Interesting piece related to my post on stat analytics changing the game, with Derrick Rose used as evidence..
Showing posts with label Henry Abbott. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Henry Abbott. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Somebody's reading John Hollinger - TrueHoop Blog - ESPN
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Interesting take on Kobe's misleading crunch time rep
As solidified as Kobe's reputation is for being a "clutch" player, here's ESPN writer Henry Abbott's take that may change the way you look at it:
http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/24200/the-truth-about-kobe-bryant-in-crunch-time
Basically, his high confidence during crunch time situations has almost hurt his team as often as he's helped them. Henry points out that he is quite predictable - in that he almost always takes every shot during crunch time situation and takes his teammates completely out of the equation. What happens when you predictably take every shot? The picture below says it all.
http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/24200/the-truth-about-kobe-bryant-in-crunch-time
Basically, his high confidence during crunch time situations has almost hurt his team as often as he's helped them. Henry points out that he is quite predictable - in that he almost always takes every shot during crunch time situation and takes his teammates completely out of the equation. What happens when you predictably take every shot? The picture below says it all.
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