>I agree with you that traditionalists tend to be dismissive,
>but some of the stats cats often do act very arrogant and
>pretentious which only serves to feed into the stereotypical
>'stat geek' image, and limit discussion.
>

well, that's just because they're smarter... duh


>And lastly, the math issue is definitely a legit one. I've had
>discussions on here about the simplest metric, pace adjusted
>ppg, and simply because it involves some math, some cats were
>dismissing it...even though it's basically the simplest shit
>lol.

yeah i've seen this. shit is embarrassing lol. how hard is it to grasp that different teams play at different speeds? sheesh.