gourimoko
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Thanks, man.
How do you feel about BBREF's version of BPM?
BPM is very different.. As in, not remotely comparable.
BPM on the whole is a fine statistic to use; however, unlike RAPM/RPM the isolated defensive metrics from BPM are very unreliable and should not be used as indicators, but instead, to simply further confirm an already well supported position.
The reason for this is because BPM is entirely box score driven, and as such, doesn't capture most of the defensive contributions of a player. BBRef even mentions this when warning about the use of DBPM.
DRPM, IMHO, is more useful for measuring the defensive output of big men.