fendilim wrote:Paolo will always be bad analytically, but he is the player you need as a go-to guy. Because he can score anywhere on the floor.
I can't name single star player in nba history who had bad analytic data and was best player on championship team?
You know why? Because analytical data just shows what players do on the floor based on their performances.
If player has "bad analytics" it just means he isn't that good of a player, not because data says it but because his playing/Playstyle/performances aren't adding much to wins.
People just overcomplicate what sport's analytics really are. They are stopwatch in race. They don't impact race, just give you perspective. You can look at it like a semi finals Olympic race. You have two groups, in one group guy goes 7th of 8 and relative to his opposition he is "slow".
But in other semi final race winner is - fastest among competition but his passing time is below 7th in other race.
Now it's important to ask yourself what does that mean ( context of data) . More data you have, closer to truth you get.
For example, retrospective of EPM in years when EPM didn't exist.
Two out of 5 leaders in EPM in 2007 were Ginobili and Duncan. Guess who won title with 4 losses through playoffs ?
Neither Duncan or Manu had some eye popping numbers, mostly because neither were shot chasing (14 & 11 FGA ). But final result proves EPM , as data - works.
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