stats Stories - Peachtree Hoops
Shaun Livingston is a part of the solution ... as a backup point guard
I love Shaun Livingston. Who doesn't? He's a great story of someone who hasn't given up and has worked his way back so far even to get to this point. We root for him because he had so much promise and had it all wrecked by injury, even though he hadn't yet shown much before he got hurt. We root...
The Wizards' offense has been pretty bad recently
I know, I know, this is kind of the understatement of the century, but I hadn't realized just how terribly our offense has been since the trades until friend of the site Kevin Broom (TheSecretWeapon) sent me this graph. Broom's a former contributor to Real GM and a big figure in the NBA advanced...
Flip Saunders deserves blame for the on-court selfishness, but the GM deserves more
There's been a lot of talk recently about the Wizards' on-court selfishness. As John Hollinger noted in his midseason disappointments column, the Wizards are currently 29th in the league in assist rate. Less than half of our baskets are assisted, which is a pretty staggering statistic. These...
The Strange Case of Javale McGee's Defense
Last week, we featured some of Brendan Haywood's very impressive defensive numbers, and also mentioned some of those posted by Andray Blatche. But what about the team's very young big-man prospect, Javale McGee?Last season, his reputation was as someone maybe even more physically gifted than...
Profiling Brendan Haywood's Defense, By the Numbers
Editor's Note: This is bwoodsxyz's latest. We had to delay it due to Arenas mania, and he had computer issues so he asked me to post it. -Mike It has taken years, but Brendan Haywood has started getting more recognition for the good defense he plays on a bad defensive team. One thing that came out...
Hope by the Numbers
Editor's Note: Welcome back, bwoodsxyz! When following a 7-15 team, there is always the risk that what seem like legitimate reasons for hope--that the season can and will be salvaged and that all is not yet lost--are just delusion. And, when those reasons are based purely on the numbers, well, you...
HoopData: The Wizards' problem is shot distribution
Normally, I'd make posts like these a FanShot, but I thought this was fascinating enough to discuss on its own. One of the best up-and-coming hoops site on the Net, HoopData, did a study on the Wizards yesterday. Their basic conclusion should be pretty self-evident to most of us - it's the offense...
Wizards lose to Pistons: Final wrap, stats only
I didn't watch the whole thing and I'd rather turn the floor over to people that did, so stats-only on this long recap. My only quick thought is this: we need role players. Badly. Right now, eight of the Wizards' 15 players on the roster have career usage rates (meaning the percentage of...
After 20
It's that time of year again. Stat time. The goodies begin below the fold. UPDATE BELOW THE FOLD First of all, this year we're going to feature a number of excel sheets that will allow you to chart your way through the Wolves' performance. I'll post an excel sheet every 20 games so we can all...
The bottom line with the Wizards? The stars aren't performing
Normally, I'm all for over-analysis. And I still am, even though it can be time-consuming and nerve-racking when it comes to our Wizards. Clearly, the team's 5-10 November has a lot to do with complicated explanations that have no easy answers. But the truth is, for all of the Wizards' supposed...
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