Game #21Cleveland Cavaliers @ Boston Celtics

[Krolik1157]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!


its not like Snow is looking at a triple team everytime he touches the ball like Kobe and Paul Pierce

but it doesnt say that in your stupid little statistic now does it????


stats are nice but can be twisted any way you want them to be

I wrote the above list before I saw this, so it'll look like I'm not responding... here is my reponse.

1. I chose good players because there is a HUGE correlation between "inside" eFG and general skill-LeBron's, for example, is near 75%, as is Carmelo's.

2.Believe me, comparing Eric to bad players would be much more favorable...here are the some PGs w/superstars on their teams' "inside" EFGs:

Jason Terry: 50.0%
Devin Harris: 62.1%
Jason Williams: 52.0%
Mike James: 52.5%
Smush Parker: 57.4%

3. I understand how how much defensive attention a player gets can affect his eFG% on jumpers-it's obviously a lot harder to shoot a fadeaway or pull-up with a hand in your face than a wide-open 3 on a kick-out, which is why a player's "true" shooting ability is tough to measure. Ray Allen will never have the best eFG% on jumpers, but that's through no fault of his own. But inside? Whenever a man gets penetration, the defense collapses to cover, no matter who it is-you have to stop the ball from getting to the basket, that's the basic principle of NBA defense, and why broadcasters always say we need shooters to spread the defense on LeBron's penetration. Other teams may give Eric jumpers, but nobody will ever give him a layup.

4. I have a BIG problem with people who find one possible flaw with a statistic or theory and say that it's more or less meaningless-this is why evolution still isn't taught in schools. Statistics aren't perfect, but they're a hell of a lot better than biased personal observation, and the sooner we realize and accept that, and work with statistics to make them better instead of pretending they're not important, the sooner we'll really understand sports.

 

[Blazie]

Oh SNAP!

LeBron from past halfcourt... I wonder if it'll stand...

And Eric Snow still sucks. A few layups, yeah, but unless hes driving and trying to lay the ball up, I don't want him taking any shots. He should be totally banned from shooting jumpshots.

 

[Karma]

Marshall being injured is bitter sweet. On the good side we get to see more of Varejao and Ilgauskas together.

 

[Smooth]

Something a little weird...

Looks like Green only has 9 fingers..

 

[The George]

LeBron witht he 75 footer....whooohooo baby that was tight


then DJ for 3 right at the beginning of the quarter!!!!!!!!!!!!!


then AV with the Steal foul.....this just keeps getting better as I type


man that LeBron shot was tight as hell

 

[Troy Wingate]

Actually it was 86 feet.

 

[Glen Infante]

That shot made me shart a little.

 

[Rimage]

Looks like Green only has 9 fingers..

He does.

 

[The George]

damnit....lets get it together now....Celts back to being down by 6 and theyhave the ball


D UP!!!!!!

 

[Karma]

Cavs a little on edge coming down the stretch. Need LeBron to show some leadership here.

 

[The George]

falling apart and we are only up by 1

now 3 cause Z nails a jumper

 

[tim]

good play by lebron getting it to snow for the bounce pass to hughes for the dunk! cavs up 5..keep it up!

 

[Wine and Gold]

Z is the MVP tonight ...playing great all around game ...

 

[Karma]

Our big 3 working hard down the stretch.

 

[Rimage]

Cavs looking like a team. LBJ getting tons of help from Z and Hughes.