Cyberx, paging cyberx ....

The odds are HIGHER?? No. I'm saying that Dwight Howard and James Harden are LESS LIKELY to be injured than Anthony Davis and Eric Gordon (both of whom have suffered major injuries). So the odds are in favor of the Rockets NOT suffering an injury.

 

I can't tell you which is greater because it would require a comprehensive knowledge of the health history of the players on both teams that I do not possess. I can tell you that it is not the same. I can tell you that the fact that Howard and Harden have been relatively healthy for their careers does NOT "raise this teams' odds of having a major injury in the future". That reasoning doesn't even follow your later claim that all teams have equal odds of suffering a major injury.

Look, all NBA teams have an equal chance of being struck by a meteor. That is a random event that is not affected by the intrinsic characteristics of any given team. The frequency of injuries on a team is a non-random event that IS affected by the intrinsic characteristics of the players that make up that team.

 

Nice!! I can only imagine they decline this proposal.

 

You guys are putting a full on Yao & Tmac jinx on our team.

 

For those that thought we hit bottom a few days ago........you were wrong.

NBA Offseason - Where debating statistics happens

 

I can't believe I got suckered into entering an inane argument with JoPat where he badgers his (almost always incorrect) point home until you relent out of sheer frustration. I'm sorry Clutchfans.

 

Who is more injury prone, cyberx or plowman? discuss.

 

Especially when statistics is used to debate which team is more likely to suffer major injuries. Damn, how depressing.

 

I've already placed a MUCH bigger wager on this than any possible monetary proposition between myself and cyberx.

 

What was that? And where didnt see it

 

WTH is going on in here? !

 

like myself and other posters have said, why not make a contribution if we don't get dragic/bledsoe?

hell i'll make a contribution if we do acquire them.

win/win for me.

plow, why not do the same?

if we don't get a premier free agent/acquisition prior to the season starting, you have to make a sizable contribution. (we don't really care about your rep if that's the wager you're talking about)

 

Nothing.

And that is the problem.

 

So the only factor in predicting the odds of major injury is past injury history, Charlie?

Age means nothing.

Past minutes played means nothing.

Body type means nothing.

Roles and style of play means nothing.

Just past injury history....that's the sole predictor of future major injury.


Charlie, you know that doesn't hold water.

 

I think he's referring to the value of his reputation.

 

The only player on the Pelies that matters is Davis. They have no other players in Howard or Harden's class. So using your own logic (which is not right, LOL)....Rockets odds are greater for a major injury.

 

Same here.

 

A healthy Pelicans team is about a 47 win team and sitting at the 9th seed. Suns would be the 10th seed in this scenerio.

This is a moot point bc theyre not gonna remain healthy and will end up being about a 500 team.

 

And what are ALL those intrinsic characteristics gifford?



You can't even name them. That's why anybody saying one team has a greater chance of suffering major injury than another team is simply guessing. They have absolutely no basis of evidence, no predictive model for saying that. They're just guessing. They THINK they know all those intrinsic factors or they think that the only intrinsic factor is past injury history. They're just guessing.

 

Plowman, will the Rockets bring in a new point guard before the season or before the trade deadline next Spring?