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Melo steps to the podium last night and gets 4 questions from the NY media and leaves with no fanfare. It's weird that this guy gets a pass. Or is it just that no one expects Carmelo's teams to win? Is Carmelo Anthony the Cubs? Cute (no homo)...but no one expects big wins.
no one expects the knicks to win. they've been so bad for so long...
 
Melo steps to the podium last night and gets 4 questions from the NY media and leaves with no fanfare. It's weird that this guy gets a pass. Or is it just that no one expects Carmelo's teams to win? Is Carmelo Anthony the Cubs? Cute (no homo)...but no one expects big wins.
no one expects the knicks to win. they've been so bad for so long...
And they're still very bad. First round exits are going to be par for the course with this team until Amare and Melo are gone.
 
Melo steps to the podium last night and gets 4 questions from the NY media and leaves with no fanfare. It's weird that this guy gets a pass. Or is it just that no one expects Carmelo's teams to win? Is Carmelo Anthony the Cubs? Cute (no homo)...but no one expects big wins.
I hate that I've turned into a Melo/Knicks apologist, but what were the questions supposed to be? "Melo, why didn't you pull off a historic 1st round upset, even without Lin, Shumpert, BDiddy, a sick Tyson Chandler, and an injured Amare?"Even if the Knicks were at full strength, they'd be underdogs vs. the Heat. They've be decimated by injuries. Winning 1 game was an achievement.
 
Memphis can blame not finding a backup point guard for many of their problems. Mayo is a complete disaster as a point guard.
A terrible trade that didn't make sense to me at the time, and still doesn't now was when Memphis gave New Orleans Grevis Vasquez for free. He was awesome last year in the playoffs and pretty much a perfect PG for them backing up Conley.
They got Pondexter back, who has actually been a decent player for them off the bench. He's taken Sam Young's role. They thought Jeremy Pargo would be their backup PG, but he couldn't cut it.
 
Memphis can blame not finding a backup point guard for many of their problems. Mayo is a complete disaster as a point guard.
A terrible trade that didn't make sense to me at the time, and still doesn't now was when Memphis gave New Orleans Grevis Vasquez for free. He was awesome last year in the playoffs and pretty much a perfect PG for them backing up Conley.
They got Pondexter back, who has actually been a decent player for them off the bench. He's taken Sam Young's role. They thought Jeremy Pargo would be their backup PG, but he couldn't cut it.
Oh that's who they got back? I thought it was a straight salary dump. Was surprised to see him out there in crunch time over Mayo and Allen. Still I think I'd rather have Vasquez.
 
Perhaps the most stunning development of the 2012 NBA playoffs so far came last night during the 6 PM Sportscenter when I learned that Mike Bibby is only 33 years old. If you have given me an over/under of 36 I would have taken the over. Had to rewind three times to make sure I heard it correctly. Man, that guy aged fast.

 
Perhaps the most stunning development of the 2012 NBA playoffs so far came last night during the 6 PM Sportscenter when I learned that Mike Bibby is only 33 years old. If you have given me an over/under of 36 I would have taken the over. Had to rewind three times to make sure I heard it correctly. Man, that guy aged fast.
i don't understand how that man has a job in this league. he's been on fumes for years now.
 
Melo steps to the podium last night and gets 4 questions from the NY media and leaves with no fanfare. It's weird that this guy gets a pass. Or is it just that no one expects Carmelo's teams to win? Is Carmelo Anthony the Cubs? Cute (no homo)...but no one expects big wins.
I hate that I've turned into a Melo/Knicks apologist, but what were the questions supposed to be? "Melo, why didn't you pull off a historic 1st round upset, even without Lin, Shumpert, BDiddy, a sick Tyson Chandler, and an injured Amare?"Even if the Knicks were at full strength, they'd be underdogs vs. the Heat. They've be decimated by injuries. Winning 1 game was an achievement.
"Melo, why was a team with Amare, Melo and the DPOY Chandler only able to scrape into the playoffs of the crappy Eastern conference?"
 
