[Grantland] Databall

hooroo · Feb 6, 2014

qiantom1999 said: ↑

So it seems this stat evaluates offense only, right?
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Deron Williams 2.52
Roy Hibbert -1.44

http://www.sloansportsconference.co...Points-and-Valuing-Decisions-in-Real-Time.pdf

kevC · Feb 6, 2014

durvasa said: ↑

I don't really understand how this works, but I didn't read the article all that carefully. I understand the notion that you can predict the probability of a score based on the positions of all the players, shot clock, who has the ball, etc. But how do they assign credit/blame to the players on the floor for this? I would think there's a lot of different ways one could go about doing this, and they'd each give very different results.
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Goldsberry doesn't really go into the nitty gritty details. Have you read this paper from last year's Sloan Conference?

qiantom1999 · Feb 6, 2014

It would be ideal, but I guess a player's options on defense are more difficult to define.

Pest_Ctrl said: ↑

I would guess it also values defense, as the EPV for the Leonard 3pt shot decreased slightly as Waiters closed out on him.

I think it would actually be a lot more interesting if this analysis can come with a way to quantify defense, like Roy Hibbert in the paint means 3 less points for opponents per game.
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