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I'd still very much like to take a spin through some of the Vantage data, but that has proven challenging.

Dan, send me an email at TheNylonCalculus at gmail dot com if you have ideas for stuff.

You guys are far too kind. Love to hear any feedback on the kinds of things people would like to see more of as well as constructive criticism of the "not so much"

NateTG wrote:I like the Nylon Calculus articles, but I'm not a huge fan of Disqus.

A known issue, I hate it too.

Just a quick note, I'm not sure if folks saw, but I took over as editor of Nylon Calculus today. Ian is now running all of Hardwood Paroxysm so needed someone to handle the day to day. I just wanted to say that the virtual door is always open for questions, comments, suggestions and even the occasio...

Feels almost like piling on, but I've looked at a ton of stuff with respect to Flip (and Wittman, who runs a very similar system) coached team, and their what might be called "MoreyBall" percentages have always been quite low relative to the rest of the league.

Definitely thanks to Evan for writing that up for us!

Definitely intended for a lay audience more than the folks here, so sorry if I elided distinctions or glossed over important details.

Can you compute the efg%, ts% and / or offensive efficiency on a player's assist usage and "true" or total usage? I think you have the data to at least do efg%. The later would get at efficiency where player had major involvement, halfway between looking at individual usage efficiency and...

So, hey guys, multiple credit possessions, thoughts?

I'm less concerned about "apportioning credit" than I am about describing offense in a slightly better (or at least alternative) way. Certainly, until there's a good metric for "playmaking efficiency" this isn't ready to replace any of the stuff we already use, but I like the ide...

Simplest explanation is the team that's down is more likely to try and score quickly whereas the team that's leading will try and milk the clock. And while I think the causation is slightly messy, the observed results would mesh with Knarsu's observations about shot quality decreasing as the shot cl...

Do you mean the stuff on NBA.com or the real?

Thanks for responding Kirk. I think the biggest problem is only sort of in your control - given the podium you have, the "results" are going to be amplified and refracted across the basketball internet. Ricky Rubio worst offensive player in the league is now sort of a meme. I understand wh...

Late to this, but found this analysis really enjoyable.