Melo steps to the podium last night and gets 4 questions from the NY media and leaves with no fanfare. It's weird that this guy gets a pass. Or is it just that no one expects Carmelo's teams to win? Is Carmelo Anthony the Cubs? Cute (no homo)...but no one expects big wins.
I hate that I've turned into a Melo/Knicks apologist, but what were the questions supposed to be? "Melo, why didn't you pull off a historic 1st round upset, even without Lin, Shumpert, BDiddy, a sick Tyson Chandler, and an injured Amare?"Even if the Knicks were at full strength, they'd be underdogs vs. the Heat. They've be decimated by injuries. Winning 1 game was an achievement.
"Melo, why was a team with Amare, Melo and the DPOY Chandler only able to scrape into the playoffs of the crappy Eastern conference?"
Amare, Melo, and Lin were all hurt for long stretches. After the coaching change, the Knicks were 18-6. :shrug:
 
Melo steps to the podium last night and gets 4 questions from the NY media and leaves with no fanfare. It's weird that this guy gets a pass. Or is it just that no one expects Carmelo's teams to win? Is Carmelo Anthony the Cubs? Cute (no homo)...but no one expects big wins.
I hate that I've turned into a Melo/Knicks apologist, but what were the questions supposed to be? "Melo, why didn't you pull off a historic 1st round upset, even without Lin, Shumpert, BDiddy, a sick Tyson Chandler, and an injured Amare?"Even if the Knicks were at full strength, they'd be underdogs vs. the Heat. They've be decimated by injuries. Winning 1 game was an achievement.
"Melo, why was a team with Amare, Melo and the DPOY Chandler only able to scrape into the playoffs of the crappy Eastern conference?"
Amare, Melo, and Lin were all hurt for long stretches. After the coaching change, the Knicks were 18-6. :shrug:
18-6 not counting the playoffs, you mean.It's a fair question to ask. When some NBA analyst whose name escapes me projected the Knicks to barely finish over .500 this year, and I agreed with him in this thread, the both of us were dismissed by many posters. But it's not like injuries to that roster, on this schedule, were hard to project. Everyone knew they were coming, and yet most people still expected them to be one of the better teams in the East even before they unearthed Lin.Asking why they couldn't beat the Heat is kind of silly, granted, but asking why the heck they were playing the Heat in the first round of the NBA playoffs to begin with is not.Also, they didn't just lose to the Heat. They got rolled. Yeah they won one game at home when the Heat seemed totally disinterested, but every other game was either a comfortable win or a total beatdown.
 
Melo steps to the podium last night and gets 4 questions from the NY media and leaves with no fanfare. It's weird that this guy gets a pass. Or is it just that no one expects Carmelo's teams to win? Is Carmelo Anthony the Cubs? Cute (no homo)...but no one expects big wins.
I hate that I've turned into a Melo/Knicks apologist, but what were the questions supposed to be? "Melo, why didn't you pull off a historic 1st round upset, even without Lin, Shumpert, BDiddy, a sick Tyson Chandler, and an injured Amare?"Even if the Knicks were at full strength, they'd be underdogs vs. the Heat. They've be decimated by injuries. Winning 1 game was an achievement.
"Melo, why was a team with Amare, Melo and the DPOY Chandler only able to scrape into the playoffs of the crappy Eastern conference?"
Amare, Melo, and Lin were all hurt for long stretches. After the coaching change, the Knicks were 18-6. :shrug:
18-6 not counting the playoffs, you mean.It's a fair question to ask. When some NBA analyst whose name escapes me projected the Knicks to barely finish over .500 this year, and I agreed with him in this thread, the both of us were dismissed by many posters. But it's not like injuries to that roster, on this schedule, were hard to project. Everyone knew they were coming, and yet most people still expected them to be one of the better teams in the East even before they unearthed Lin.Asking why they couldn't beat the Heat is kind of silly, granted, but asking why the heck they were playing the Heat in the first round of the NBA playoffs to begin with is not.Also, they didn't just lose to the Heat. They got rolled. Yeah they won one game at home when the Heat seemed totally disinterested, but every other game was either a comfortable win or a total beatdown.
Again, no Lin, Shumpert (their defensive specialist) out, Amare out/injured, Davis out, and Chandler was sick early in the series. They would have been dogs even if healthy, so why are we surprised that they got handled with all the injuries?There is no doubt the Knicks underachieved under D'Antoni. Under Woodson for the final 24 games, they were among the best teams in the NBA. I wasn't one who believed the Knicks were going to challenge the Bulls or Heat in the preseason, but if healthy next year I think they're in the next tier with Indy and Orlando.
 
