Showing posts with label Analysis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Analysis. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Statistical Analysis via 82games

82games.com does an awesome job with analyzing the numerical data from the NBA. They have a section that ranks team outputs by positions. Below are some of the highlights, but the full set of data can be found here

Good:
  • Detroit PG, SG, SF positions all rank in top 10 (out of the 30 teams) in points
  • For FG%, Detroit SG ranked at 4, Detroit PF ranked at 6
  • SG and SF both ranked at 4 in assists
  • SF, PF, and C all ranked in top 10 in T/O
  • SG and SF ranked in top 10 in PER Difference

Bad:

  • PF ranked at 29 in points
  • PG ranked at 27 in FG%
  • No position listed in top 14 in rebounding. Only team with equally consistent bad rebounding is Golden State
  • SG ranked at 29 in T/O
  • PF and C ranked at 24 and 27, respectively, in FTA