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Beyond Basketball: Coach K's Keywords for Success

By: Mike Krzyzewski & Jamie K. Spatola
re are very few American coaching heroes better known than Coach K. The long-time head coach at Duke University is at the top of the class when it comes to those who believe in doing the right thing and who stress leadership, accountability, responsibility, and academics to his players. Now, in this powerful collection of essays, written with one of his daughters, Jamie K. Spatola, readers will discover this incredible leaders personal philosophy on winning, losing, and sportsmanship, as well as dozens of everyday lessons that apply to life on and off the court. On trust: There are four words that, when said, will bring out the best in your team, your employees, and your family. They are: I believe in you. On discipline: All leaders, whether they be coaches, CEOs, or parents, should be wary of relying too much on predefined rules

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Coach's Digest: POSSESSION SCORING RECORD SYSTEM

Being designed to collect as much information as possible about a game, the Possession Scoring Record System let us calculate probabilities of scoring for both teams over equal number of trials. Focusing on the player with the ball, following the ball from player to player until the ball is turned over to the opposition through a shot attempt or turnover.

Let us follow an example: team A with ball possession, can score, commit a turnover, or not get a rebound, the team B gets the ball. For each opportunity that team A get to score, team B also get a chance. This system sees by getting an offensive rebound, this keep alive its opportunity to score rather than producing another chance. Registering in this way, possessions are same number for both teams in a game. At the same time as each team has the same 40 / 48 minutes in a game to outpoint its opponent., each team has the same approximately 85 (in 40 minutes) / 100 (in 48 minutes) possessions in a game to outpoint its opponent.

In a non-overtime game, it is possible that each team will have as two more possessions than its opponents: see the reference to “1st. and last possession” at the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System.
As was mentioned earlier, for this schools of thought on possessions, this formula is assuming that an offensive board "continues the possession", or "keeps the possession alive". On the second school of thought, including the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System, prefer to think of offensive rebounds and securing another possession. In which case total rebounds would be used instead of defensive in any possession formula.

A scoring possession is defined as a possession on which one or more points are scored. Then – and this is another topic – we define the ratio of scoring possessions to total possession as “floor percentage”. Another formulas ( see 'eBA Formulas’ ) to study about this topic are:

Team Possessions = FGA - Oreb + TO + Up to Line Made ( see the eBA System )
Team Scoring Possession = any possession on which the team scores at least 1 point
Individual Floor Percentage = the ratio of a player's scoring possessions to his total possessions
Individual Scoring Possessions = contribution to a team scoring possession through field goals, free throws, assists, and offensive rebounds.
Individual Possessions = sum of a player's scoring possessions, missed shots and free throws that are rebounded by the defense, and turnovers. ”.

From de eBA Statistics CLINICS ONLINE:
a New Course Begins: October 1st., 2007

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eBA Stats Group: EDITOR's AREA

Our Five eBA Sites: the Portal, the Clinics, the Forums, the Encyclopedia and this Blog, displays two zones, one is public - with all the material uploaded as public - and is accessed by every anonymous guest user, and the second which is available only by registered members: the 'editor's area'.

These 'editor's areas' are able to login from the front-page web site and we have four different levels of access control:

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The eBA Stats Team generally submit in this area the previous drafts of their researches and the expositions at the eBA ONLINE Courses & Clinics and articles submitted here by the registered members are not accessible from the public area.

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HOW TO CHART THE GAME POSSESSIONS ?

How can be charted the possessions of a game using only the box score and knowing that this resource is not complete and many times not reliable ?

Possessions had to be charted while watching the game and/or analyzing it post game with the video tape, because three things could end a possession - a turnover, a missed field goal rebounded by the defense, or arriving to the free throw line. The first two are easily found in the box score. The third is not. It's was said in our eBA ONLINE Basketball Statistics Course exposition about "free throws register" that some analysts uses the following formula to estimate possessions based on the box score:

Possessions= FGA - OR + TO + .475 (FTA)

The eBA Basketball Statistics Creative Analysis System deny this use and prefer to apply the exact number of "trips" to the line for the account of possessions, and this number only come from the post game video analysis.

Another question about that formula, consider that the raw numbers are based only on actual results. The adjusted figures take into account quality of competition and the site of games, with a slight weight given to more recent games.