Tommy > can I get a Hollinger/Knicks update please?
Hollinger the day D'Antoni was fired, Knicks record was 18-24: "Changing coaches won't help Knicks"Knicks record for the remainder of the regular season: 18-6.
:goodposting: He originally projected just above .500 and fight for the a low playoff spot. Right as the season ends but I'm guessing his projections had nothing to do with D'Antoni getting fired/quitting and them finishing the year 18-6 under Woodson. Under D'Antoni they were quite under his projections. Then Woodson takes over and his theory that it wouldn't change anything. Obviously the Knicks out performed that. So in the end they really under performed his D'Antoni projection and quite out performed his Woodson projection so just because that happened to hit his over all projection from sheer luck, not sure he deserves props for being right. Two wrongs don't make a right. Seems clear Hollinger didn't peg the Knicks with either coach, just got lucky the two coaches together hit his mark.
 
Tommy > can I get a Hollinger/Knicks update please?
Hollinger the day D'Antoni was fired, Knicks record was 18-24: "Changing coaches won't help Knicks"Knicks record for the remainder of the regular season: 18-6.
:goodposting: He originally projected just above .500 and fight for the a low playoff spot. Right as the season ends but I'm guessing his projections had nothing to do with D'Antoni getting fired/quitting and them finishing the year 18-6 under Woodson. Under D'Antoni they were quite under his projections. Then Woodson takes over and his theory that it wouldn't change anything. Obviously the Knicks out performed that. So in the end they really under performed his D'Antoni projection and quite out performed his Woodson projection so just because that happened to hit his over all projection from sheer luck, not sure he deserves props for being right. Two wrongs don't make a right. Seems clear Hollinger didn't peg the Knicks with either coach, just got lucky the two coaches together hit his mark.
Yep. I think the Knicks situation is fascinating b/c on the surface it appears to be a fantastic case illustrating the over reliance of some writers on advanced statistics. Hollinger is my favorite ESPN writer, but IMO his analysis overlooks non-statistical dynamics that are fundamental. That doesn't mean I'm an advanced stat hater - quiet the contrary. Bill James' theory on closers is similarly flawed.
 
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Tommy > can I get a Hollinger/Knicks update please?
Hollinger the day D'Antoni was fired, Knicks record was 18-24: "Changing coaches won't help Knicks"Knicks record for the remainder of the regular season: 18-6.
:goodposting: He originally projected just above .500 and fight for the a low playoff spot. Right as the season ends but I'm guessing his projections had nothing to do with D'Antoni getting fired/quitting and them finishing the year 18-6 under Woodson. Under D'Antoni they were quite under his projections. Then Woodson takes over and his theory that it wouldn't change anything. Obviously the Knicks out performed that. So in the end they really under performed his D'Antoni projection and quite out performed his Woodson projection so just because that happened to hit his over all projection from sheer luck, not sure he deserves props for being right. Two wrongs don't make a right. Seems clear Hollinger didn't peg the Knicks with either coach, just got lucky the two coaches together hit his mark.
Yep. I think the Knicks situation is fascinating b/c on the surface it appears to be a fantastic case illustrating the over reliance of some writers on advanced statistics. Hollinger is my favorite ESPN writer, but IMO his analysis overlooks non-statistical dynamics that are fundamental. That doesn't mean I'm an advanced stat hater - quiet the contrary. Bill James' theory on closers is similarly flawed.
This ridiculous argument shows that you really don't get the concept of projections and statistical analysis.A projection is supposed to be a mean. Obviously it can't predict everything that will happen to a player or a team in a given time frame. There will be some things that go better than the projection assumes (in the Knicks' case, Lin, Shumpert, Novak) and some that will go worse (the D'Antoni drama, injuries maybe although probably not). That's how projections work. Saying that he got the right result but that he failed to predict the peaks and valleys and therefore was "wrong" TOTALLY misses the point of projections.Bottom line, despite all the howls of protest in the preseason, he nailed the Knicks this year.Also, let's not get carried away with the praise for the Knicks 18-6 (now 19-10) finish under Woodson. Anyone who was watching the NBA this year knows the final month or so was a total joke because of the compressed schedule and the fact that most teams were locked into a playoff spot early and others were tanking. The Knicks were one of the few teams that had a strong motivation to win almost all of their last 20 or so games. Plus their schedule was fairly soft at the tail end, having just completed their last long road trip just before Woodson took over. No back-to-back-to-backs under him, only one road trip longer than two games and that was a three gamer to Jersey, Cleveland and Atlanta.
 
