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Post by storygordon on Mar 28, 2024 19:34:31 GMT
I did some independent research and googled the +/- statistic in basketball. It is designed to measure "the impact a player has on the score of the game when they are in the game without measuring any specific statistic". (https://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/stats/definitions.html) That purpose does not assuage my feeling that that statistic is completely useless. A player can score zero points, play no defense, commit fouls and turnovers, and generally play like crap but if the other 4 players all get hot and the team ends up with a + point rating, that first player would have a '+' point rating in the box score. I know that is an extreme example but the underlying principle is that +/- is a team stat, not an individual stat, so to me it has little value for gauging performance and does not belong in a box score. And yes...I realize that everyone has their own opinion on this and few care about mine but hey, this is a safe place where we all share our opinions isn't it? You are correct in facts and, as noted we all have our opinions. Validating the +/- value would require watching a game like the ND loss and assessing whether Nika's +13 in 19 minutes seems valid. In general, however, it takes a large sample for statistical indicators to be considered valid; therefore, one game is not proof, but the average over a season may be.
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Post by Marco on Mar 29, 2024 2:11:03 GMT
Much more meaningful would be plus minus over a series of games. Unfortunately the website doesn't show that for the season.
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