The Heat Produced Page has been updated with stats from the Heat's 82-85 loss to the Celtics.
I have a lot to say about this game and no time to say it before the Pacers game tonight, so bullet points from Twitter will have to do for now.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Heat Produced: Updated Thru 2/11/11
The Heat Produced Page was updated with stats from Friday's game against the Detroit Pistons.
- For some interesting stats on Wins Produced by the Heat this week, click HERE.
- For commentary on the 2/11/11 Heat-Pistons game, click HERE.
- For commentary on the 2/8/11 Pacers-Heat game, click HERE.
To Be The Best, You Challenge The Best
There was some talk on Twitter debating who Miami Heat fans should have rooted for in Thursday's Lakers-Celtics game. Sun Sports' Jason Jackson and others advocated rooting for the Lakers so that the Heat could be the #1 seed in the NBA Eastern Conference.
My answer was different and it was simple - "neither."
As long as the Heat beat the teams they're supposed to beat, they can take care of their own business with Boston since they have two games left with the Celtics this season. The Heat don't need help from the children of lesser gods. To paraphrase a verse from the rapper Nas on "Rule" featuring singer Amerie:
In the NBA, the weapons are spherical.
To be the best, you challenge the best and the blessings are spiritual.
Top of the world for Three Kings, no less.
Popping any player's head off their shoulders, no contest.
I know the Most High hear me. So fly you can't get near me.
You're scared of a mirror. My theory is that knowledge is power.
For every Heat fan around the world, we gotta get ours.
My answer was different and it was simple - "neither."
As long as the Heat beat the teams they're supposed to beat, they can take care of their own business with Boston since they have two games left with the Celtics this season. The Heat don't need help from the children of lesser gods. To paraphrase a verse from the rapper Nas on "Rule" featuring singer Amerie:
In the NBA, the weapons are spherical.
To be the best, you challenge the best and the blessings are spiritual.
Top of the world for Three Kings, no less.
Popping any player's head off their shoulders, no contest.
I know the Most High hear me. So fly you can't get near me.
You're scared of a mirror. My theory is that knowledge is power.
For every Heat fan around the world, we gotta get ours.
Is Nas the only reason I think the Heat can handle their own business in the Eastern Conference without any help? No, he's not, and since Nas said, "knowledge is power", let's get some.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Off the Index: Wins Produced All-Stars Podcast | Nerd Numbers
Yesterday, I did a podcast with Prof. David Berri of the Wages of Wins Journal and fellow WoW Journalist, Andres "Dre" Alvarez from NerdNumbers. You can check it out by clicking the link below.
- David Aldridge's nba.com column with selections for the All-Star reserves.
- My twitter debate with David Aldridge.
- I mention a story Bill Walton told about John Wooden not being concerned with turnovers. I believe this is what he was talking about. Looks like me or Bill Walton butchered the story.
Heat Produced Page Updated Thru 2/4/11
The Heat Produced Page has been updated with stats from the Heat's 109-97 win over the Charlotte Bobcats.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Off the Index: The NBA's 50 Greatest Players - 2011 Remix
The announcement of the 2011 NBA All-Stars last night has triggered the expected debates about who is or isn't one of the top 24 players in the game this season.
Those debates are fine, but the 2 Live Stews debated a much more interesting topic on their sports talk radio show last week - if they updated the NBA's 50 Greatest Players, then who would be added to the list and who would they replace?
The original 50 greatest NBA players were selected by "a blue-ribbon panel of media, former players and coaches, current and former general managers and team executives" in 1996 and honored at halftime of the 1997 All-Star Game in Cleveland. How can we determine which players should be honored at halftime of the 2011 All-Star Game in Los Angeles (if the NBA was inclined to do such a thing)?
Wins Produced is a great metric for that kind of debate, so let's see what the numbers have to say about the NBA's 50 Greatest Players.
Those debates are fine, but the 2 Live Stews debated a much more interesting topic on their sports talk radio show last week - if they updated the NBA's 50 Greatest Players, then who would be added to the list and who would they replace?
The original 50 greatest NBA players were selected by "a blue-ribbon panel of media, former players and coaches, current and former general managers and team executives" in 1996 and honored at halftime of the 1997 All-Star Game in Cleveland. How can we determine which players should be honored at halftime of the 2011 All-Star Game in Los Angeles (if the NBA was inclined to do such a thing)?
Wins Produced is a great metric for that kind of debate, so let's see what the numbers have to say about the NBA's 50 Greatest Players.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Heat Produced Page Updated Thru 2/3/11
The Heat Produced page has been updated with stats from Miami's 104-100 win at Orlando. LeBron posted the second-best game of the season for a Heat player with an estimated 0.549 wins produced. The best game of the season was LeBron's performance against the Lakers on Christmas Day when he produced an estimated 0.593 wins.
I probably won't post any recaps until after Sunday's game vs. Clippers. If you want Heat thoughts from a Wins Produced perspective before then, please check out the twitter feed.
Three wins in four nights? One down, two to go...
I probably won't post any recaps until after Sunday's game vs. Clippers. If you want Heat thoughts from a Wins Produced perspective before then, please check out the twitter feed.
Three wins in four nights? One down, two to go...
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Heat Produced: Three Wins in Four Nights, Can Miami Do It Twice?
Last week, the Heat won three games in four nights against the Pistons, Thunder and Cavaliers. The team produced an efficiency differential of +11.9 in those three games, which translates to an expected 2.6 wins produced. The Heat actually produced an estimated 2.3 wins.
This week, the Heat play three games in four nights against the Magic, Bobcats and Clippers. Can they do it again?
This week, the Heat play three games in four nights against the Magic, Bobcats and Clippers. Can they do it again?
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Heat Produced Page Updated Thru 1/31/11
The Heat Produced Page has been updated with stats from the Thunder & Cavs games.
The biggest change is that Mike Miller's estimated win production per 48 minutes has risen above average after back-to-back great games versus the Thunder (0.336 Est. WP48) and Cavs (0.625 Est. WP48). Miller's Est. WP48 for the season is now 0.123 (an average player produces 0.100 Est. WP48).
There will be a new post tomorrow recapping the Heat's three wins in four nights with a preview of Thursday's game vs. the Orlando Magic.
The biggest change is that Mike Miller's estimated win production per 48 minutes has risen above average after back-to-back great games versus the Thunder (0.336 Est. WP48) and Cavs (0.625 Est. WP48). Miller's Est. WP48 for the season is now 0.123 (an average player produces 0.100 Est. WP48).
There will be a new post tomorrow recapping the Heat's three wins in four nights with a preview of Thursday's game vs. the Orlando Magic.
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