Tommy > can I get a Hollinger/Knicks update please?
Hollinger the day D'Antoni was fired, Knicks record was 18-24: "Changing coaches won't help Knicks"Knicks record for the remainder of the regular season: 18-6.
:goodposting: He originally projected just above .500 and fight for the a low playoff spot. Right as the season ends but I'm guessing his projections had nothing to do with D'Antoni getting fired/quitting and them finishing the year 18-6 under Woodson. Under D'Antoni they were quite under his projections. Then Woodson takes over and his theory that it wouldn't change anything. Obviously the Knicks out performed that. So in the end they really under performed his D'Antoni projection and quite out performed his Woodson projection so just because that happened to hit his over all projection from sheer luck, not sure he deserves props for being right. Two wrongs don't make a right. Seems clear Hollinger didn't peg the Knicks with either coach, just got lucky the two coaches together hit his mark.
Yep. I think the Knicks situation is fascinating b/c on the surface it appears to be a fantastic case illustrating the over reliance of some writers on advanced statistics. Hollinger is my favorite ESPN writer, but IMO his analysis overlooks non-statistical dynamics that are fundamental. That doesn't mean I'm an advanced stat hater - quiet the contrary. Bill James' theory on closers is similarly flawed.
This ridiculous argument shows that you really don't get the concept of projections and statistical analysis.A projection is supposed to be a mean. Obviously it can't predict everything that will happen to a player or a team in a given time frame. There will be some things that go better than the projection assumes (in the Knicks' case, Lin, Shumpert, Novak) and some that will go worse (the D'Antoni drama, injuries maybe although probably not). That's how projections work. Saying that he got the right result but that he failed to predict the peaks and valleys and therefore was "wrong" TOTALLY misses the point of projections.

Bottom line, despite all the howls of protest in the preseason, he nailed the Knicks this year.

Also, let's not get carried away with the praise for the Knicks 18-6 (now 19-10) finish under Woodson. Anyone who was watching the NBA this year knows the final month or so was a total joke because of the compressed schedule and the fact that most teams were locked into a playoff spot early and others were tanking. The Knicks were one of the few teams that had a strong motivation to win almost all of their last 20 or so games. Plus their schedule was fairly soft at the tail end, having just completed their last long road trip just before Woodson took over. No back-to-back-to-backs under him, only one road trip longer than two games and that was a three gamer to Jersey, Cleveland and Atlanta.
:confused: Hollinger's piece suggested that the Knicks would not improve under Woodson. They were a .429 team when he wrote the piece, and were a .750 team for the remainder of the season. Your takeaway is that Hollinger "nailed" the Knicks?

 
Tommy > can I get a Hollinger/Knicks update please?
Hollinger the day D'Antoni was fired, Knicks record was 18-24: "Changing coaches won't help Knicks"Knicks record for the remainder of the regular season: 18-6.
:goodposting: He originally projected just above .500 and fight for the a low playoff spot. Right as the season ends but I'm guessing his projections had nothing to do with D'Antoni getting fired/quitting and them finishing the year 18-6 under Woodson. Under D'Antoni they were quite under his projections. Then Woodson takes over and his theory that it wouldn't change anything. Obviously the Knicks out performed that. So in the end they really under performed his D'Antoni projection and quite out performed his Woodson projection so just because that happened to hit his over all projection from sheer luck, not sure he deserves props for being right. Two wrongs don't make a right. Seems clear Hollinger didn't peg the Knicks with either coach, just got lucky the two coaches together hit his mark.
Yep. I think the Knicks situation is fascinating b/c on the surface it appears to be a fantastic case illustrating the over reliance of some writers on advanced statistics. Hollinger is my favorite ESPN writer, but IMO his analysis overlooks non-statistical dynamics that are fundamental. That doesn't mean I'm an advanced stat hater - quiet the contrary. Bill James' theory on closers is similarly flawed.
This ridiculous argument shows that you really don't get the concept of projections and statistical analysis.A projection is supposed to be a mean. Obviously it can't predict everything that will happen to a player or a team in a given time frame. There will be some things that go better than the projection assumes (in the Knicks' case, Lin, Shumpert, Novak) and some that will go worse (the D'Antoni drama, injuries maybe although probably not). That's how projections work. Saying that he got the right result but that he failed to predict the peaks and valleys and therefore was "wrong" TOTALLY misses the point of projections.

Bottom line, despite all the howls of protest in the preseason, he nailed the Knicks this year.

