Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 376 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
How to read this book -- Watching a game : offensive score sheets -- The best offenses and defenses (and some of the worst, too) -- Reserve your playoff tickets now! We won three in a row! -- Teamwork -- Rebounding myths and roles -- The significance of Derrick Coleman's insignificance -- Amos Tversky's basketball legacy -- The power of parity -- Teamwork 2 : a game of ultimatums -- Basketball's bell curve -- The effect of bad referees and other short stories -- Teamwork 3 : distributing credit among cooperating players -- Individual floor percentages and offensive ratings -- The Holy Grail of player ratings -- Insight on a boxscore -- Individual defensive ratings -- Should I firebomb Billy Donovan's house? -- The problem with scorers -- Individual win-loss records -- Player evaluation files : the great ones -- Player evaluation files : freaks, specialists, and women -- Basic tools to evaluate a team -- Weather forecasts -- Calculation of individual offensive ratings and floor percentages -- Individual floor percentages and offensive ratings for history's great offenses -- Individual defensive formulas -- Team statistic hisstorical regression |
Summary |
"Basketball on Paper doesn't just stop with player evaluation: Dean Oliver occasionally applies business models to teamwork debates, and discusses strategy and variables of the game. How should an underdog change its strategy from when it is favored? How many wins or losses does a coach contribute? When is a good time to take a timeout? How much can a neutral but error-prone referee affect a team's chances of winning? Do teams rebound three-point shots more than two-point shots? Should Kentucky have pressed so much under Rick Pitino? What are the four statistical factors that a basketball team should control in order to win?"--Jacket |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-370) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Basketball -- United States -- Statistical methods
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Basketball.
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Basketball -- Statistical methods
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United States
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781597973311 |
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1597973319 |
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