17. "this is such good proof that analytics HELP" In response to In response to 14
>But I'm all about good discourse and debate. Like I said >below, I like that point Simmons made to Lowe on the BS report >about Magic and jalen talking bout how perception of Rudy Gay >means something--kinda like that Dwight Effect paper on >offense.
If anything, the Gay effect (pause) is that by having a better offensive player guard him, his supposedly "good" defense is actually more related to tiring out an opposing player than to being good on defense. that's interesting, but it kinda helps prove that a good coach who uses analytics would say "nah, fuck this. Let Rudy Gay try to beat us" and everything would be much, much better for that team. If perception is creating reality (what you wrote), then statistics can be used to break that (gay's not actually that good. stop gameplanning for him to your detriment!).
the dwight effect showed that dwight not only convinces players/teams not to take shots, but they're also not making shots that well even factoring for that. That was stats confirming reality (though I'm not 100% on that stat).
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