Also, let's not get carried away with the praise for the Knicks 18-6 (now 19-10) finish under Woodson. Anyone who was watching the NBA this year knows the final month or so was a total joke because of the compressed schedule and the fact that most teams were locked into a playoff spot early and others were tanking. The Knicks were one of the few teams that had a strong motivation to win almost all of their last 20 or so games. Plus their schedule was fairly soft at the tail end, having just completed their last long road trip just before Woodson took over. No back-to-back-to-backs under him, only one road trip longer than two games and that was a three gamer to Jersey, Cleveland and Atlanta.
:confused: Hollinger's piece suggested that the Knicks would not improve under Woodson. They were a .429 team when he wrote the piece, and were a .750 team for the remainder of the season. Your takeaway is that Hollinger "nailed" the Knicks?
I was talking about his preseason prediction. The one he was trashed for that turned out to be right. The one you keep ignoring when you point to his article about whether or not Woodson would help the Knicks.You're totally right to criticize the latter article. If anything, it showed the folly of applying stats-based analysis to small sample sizes, especially at the tail end of an NBA season where motivations vary significantly from team to team. And its failure also, yes, showed that there are aspects to coaching changes that stats can't capture.

But bottom line is that he was right about the 2011-2012 Knicks and most everyone else was wrong. The fact that he was wrong about a subset of that prediction doesn't change the final result.

 
Kobe with stomach problems?? His status to be updated 90 minutes prior to the game.....could be huge.

(hey, a Denver fan can at least hope here)

 
'TobiasFunke said:
'tommyGunZ said:
'TobiasFunke said:
'tommyGunZ said:
'Hack Attack said:
'tommyGunZ said:
'Premier said:
Tommy > can I get a Hollinger/Knicks update please?
Hollinger the day D'Antoni was fired, Knicks record was 18-24: "Changing coaches won't help Knicks"Knicks record for the remainder of the regular season: 18-6.
:goodposting: He originally projected just above .500 and fight for the a low playoff spot. Right as the season ends but I'm guessing his projections had nothing to do with D'Antoni getting fired/quitting and them finishing the year 18-6 under Woodson. Under D'Antoni they were quite under his projections. Then Woodson takes over and his theory that it wouldn't change anything. Obviously the Knicks out performed that. So in the end they really under performed his D'Antoni projection and quite out performed his Woodson projection so just because that happened to hit his over all projection from sheer luck, not sure he deserves props for being right. Two wrongs don't make a right. Seems clear Hollinger didn't peg the Knicks with either coach, just got lucky the two coaches together hit his mark.
Yep. I think the Knicks situation is fascinating b/c on the surface it appears to be a fantastic case illustrating the over reliance of some writers on advanced statistics. Hollinger is my favorite ESPN writer, but IMO his analysis overlooks non-statistical dynamics that are fundamental. That doesn't mean I'm an advanced stat hater - quiet the contrary. Bill James' theory on closers is similarly flawed.
This ridiculous argument shows that you really don't get the concept of projections and statistical analysis.A projection is supposed to be a mean. Obviously it can't predict everything that will happen to a player or a team in a given time frame. There will be some things that go better than the projection assumes (in the Knicks' case, Lin, Shumpert, Novak) and some that will go worse (the D'Antoni drama, injuries maybe although probably not). That's how projections work. Saying that he got the right result but that he failed to predict the peaks and valleys and therefore was "wrong" TOTALLY misses the point of projections.

Bottom line, despite all the howls of protest in the preseason, he nailed the Knicks this year.

Also, let's not get carried away with the praise for the Knicks 18-6 (now 19-10) finish under Woodson. Anyone who was watching the NBA this year knows the final month or so was a total joke because of the compressed schedule and the fact that most teams were locked into a playoff spot early and others were tanking. The Knicks were one of the few teams that had a strong motivation to win almost all of their last 20 or so games. Plus their schedule was fairly soft at the tail end, having just completed their last long road trip just before Woodson took over. No back-to-back-to-backs under him, only one road trip longer than two games and that was a three gamer to Jersey, Cleveland and Atlanta.
:confused: Hollinger's piece suggested that the Knicks would not improve under Woodson. They were a .429 team when he wrote the piece, and were a .750 team for the remainder of the season. Your takeaway is that Hollinger "nailed" the Knicks?
I was talking about his preseason prediction. The one he was trashed for that turned out to be right. The one you keep ignoring when you point to his article about whether or not Woodson would help the Knicks.You're totally right to criticize the latter article. If anything, it showed the folly of applying stats-based analysis to small sample sizes, especially at the tail end of an NBA season where motivations vary significantly from team to team. And its failure also, yes, showed that there are aspects to coaching changes that stats can't capture.

