Anothe
Pistons
21 July 2009
value, second round and 35th overall DeJaun Summers was the leading scorer in summer league for the Pistons. 18points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, and 1 block per game.
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12 July 2009
22 June 2009
Are the glory days for the Pistons over? They did not make the Eastern Conference finals and they have some free agents to take care of. Allen Iverson, Rasheed Wallace, and Antonio McDyess could all walk. And, they just might. That would leave a starting line up of: Rodney Stuckey, Richard Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince, Jason Maxiell, and Kwame Brown. 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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