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10

Basketball by the Numbers

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When I was a kid I was an avid baseball card collector. I wasted my money on pieces of cardboard that were branded with Topps, Fleer, or Donruss logos. After opening up each pack I poured over the statistics on the back like a child on Christmas day. I was enamored with numbers. I still am.

Apparently Billy Bean, the Oakland A’s General Manager is enamored with numbers as well. He wrote a book called “Money Ball.” The premise of Bean’s philosophy is to determine what statistics are truly important in fielding a sports team. Bean must be doing something right - he’s jettisoned his top players yet somehow the A’s have remained competitive. In comparison the Rockies have jettisoned their top notch players yet are bottom feeders.

I came across an article on the Freakonomics blog about Dean Oliver - a statistician for the Seattle Supersonics. He’s a statistics guy who’s trying to formulate a philosophy similar to Billy Bean regarding the stats are truly important for basketball players. The article itself appeared in wired.com

The Patriot’s GM (Scott Pioli) and Head Coach (Bill Bellichick) should co-author a book since they truly know who to jettison and how to win championships. The book would be titled “How We Screwed the Jets and Created a Dynasty in New England!”

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