But bottom line is that he was right about the 2011-2012 Knicks and most everyone else was wrong. The fact that he was wrong about a subset of that prediction doesn't change the final result.
:goodposting: :own3d:
 
'TobiasFunke said:
'tommyGunZ said:
'TobiasFunke said:
'tommyGunZ said:
'Hack Attack said:
'tommyGunZ said:
'Premier said:
Tommy > can I get a Hollinger/Knicks update please?
Hollinger the day D'Antoni was fired, Knicks record was 18-24: "Changing coaches won't help Knicks"Knicks record for the remainder of the regular season: 18-6.
:goodposting: He originally projected just above .500 and fight for the a low playoff spot. Right as the season ends but I'm guessing his projections had nothing to do with D'Antoni getting fired/quitting and them finishing the year 18-6 under Woodson. Under D'Antoni they were quite under his projections. Then Woodson takes over and his theory that it wouldn't change anything. Obviously the Knicks out performed that. So in the end they really under performed his D'Antoni projection and quite out performed his Woodson projection so just because that happened to hit his over all projection from sheer luck, not sure he deserves props for being right. Two wrongs don't make a right. Seems clear Hollinger didn't peg the Knicks with either coach, just got lucky the two coaches together hit his mark.
Yep. I think the Knicks situation is fascinating b/c on the surface it appears to be a fantastic case illustrating the over reliance of some writers on advanced statistics. Hollinger is my favorite ESPN writer, but IMO his analysis overlooks non-statistical dynamics that are fundamental. That doesn't mean I'm an advanced stat hater - quiet the contrary. Bill James' theory on closers is similarly flawed.
This ridiculous argument shows that you really don't get the concept of projections and statistical analysis.A projection is supposed to be a mean. Obviously it can't predict everything that will happen to a player or a team in a given time frame. There will be some things that go better than the projection assumes (in the Knicks' case, Lin, Shumpert, Novak) and some that will go worse (the D'Antoni drama, injuries maybe although probably not). That's how projections work. Saying that he got the right result but that he failed to predict the peaks and valleys and therefore was "wrong" TOTALLY misses the point of projections.

Bottom line, despite all the howls of protest in the preseason, he nailed the Knicks this year.

Also, let's not get carried away with the praise for the Knicks 18-6 (now 19-10) finish under Woodson. Anyone who was watching the NBA this year knows the final month or so was a total joke because of the compressed schedule and the fact that most teams were locked into a playoff spot early and others were tanking. The Knicks were one of the few teams that had a strong motivation to win almost all of their last 20 or so games. Plus their schedule was fairly soft at the tail end, having just completed their last long road trip just before Woodson took over. No back-to-back-to-backs under him, only one road trip longer than two games and that was a three gamer to Jersey, Cleveland and Atlanta.
:confused: Hollinger's piece suggested that the Knicks would not improve under Woodson. They were a .429 team when he wrote the piece, and were a .750 team for the remainder of the season. Your takeaway is that Hollinger "nailed" the Knicks?
I was talking about his preseason prediction. The one he was trashed for that turned out to be right. The one you keep ignoring when you point to his article about whether or not Woodson would help the Knicks.You're totally right to criticize the latter article. If anything, it showed the folly of applying stats-based analysis to small sample sizes, especially at the tail end of an NBA season where motivations vary significantly from team to team. And its failure also, yes, showed that there are aspects to coaching changes that stats can't capture.

But bottom line is that he was right about the 2011-2012 Knicks and most everyone else was wrong. The fact that he was wrong about a subset of that prediction doesn't change the final result.
Who were all of the folks predicting a Knicks title this year?
 
'TobiasFunke said:
'tommyGunZ said:
'TobiasFunke said:
'tommyGunZ said:
'Hack Attack said:
'tommyGunZ said:
'Premier said:
Tommy > can I get a Hollinger/Knicks update please?
Hollinger the day D'Antoni was fired, Knicks record was 18-24: "Changing coaches won't help Knicks"Knicks record for the remainder of the regular season: 18-6.
:goodposting: He originally projected just above .500 and fight for the a low playoff spot. Right as the season ends but I'm guessing his projections had nothing to do with D'Antoni getting fired/quitting and them finishing the year 18-6 under Woodson. Under D'Antoni they were quite under his projections. Then Woodson takes over and his theory that it wouldn't change anything. Obviously the Knicks out performed that. So in the end they really under performed his D'Antoni projection and quite out performed his Woodson projection so just because that happened to hit his over all projection from sheer luck, not sure he deserves props for being right. Two wrongs don't make a right. Seems clear Hollinger didn't peg the Knicks with either coach, just got lucky the two coaches together hit his mark.
Yep. I think the Knicks situation is fascinating b/c on the surface it appears to be a fantastic case illustrating the over reliance of some writers on advanced statistics. Hollinger is my favorite ESPN writer, but IMO his analysis overlooks non-statistical dynamics that are fundamental. That doesn't mean I'm an advanced stat hater - quiet the contrary. Bill James' theory on closers is similarly flawed.
This ridiculous argument shows that you really don't get the concept of projections and statistical analysis.A projection is supposed to be a mean. Obviously it can't predict everything that will happen to a player or a team in a given time frame. There will be some things that go better than the projection assumes (in the Knicks' case, Lin, Shumpert, Novak) and some that will go worse (the D'Antoni drama, injuries maybe although probably not). That's how projections work. Saying that he got the right result but that he failed to predict the peaks and valleys and therefore was "wrong" TOTALLY misses the point of projections.

