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Different types of defender: Stealer and deflector
April 12, 2017 by J.H. Yeh
Deflections are a defensive metric that the NBA started to keep track of in the beginning of the 2013-14 season. …
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Finding the valuable heavy-footed defenders (part 2)
February 20, 2017 by J.H. Yeh
On February 18, 2017, I did a research on finding the valuable heavy-footed defenders and I concluded that blocks over-estimate …
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Finding the valuable heavy-footed defenders (part 1)
February 18, 2017 by J.H. Yeh
Last month, I did a research on how the team’s overall rim protection prowess is not a good predictor on …
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Assists, assisted FG%, and winning
February 17, 2017 by J.H. Yeh
The Golden State Warriors assist on 70.9% of their field goals and they are leading the league with 47 wins. …
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Fun Facts!
February 9, 2017 by J.H. Yeh
I have always been fascinated by various different numbers which explains my passion for analytics and further apply it to …
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Individual Offensive Efficiency (IOE)
January 12, 2017 by J.H. Yeh
Scoring is the best way to see a player’s offensive prowess. Below is a list of the top 30 scorers …
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The effect of good rim protection
January 10, 2017 by J.H. Yeh
We previously discussed that the most efficient shots are the ones attempted underneath the basket. That is followed by corner …
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How the Rockets and Spurs are winning in vastly different styles
January 7, 2017 by J.H. Yeh
The San Antonio Spurs and the Houston Rockets are sitting second and third in the NBA with records 30-7 and …
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How stretch in defense yields efficient offense (part 2: shooting and driving)
January 6, 2017 by J.H. Yeh
In the last article (part 1: Field Goal Percentage), we went over that stretching the defense leads to higher field …
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How stretch in defense yields efficient offense (part 1: FG%)
January 4, 2017 by J.H. Yeh
In the previous couple articles we discussed in depth why teams are reluctant to invest on mid-range experts because 3-point …
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