I spent the weekend at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference in Boston. Last year, the same conference was held in a small academic building on the campus of MIT in Cambridge for 400 attendees. This year, the numbers exploded — one thousand individuals wore name tags, along with 400 people[...]
Wyn Douglas is the master of oblong modules featuring many of your favorite Clippers. His flow chart will give you an idea of how the current Clippers roster was built:[...]
Top five units in basketball in overall rating (offensive points per 100 possessions-defensive points per 100 possessions, minimum 100 minutes played): 1. Dallas Mavericks (41.42) Jason Kidd Jason Terry Shawn Marion Dirk Nowitzki Erick Dampier 2. Atlanta Hawks (36.66) Mike Bibby Jamal Crawford Joe J[...]
The indispensable 82games.com has launched its 2009-10 coverage, and the advanced numbers for the Clippers are both fascinating and encouraging. Improved Ball Movement For the first time in a long while, the Clippers are truly able to space the floor effectively. As a result, the ball has been flowi[...]
If you speak to executives who use advanced analytics to make player personnel decisions, many of them will tell you a similar story about such stats: We like to look at the performance of specific units as much as individual players. Since opening night, the Clippers have fielded five units that ha[...]
Dave Berri has a new post up at The Wages of Wins Journals prognosticating the Clippers as a vastly improved team in 2009-10. Berri’s optimism is based on a number of factors: Blake Griffin’s monster collegiate numbers translate well to the pro game. Assume — and it’s quite a[...]
I’d read recently on Kevin Pelton’s Statistical Analysis Primer that “Effective Field-Goal Percentage was invented by current L.A. Clippers Coach Mike Dunleavy.” Dunleavy as statistical innovator came as some surprise because the Clippers aren’t regarded as an organizat[...]
Draft day is finally here! Thanks to Matt Moore, creator of the supremely entertaining site Hardwood Paroxysm, you’ll be able to follow along right here at Clipperblog as the TrueHoop Network live blogs all of today’s happenings. TrueHoop Network NBA Draft Liveblog-O-Rama-Rama[...]