Bottom line, despite all the howls of protest in the preseason, he nailed the Knicks this year.

Also, let's not get carried away with the praise for the Knicks 18-6 (now 19-10) finish under Woodson. Anyone who was watching the NBA this year knows the final month or so was a total joke because of the compressed schedule and the fact that most teams were locked into a playoff spot early and others were tanking. The Knicks were one of the few teams that had a strong motivation to win almost all of their last 20 or so games. Plus their schedule was fairly soft at the tail end, having just completed their last long road trip just before Woodson took over. No back-to-back-to-backs under him, only one road trip longer than two games and that was a three gamer to Jersey, Cleveland and Atlanta.
:confused: Hollinger's piece suggested that the Knicks would not improve under Woodson. They were a .429 team when he wrote the piece, and were a .750 team for the remainder of the season. Your takeaway is that Hollinger "nailed" the Knicks?
I was talking about his preseason prediction. The one he was trashed for that turned out to be right. The one you keep ignoring when you point to his article about whether or not Woodson would help the Knicks.You're totally right to criticize the latter article. If anything, it showed the folly of applying stats-based analysis to small sample sizes, especially at the tail end of an NBA season where motivations vary significantly from team to team. And its failure also, yes, showed that there are aspects to coaching changes that stats can't capture.

But bottom line is that he was right about the 2011-2012 Knicks and most everyone else was wrong. The fact that he was wrong about a subset of that prediction doesn't change the final result.
Who were all of the folks predicting a Knicks title this year?
There weren't many of those, but if I'm remembering correctly most people had them pegged to finish easily above .500 and in the second tier of teams in the East after the Bulls and Heat. I definitely remember defending his projection in this thread and having people tell me that there was no way that the Melo-Amare-Chandler Knicks wouldn't significantly improve on last year's winning percentage (.512). They did clock in at .545 this year, which is a mild improvement I guess. so give them credit for that. I think they beat Hollinger's projection by a game?ETA: ESPN's preseason power rankings had them at #6

 
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Tommy > can I get a Hollinger/Knicks update please?
Hollinger the day D'Antoni was fired, Knicks record was 18-24: "Changing coaches won't help Knicks"Knicks record for the remainder of the regular season: 18-6.
:goodposting: He originally projected just above .500 and fight for the a low playoff spot. Right as the season ends but I'm guessing his projections had nothing to do with D'Antoni getting fired/quitting and them finishing the year 18-6 under Woodson. Under D'Antoni they were quite under his projections. Then Woodson takes over and his theory that it wouldn't change anything. Obviously the Knicks out performed that. So in the end they really under performed his D'Antoni projection and quite out performed his Woodson projection so just because that happened to hit his over all projection from sheer luck, not sure he deserves props for being right. Two wrongs don't make a right. Seems clear Hollinger didn't peg the Knicks with either coach, just got lucky the two coaches together hit his mark.
Yep. I think the Knicks situation is fascinating b/c on the surface it appears to be a fantastic case illustrating the over reliance of some writers on advanced statistics. Hollinger is my favorite ESPN writer, but IMO his analysis overlooks non-statistical dynamics that are fundamental. That doesn't mean I'm an advanced stat hater - quiet the contrary. Bill James' theory on closers is similarly flawed.
This ridiculous argument shows that you really don't get the concept of projections and statistical analysis.A projection is supposed to be a mean. Obviously it can't predict everything that will happen to a player or a team in a given time frame. There will be some things that go better than the projection assumes (in the Knicks' case, Lin, Shumpert, Novak) and some that will go worse (the D'Antoni drama, injuries maybe although probably not). That's how projections work. Saying that he got the right result but that he failed to predict the peaks and valleys and therefore was "wrong" TOTALLY misses the point of projections.

