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Brooklyn_Yards wrote:god shammgod wrote:dwight is just not that athletic anymore. i don't know who convinced him he needed back surgery but it's looking bad.
He said he couldn't feel his legs because of the injury he had to have the surgery to be able to walk
bigbreakfast wrote:Brooklyn_Yards wrote:god shammgod wrote:dwight is just not that athletic anymore. i don't know who convinced him he needed back surgery but it's looking bad.
He said he couldn't feel his legs because of the injury he had to have the surgery to be able to walk
actually back injuries involving nerve roots like the one howard has can leave your legs weak and numb. surgery is usually reserved for the most serious cases, nothing unbelievable there.
AllanHoustonFan wrote:KD going to the line for the slightest bit of contact. I'm so sick of it.
Thugger HBC wrote:knicksnyk wrote:Did somebody really says stats confirm what you see? That is utter crap. Has anybody ever heard of confirmation bias?
http://wagesofwins.com/2012/03/22/you-w ... s-so-what/
People that say Lin is an awful defender are kidding themselves. Daryl Morey himself said he was a good defender unless you presume to know more about the NBA than Morey
Also you don't use DRTG as a stat for defense because DRTG is a stat for team defense not individual defense.
There are so many stats that give a decent indication of individual defensive ability that say Lin is a good defender (synergy, on/off, DRAPM) but keep on keeping.
And FYI Synergy isn't advanced stats there is absolultey nothing advanced about synergy. get your facts straight yall.
You expect Morey to admit his own player is weak defensively?
And for the record drtg is also a player rating.
Brooklyn_Yards wrote:bigbreakfast wrote:Brooklyn_Yards wrote:He said he couldn't feel his legs because of the injury he had to have the surgery to be able to walk
actually back injuries involving nerve roots like the one howard has can leave your legs weak and numb. surgery is usually reserved for the most serious cases, nothing unbelievable there.
I wasn't saying it was unbelievable I was laughing at what sham said if I couldn't feel my legs I'd choose surgery over my atheleticism too.
bigbreakfast wrote:21shumpshumpst wrote:
Thank you so much for this. So basically their stats are based on criteria they made up and don't take into account all defensive schemes and in some cases it is left to an analyst judgment.
That is all I needed to know that. thanks again.
You should call up all the collegiate and professional teams that actually pay to use synergy stats and tell them what a fraud they are and tell them your eye test said so.
rockmanslim wrote:bigbreakfast wrote:21shumpshumpst wrote:
Thank you so much for this. So basically their stats are based on criteria they made up and don't take into account all defensive schemes and in some cases it is left to an analyst judgment.
That is all I needed to know that. thanks again.
You should call up all the collegiate and professional teams that actually pay to use synergy stats and tell them what a fraud they are and tell them your eye test said so.
also, it's my understanding that every single play that is annotated in synergy includes a video clip of said play. if synergy is incorrectly logging plays like 21shump is implying, they would easily be found out, customers would lose trust in them, and they would go out of business pretty quickly. the video of each play is right there for paying customers to see for themselves.
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rockmanslim wrote:bigbreakfast wrote:21shumpshumpst wrote:
Thank you so much for this. So basically their stats are based on criteria they made up and don't take into account all defensive schemes and in some cases it is left to an analyst judgment.
That is all I needed to know that. thanks again.
You should call up all the collegiate and professional teams that actually pay to use synergy stats and tell them what a fraud they are and tell them your eye test said so.
also, it's my understanding that every single play that is annotated in synergy includes a video clip of said play. if synergy is incorrectly logging plays like 21shump is implying, they would easily be found out, customers would lose trust in them, and they would go out of business pretty quickly. the video of each play is right there for paying customers to see for themselves.
also i'm pretty sure they screen loggers pretty thoroughly for this very reason. i thought i did pretty well on that online exam, but i know i made some mistakes due to not remembering the exact notation and syntax they used to annotate plays, and at the time i was too lazy to go back a few pages to look it up. i thought i could half-ass it and get enough right to get consideration. they never e-mailed/called me back.
none of this is to defend lin. i've seen every rockets game this season and lin has been a fringe nba starting pg. the rockets will need to upgrade their PG position if they want to build a contender around harden. sorry lin fans, lin just isn't cutting it. so no, this post isn't to defend lin, it's more to defend synergy.
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