By Sharp Go To PostSince I'm bored, I'll introduce my new stat just for slaent, the "3P% merchant" stat. Simply put, this metric determines whether a team is a fraud that couldn't have won if they shot at most 30% from three (i.e. Westbrook's career average, which obviously is what you should expect from regular season choking teams regardless of how well they shot in the regular season) and their opponent shot at least 40% (to factor in the playoff risers, Spo adjustment, etc.). To do this, we just adjust each team's 3P% to the min of their actual 3P% and 30%, and their opponent's 3P% to the max of their actual 3P% and 40%. Then, we use this to find their true, non fraudulent, 3P% merchant adjusted net rating.having Clippers and Suns as the two worst makes me think this stat is extremely accurate
Strangely (since real contenders should obviously do well in this metric), it would appear that only one team is clearly not fraudulent after round 1, the Wolves. The Mavs are barely non fraudulent, but their series is not yet over so they still have time to become frauds. The Celtics are barely fraudulent, but still frauds obviously. Unfortunately, every other team is extremely fraudulent, including the Nuggets and every other team in the East, so it looks like those are the only three teams capable of winning a championship this year.
(As a sanity check, we can see that the most fraudulent team is the Suns, which proves this metric is true and accurate).
Can Turner keep Shaq and Chuck too?
Sources: Ernie Johnson will stay at Turner, even if NBA doesn'thttps://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/05/02/ernie-johnson-turner-nba-media-rights
By Rob Go To PostHopefully it’s Dame Timestop being scared, knicks got this.
By unknown Go To Poststop being scared, knicks got this.Scared of what? Even with the assumption we win tonight, why would you not want your potential opponents to play more games
By Rob Go To PostScared of what? Even with the assumption we win tonight, why would you not want your potential opponents to play more gamesthat is being scared too