Comments on: I Like The Way You Score http://givemetherock.com/2006/11/21/i-like-the-way-you-score/ this is fantasy basketball Sat, 19 May 2012 15:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: atmosfootwear http://givemetherock.com/2006/11/21/i-like-the-way-you-score/comment-page-1/#comment-822 atmosfootwear Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:23:49 +0000 http://givemetherock.com/2006/11/21/i-like-the-way-you-score/#comment-822 Hello Please check out www.atmosfootwear.com for the latest styles of Authentic Nike shoes including the very popular Nike Air force 1’s and Air Jordans Thanks Hello

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]]> By: Nels http://givemetherock.com/2006/11/21/i-like-the-way-you-score/comment-page-1/#comment-821 Nels Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:08:53 +0000 http://givemetherock.com/2006/11/21/i-like-the-way-you-score/#comment-821 Ask, and ye shall receive: <b>2006-07:</b> 116 players with 10 PPG and at least 85% of games played <b>2005-06:</b> 100 players with 10 PPG and at least 70 (85%) games played <b>2004-05:</b> 93 <b>2003-04:</b> 96 <b>2002-03:</b> 92 <b>2001-02:</b> 98 <b>2000-01:</b> 93 That's an 18% increase since 01-02, and a 26% increase since 02-03 (which I believe is the first year Patrick was using for his comparison). So there are 26% more "quality" players who can consistently get you 10+ PPG. Ask, and ye shall receive:

2006-07: 116 players with 10 PPG and at least 85% of games played

2005-06: 100 players with 10 PPG and at least 70 (85%) games played

2004-05: 93
2003-04: 96
2002-03: 92
2001-02: 98
2000-01: 93

That’s an 18% increase since 01-02, and a 26% increase
since 02-03 (which I believe is the first year Patrick was using for his comparison). So there are 26% more “quality” players who can consistently get you 10+ PPG.

]]> By: Patrick http://givemetherock.com/2006/11/21/i-like-the-way-you-score/comment-page-1/#comment-820 Patrick Tue, 21 Nov 2006 19:02:54 +0000 http://givemetherock.com/2006/11/21/i-like-the-way-you-score/#comment-820 Point taken Saeed. Your right, that table doesn't say anything about WHO is scoring. I'll take a deeper look and see if I can come up with a better answer to my question. Point taken Saeed. Your right, that table doesn’t say anything about WHO is scoring. I’ll take a deeper look and see if I can come up with a better answer to my question.

]]> By: Saeed http://givemetherock.com/2006/11/21/i-like-the-way-you-score/comment-page-1/#comment-819 Saeed Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:25:31 +0000 http://givemetherock.com/2006/11/21/i-like-the-way-you-score/#comment-819 Well this table hardly presents anything new. Everyone knows that points are up, mostly because possessions per game are up, and consequently so will TOs. Big deal. It still doesn't answer the question you posed at the top of this post: is it more difficult to find guys on waivers who will score? I mean, just because there are more points in the league doesn't mean that there will be more people scoring them. For instance, Kobe Bryant won the scoring title averaging 35 ppg last year, while in 2002 the title was won by AI who averaged almost 5 points less per contest. In other words, while scoring is up league-wide, that hardly means there will necessarily be more people doing the scoring. It could just mean that each team's designated scorers are scoring more. The way to answer that question, and what I expected in that table, was the following: choose a baseline cutoff of points per game, this cutoff representing a level of "usefulness" in that stat. This can be 10 ppg or 14 ppg, whatever number allows you to say "okay, I can afford to use a roster spot on this guy because I know he will give me this much ppg". Then query the database for the number of players who averaged that many points or more per season, and do it for all seasons starting with 2002 (as you did here) til this season. This will give you an idea of whether the depth of scoring prowess has been diluted or not. My guess is that the number of useful scorers in the league will be largely unchanged over the past few seasons. Well this table hardly presents anything new. Everyone knows that points are up, mostly because possessions per game are up, and consequently so will TOs. Big deal. It still doesn’t answer the question you posed at the top of this post: is it more difficult to find guys on waivers who will score?

I mean, just because there are more points in the league doesn’t mean that there will be more people scoring them. For instance, Kobe Bryant won the scoring title averaging 35 ppg last year, while in 2002 the title was won by AI who averaged almost 5 points less per contest. In other words, while scoring is up league-wide, that hardly means there will necessarily be more people doing the scoring. It could just mean that each team’s designated scorers are scoring more.

The way to answer that question, and what I expected in that table, was the following: choose a baseline cutoff of points per game, this cutoff representing a level of “usefulness” in that stat. This can be 10 ppg or 14 ppg, whatever number allows you to say “okay, I can afford to use a roster spot on this guy because I know he will give me this much ppg”. Then query the database for the number of players who averaged that many points or more per season, and do it for all seasons starting with 2002 (as you did here) til this season. This will give you an idea of whether the depth of scoring prowess has been diluted or not.

My guess is that the number of useful scorers in the league will be largely unchanged over the past few seasons.

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