Written by The Low
on Friday, January 26, 2007
Friday January 26th, 2007
OK.
I just finished watching the Detroit Pistons lose at home to the Washington Wizards after the worst sequence of play calling/execution I have ever witnessed. Please, spare me your suggestions that the Wizards are a darn good team. Please refrain from explaining to me how wonderful a player that darn Gilbert Arenas is, because Lord knows that I got a calendar year’s worth of that from ESPN’s play-by-play crew tonight.
None of that matters.
What we witnessed tonight is a Pistons team that has tossed crunch time execution out the window for highlight reel heroics and inept spectator-style coaching. In case you missed the crucial play that ended the Pistons chances to win this game, with under a minute remaining and the Pistons trailing by one in their own building with the Wizards in the penalty, some how a play gets called that results in the Pistons running a botched pick and roll at the top of the key (3 pt line extended) with Rasheed Wallace tossing up a badly missed 3 pt attempt which essentially sealed their fate.
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Written by TheMicrowave
on Sunday, January 14, 2007
After point guard Chauncey Billups went down to a severe right calf strain, the Pistons have struggled. That is putting it nicely.
Flip Murray, a combo guard whose best play is calling his own number has started in Chauncey’s stead, and Will Blalock, the last pick in the 2006 draft has been the backup point guard. With Lindsey Hunter out with a sore achilles tendon, depth at the point has been tested.
The results of that test are in.
Murray, fail.
Blalock, fail. (Continued)
Written by the stat sprocket
on Thursday, January 4, 2007
Most teams have played at least one third of their games by this point in the season. So, it seemed time to do some ratings and see who is surprising us this year and who has fallen into the dust. In the tables following you will find players ranked by Sprocket Points. The key measures are:
Sprocket Points per Game Played – The player’s Sprocket Point count divided by the number of games in which they have appeared. Dividing by the number of games levels the playing field since teams have played different numbers of games, and takes out the impact of injuries which seem higher than usual this year. This is a measure of total productivity for the times the player has played.
% Team Sprocket Points – The player’s Sprocket Point count divided by his team’s total. This provides a measure of how important the player is to his team. In this measure games lost to injury hurt the player.
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