Advanced Stats Resources and Primers

[Gators123]

Synergy sports is on twitter now

http://twitter.com/#!/mySynergySports

[DenButsu]

Synergy sports is on twitter now

http://twitter.com/#!/mySynergySports

I want to be excited about this but it just feels like I'm standing outside the door of a restaurant that doesn't consider me worthy of entering, and then I'm supposed to feel grateful if they throw me a scrap of leftovers here and there.

[DenButsu]

Okay, I'd like to see the stats-savvy community chime in on this one:

http://www.prosportsdaily.com/forums...d.php?t=622552

[PatsSoxKnicks]

Another site that needs to be added to the front page: http://stats-for-the-nba.appspot.com/

RAPM seems to be the "hot" thing in the APBR community right now. Neil has used it on basketball-reference for some of his playoff previews. The error values are much better then adjusted +/-. Unfortunately, it involves some HEAVY math (stuff you'd learn at the graduate level). But J.E. has done some very interesting research and has player pairs rankings, as well as coaches.

Actually, speaking of Adjusted +/-, I realized there is no link to the method behind adjusted +/-. So if someone wants to add that, here's the article describing the method:
http://www.82games.com/comm30.htm
http://www.countthebasket.com/blog/2...ed-plus-minus/

Here's an article that describes how it's split into offense and defense (it's at the bottom of the 82games.com article):
http://www.82games.com/ilardi2.htm
http://www.countthebasket.com/blog/2...ed-plus-minus/

Another site that should be added is Count the Basket Unfortunately, there are no more active blog posts since the guy who ran the site ended up with a job in the NBA (which should probably tell us that his research was pretty useful).

[Swashcuff]

I almost never visit NBA.com anymore but I just thought I'd check them out today and I noticed that they actually done a pretty good job. Solid detail as well. I think NBA.com's stats page can be added here now.

http://www.nba.com/advancedstats/

[DenButsu]

I almost never visit NBA.com anymore but I just thought I'd check them out today and I noticed that they actually done a pretty good job. Solid detail as well. I think NBA.com's stats page can be added here now.

http://www.nba.com/advancedstats/

Wow, they totally overhauled their stats pages, huh? Looks like they have some pretty handy tools there, too.

[Swashcuff]

Wow, they totally overhauled their stats pages, huh? Looks like they have some pretty handy tools there, too.

I think its actually one of the best out there. Everyone should be aware of this now. With the NBA's official website taking such an holistic approach to advanced stats the naysayers are going to become fewer and fewer with the general consensus being that it is becoming accepted on all fronts.

[Swashcuff]

http://vorped.com/bball/

Another good site to add to the 1st page. Really good if you want to break down shoot locations.

[Swashcuff]

Another one to add to the front page http://www.thenbageek.com/

They live and die by Wins Produced there something which I'm not really a fan o but its a good site all things considered.