Yesterday I commented on the Iverson trade from the perspective of the 76ers. Because Andre Miller has historically produced more wins than Iverson, a result we are also observing this year, it looks like this trade improves the 76ers. Miller does not solve all the problems in Philadelphia, but coupled …
Marc Stein and Chris Sheridan of ESPN.com reported today that the Nuggets have acquired Allen Iverson. As of now the trade is Andre Miller, Joe Smith, and two first round draft picks for Iverson. Yesterday I thought that perhaps Billy King – Philadelphia’s president — was just keeping Iverson out …
In The Wages of Wins we note the difference between decision-making in most businesses and professional sports. In most industries if a manager makes bad decisions the firm can lose money and the decision-maker can lose her/his job. In sports, in addition to losing money and/or jobs, managers are also …
Yesterday the USF Cougars defeated the USF Cougars 23-19 to capture the 51st annual NAIA Football National Championship. Jason Dannelly reported that the victory completed a 14-0 season for USF. It was also a somewhat surprising victory, since USF only gained 214 yards while allowing USF to total 349 yards. …
Tonight Eddy Curry, in a loss to the Denver Nuggets, captured three rebounds in 26 minutes. For a 6’11” big man, this is very bad. He also turned the ball over four times. Yes, he lost the ball via turnovers more than he got the ball for his team via …
Dan Shanoff has named The Wages of Wins as one of the top ten sports books of 2006. In giving us this honor (which we think is pretty cool), Shanoff made the following observation: The Wages of Wins, by David Berri et al. This “Freakonomics meets Sports” might be the …
The Week Fourteen Quarterback Rankings The Overall Rankings The number one quarterback in the overall rankings is now Drew Brees. The top quarterback in week fourteen was Philip Rivers. Last year these two quarterbacks were teammates with the San Diego Chargers. Given the success each has enjoyed thus far in …
The free agent market in baseball is in full-swing and already gobs of money have been offered and accepted. With the money flying the cries about the disparity between the haves and have-nots are once again being heard. So perhaps it is a good time to review what The Wages …
Both the Knicks and 76ers failed to meet the expectations of their fans in 2005-06. Although 05-06 season was not a success for either team, both teams still made very few changes to their rosters this past summer. So far in 2006-07 this strategy – which ignored the general consistency …
A frequent topic in this forum is the New York Knicks. The reason for the frequent discussion of New York’s favorite team is that the Knicks are perhaps the perfect example of where we think decision-making in the NBA goes astray. Isiah Thomas was given a vast budget in New …