insider/columns/sto… Take the NBA’s MVP race, for instance. In one corner, we have the players who are compiling prolific numbers, but for teams that have been inconsistent: LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson. In the other corner, we have players who don’t look like a stereotypical MVP statistically, but whose teams have enjoyed great success: [...]