Nets
25 June 2009
er Alston, Courtney Lee, and Tony Battie. In what looks like another attempt by Jay-Z and the Nets to get good buddy LeBron James to New Jersey has been made. Moving Carter's big salary does that. What was confusing was shipping youngster Anderson and acquiring poing guard Alston. PG Devin Harris had a tremendous break out year. Does this mean that he will move to SG or will Lee start there and Alston be a bench player.
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20 June 2009
The New Jersey Nets have the 11th pick in this year's draft. Devin Harris had a break out year and is an all-star as is Vince Carter. That gives them some firepower on the perimeter. But that's pretty much it. They really need a shooting guard and better inside players. Ryan Anderson and Yi Jianlian and Douglas-Roberts are all young developing players that it's not real clear on how good they will get. Brook Lopez is another young player that looks to be solid but not spectacular. So, the
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18 June 2009
As a math major, I'm always fascinated by numbers. I took this years NBA stats and have started tinkering around with them. One major stat stands out so far---offensive rebounds. If you compare offensive rebounds to the wins a team has, you will find that it produces a slightly negative correlation. Meaning, the MORE offensive rebounds a team has, the FEWER wins it will produce. The reason is this: teams with lower field goal percrentages lose more games and have more opportunities for offensive rebounds. When determining the value of a player through statisics, offensive rebounds can be very misleading.
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