On Saturday I noted JC Bradbury’s review of our book in The International Journal of Sport Finance. As I mentioned, this is the first review of our book in an academic setting by a fellow academic. Unfortunately I could not post this review without permission. Today I received this permission …
My post on PERs a couple of days ago led to a few interesting comments. Let me respond with a few more observations about evaluating player productivity in Duck on a Rock – I mean basketball. Evaluating the Average Player Imagine a team had a player that was average in …
Two more reviews have been offered of The Wages of Wins. The first is from JC Bradbury, of Sabernomics fame and an economist in the Department of Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science at Kennesaw State University. Bradbury’s review was published in the International Journal of Sport and Finance (IJSF) …
Before Malcolm Gladwell wrote his article on The Wages of Wins in the New Yorker he asked me a series of questions about our research. One of his question was, “How would you say your system differs (and is better than) Hollinger’s PER? I’ve noticed that some of his conclusions …
According to ESPN.com, last season the Philadelphia 76ers sold out every game the team played on the road. At home, though, the Sixers only played to about 80% of the capacity of its arena. How can a team be so popular when it travels yet so unpopular at home? Part …
Before we get to the stories for this week, here are the The Week Ten Quarterback Rankings and The Overall Rankings. Now here are five stories about what these rankings say. These are not the only stories the rankings can tell, but these are stories that came to mind as …
The New York Knicks have now played 10% of their 2006-07 schedule and the very early returns suggest that Larry Brown was not the problem. After eight games the Knicks have only won two games. The two victories – a one point triple over-time win over the hapless Memphis Grizzlies …
About ten days ago I posted a comment on Red Auerbach at The Sports Economist. I am not sure the readers of The Wages of Wins Journal also read what we write at The Sports Economist, so I thought I would repeat my comments on Auerbach in this forum. Legendary …
Over the past six months Marty and I have penned several columns for The New York Times. Five of these columns have been part of the Keeping Score feature. Frequently the Keeping Score column is written by Alan Schwartz [The Numbers Game author and the person who described our book …
We are less than two weeks into the NBA season. So far the early returns have been surprising. The Atlanta Hawks are currently 4-1. The Dallas Mavericks and Phoenix Suns have combined for only two wins, and one of these came from a game between these two teams. Of course …