Bottom line, despite all the howls of protest in the preseason, he nailed the Knicks this year.

Also, let's not get carried away with the praise for the Knicks 18-6 (now 19-10) finish under Woodson. Anyone who was watching the NBA this year knows the final month or so was a total joke because of the compressed schedule and the fact that most teams were locked into a playoff spot early and others were tanking. The Knicks were one of the few teams that had a strong motivation to win almost all of their last 20 or so games. Plus their schedule was fairly soft at the tail end, having just completed their last long road trip just before Woodson took over. No back-to-back-to-backs under him, only one road trip longer than two games and that was a three gamer to Jersey, Cleveland and Atlanta.
:confused: Hollinger's piece suggested that the Knicks would not improve under Woodson. They were a .429 team when he wrote the piece, and were a .750 team for the remainder of the season. Your takeaway is that Hollinger "nailed" the Knicks?
I was talking about his preseason prediction. The one he was trashed for that turned out to be right. The one you keep ignoring when you point to his article about whether or not Woodson would help the Knicks.You're totally right to criticize the latter article. If anything, it showed the folly of applying stats-based analysis to small sample sizes, especially at the tail end of an NBA season where motivations vary significantly from team to team. And its failure also, yes, showed that there are aspects to coaching changes that stats can't capture.

But bottom line is that he was right about the 2011-2012 Knicks and most everyone else was wrong. The fact that he was wrong about a subset of that prediction doesn't change the final result.
Who were all of the folks predicting a Knicks title this year?
There weren't many of those, but if I'm remembering correctly most people had them pegged to finish easily above .500 and in the second tier of teams in the East after the Bulls and Heat. I definitely remember defending his projection in this thread and having people tell me that there was no way that the Melo-Amare-Chandler Knicks wouldn't significantly improve on last year's winning percentage (.512). They did clock in at .545 this year, which is a mild improvement I guess. so give them credit for that. I think they beat Hollinger's projection by a game?
2 games. And they finished 4 games out of 4th place in the Eastern conference, despite all of the injuries and the coaching change. Does Hollinger's analysis project injuries and coaching changes?
 
2 games. And they finished 4 games out of 4th place in the Eastern conference, despite all of the injuries and the coaching change. Does Hollinger's analysis project injuries and coaching changes?
Again, projections are intended to be a mean and you assume some things being better than expected and others worse, so that it will average out to something around the projection. The coaching drama would fall under "worse," just as Lin/Novak/Shumpert would fall under "better." The injuries were probably about what you would expect.
 
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If you can't stop Kobe, give him bad food. :thumbdown:
I am guessing he was just out drinking last night and is hung over or perhaps he has a stomach virus or perhaps he saw the Bulls/Utah game where Jordan is sicker than a dog and being held up by Pippen before hitting the game winner and just wants to be like Mike.Or unless there is something we don't know about, like maybe Bynum lipping off to him and Kobe going into the "fine win one without me then," mode.I bet Kobe plays and drops 40 and this is coming from a Denver fan.
 
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Unbelievable if the Bulls pull this game and series out down Rose & Noah.

If that happens, wouldn't be surprised to see Doug Collins canned.

 
Sounds like Chris Andersen got busted for child porn. Seems like that dude has had a lot of demons in his life.
Sad. I thought he seemed like a good dude.Hope it's not as it seems.
So...we know how Thugget fans talk about Kobe ever since he was accused of rape. Will we see the same reaction? :popcorn:
When he is charged with something, you bet I will. I have zero patience for this kind of charge, but right now, unless you have seen something I haven't, the police went there as part of an investigation, took some computers as evidence, Bird cooperated, and no arrests have been made. Another person lives in the house, so we will see where that goes, but I for one (as in the Trey Martin thread) believe we should perhaps see where this goes before passing judgment.

That being said, I fully support Denver for distancing themselves from him and removing him from the bench--that clearly would have sent the wrong message to have him there. I just wonder if the Nugs were tipped that something like this was coming for him to drop off the face of the court like he has. Many fans on the Denver message boards were shocked he didn't at least get 2 minutes on fan appreciation night. And what I have noticed is he makes all these weird faces in the background as his teammates are being interviewed--not funny faces--like really odd snarling type faces.

You always hoped he could hold it together, but this is just not in any way excusable and if true, he hopefully gets all that is coming his way.

 

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