(Editor Dre’s Note: I took out an XKCD Comic here to insert my thoughts. This article is a great read with a ton of stuff to read over so I really wanted to insert some spoilers for those that may be scared of math) Player’s salaries have stayed even with …
[Editor's note: Below is another piece by Arturo called "Just Desserts" where Arturo gives a very quick slice of data. Enjoy!] Sometimes a picture is enough to tell a great story. I was asked to update an old poster of mine featuring the 100 greatest Wins Produced players of all …
2010-2011 Top 30 Underpaid Players. Salaries and Values in millions. Salary Data from Basketball-Reference (who I believe rely on Patricia Bender) A fun thing we like to do each year at the Wages of Wins Network is look at which players were paid too little and which were paid too …
The other day I posted my quick take on the winners and losers of the 2011 NBA draft. Today I will be continuing with quick takes for each of the five Atlantic Division teams, a division that conveniently features my favourite team, the Raptors, as well as perennial contenders like …
What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations. -Sun Tzu The Art of War Andres likes to complain observe (Editor Dre clarification) that I take too long sometimes to get to the good stuff. I decided that in his honor, I’m going to do an ongoing series in …
This weekend several of the fine analysts at the Wages of Wins Network had a fun Ultimate Fantasy Draft (Editor’s note: Which, of course, Arturo won :-) ). Rather than keep things simple, we broke things into three different drafts. In draft one — which we reviewed on Saturday — …
Kevin Clark and Jared Diamond – of the Wall Street Journal – wrote the following story for the Friday edition: Not to Second Guess, But… One Measure Says the Knicks Would Be Better With Their Original Draft Picks The “one measure” in this story is Wins Produced. And I thought …
The following is from our resident Raptor blogger Devin Dignam of NBeh?. I’ll turn the floor over to him. I’ll offer more in-depth coverage shortly, but here are my quick thoughts on the 2011 NBA draft. Importantly, my evaluations rely on Position Adjusted Win Score (PAWS). PAWS takes Win Score …
With the real draft finished — and with a few fans potentially unsatisfied with their team’s draft choices — the Wages of Wins Network decided to hold a series of fantasy drafts podcasts based on historical players. It was a lot of fun. The result was a massive podcast that …
The following comes from our resident WOW Heat blogger Mosi Platt of the Miami Heat Index. A fun fact about the Wages of Wins network is that we disagree about a lot of things (just follow Mosi and myself on twitter or go here if you don’t believe me). Those …