Nate Silver

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Longer topic of conversation, but some of these advanced stats allow guys to free-ride too much based on team performance IMO. Guys who are bad offensive performers on good offenses or bad defensive performers on good defenses (e.g. Kyrie) sometimes get too much credit. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 27, 2019 Hibernated

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

This same metric, based on opponents' shooting data, thinks Kemba Walker's defense is underrated, by contrast. Which is not the same thing as saying Kemba's defense is good, but closer to adequate than Kyrie's. — PolitiTweet.org

FWIW, we're working on a new metric for on-ball defense based on the NBA's opponents' shooting data, and Kyrie come… https://t.co/PfApVDOfLm

Posted June 27, 2019 Hibernated

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

@kpelton Yeah, the opppnents' shooting data is basically as valuable as defensive BPM in predicting long-term defensive RAPM. It's not the only component of defense obviously but it's a fairly big piece of the puzzle that was just getting missed before. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 27, 2019 Hibernated