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Statistics Case Study: MADE OR MISSED ASSIST ?

"...Here, you have a lovely repertoire of assists served by # 23 Donell Lewis, you have all the eBA System assists classifications: made, potential and missed, but what happen with the long pass at the second 35, do you register here an assist ? ..."

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"Wages of Wins" Algorithm Explanation

The Wages of Wins: Taking Measure of the Many Myths in Modern Sport, is a book written by three economists —David Berri, Martin Schmidt, and Stacey Brook— who have come up with an algorithm for assessing the value of professional basketball players, using econometric methods to objectively valuate basketball statistics in terms of their impact on winning games. The basic theory of the authors is that measurements of a player's efficiency are better tools for evaluating players than statistics like "points per game." Since teams have an equal number of possessions in a basketball contest, the team that efficiently uses those possessions is more likely to win. Turning the ball over without scoring is "bad," while converting a possession into points is "good." The authors regressed nine statistics to find their relative impact on wins. Here's a simplification of their findings.

"Good" statistics: Each point, rebound, and steal have relatively equal impacts on winning. They are about twice as important as each block and assist. So, to quantify the positive statistics, here's a simple formula: points + rebounds + steals + 1/2 (blocks) + 1/2 (assists)

"Bad" statistics: field goal attempts and turnovers have equally negative impacts on winning. They are twice as bad as free throw attempts and personal fouls. Here's a simple formula for the "bad" stats: field goal attempts + 1/2 (free throw attempts) + turnovers + 1/2 (personal fouls)

Putting this all together we get what the authors call a "Win Score":

Points + Rebounds + Steals + 1/2 (blocks) + 1/2 (assists) - field goal attempts - 1/2 (free throw attempts) - turnovers - 1/2 (personal fouls)

Win Score proves to be an excellent method of comparing players who play the same position. But since power forwards and centers tend to have higher average Win Scores than guards, adjustments need to be made when comparing little men to big men. Read more...

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HOW OFTEN A PLAYER HANDLED THE BALL ?

To calculate how often a player handled the ball on offense we have two ways:
1.- to count all the times he first gained possession of the ball while on offense;
2.- to register what he did with the ball (how he got rid of it) each time he had the ball.

A well known formula in other system, proposes this calculation of the player's touches:

(FGA + AST/X + FTA/Y + TO)

But in the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System, we understand that we must consider another elements: offensive fouls, double fouls, jump balls, technical fouls, etc. which occur only occasionally but must be included.

Another element not applied in that formula, are the defensive rebounds because rarely does a player score immediately after getting a defensive rebound, dribble the length of the court, and score. eBA System, never the less, includes the defensive rebounds, and also the offensive rebounds, after which there is a basket.

By Prof. Roberto Azar from the NEW BOARD OPENED TODAY: PROCESSING BASKETBALL STATISTICS AT eBA Forums.

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About the debate or discussion about the use of statistics and statistical analysis of basketball.

"...I am NOT a scientific analyst of the regression and coefficient type. My views and formulas are based upon simple calculations of various statistical categories, weighted in terms of importance, that have been used by basketball coaches for many, many years. ..."

"... Much of what I have done is found at russellratings.com, and I am always interested in any dialogue that can be generated. I will not always understand the machinations of some of the statistical jargon, but I am hopeful that a chapter that includes an honest and fair look at what is currently being done in this arena will be an excellent addition to my manuscript. ..."

"... Basketball is a sport that does not lend itself well to that end. There is nothing more spirited than a debate between Bob Knight and another coach regarding the relative merits of defense versus other factors. It is just a game that lends itself to a lot of options as to how it is played. ..."

"... In that light, if I wanted to better grab the attention of the NBA people, I would focus more on the relative than the absolute in evaluating a player, and I would focus on "players and lineups that can win" as opposed to players that are better or worse than each other. ..." ~ Tim Russell ~ russellratings.com

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 BASKETBALL UNFORGETTABLE LEGENDS

Spain - Basketball 'Copa del Rey' Final - 1988
Barcelona 84 - Real Madrid 83, with a game winning basket from Solozábal

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Nacho Solozábal - Barça - 1988

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ASSIST IS THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL STAT KEPT

"...I have often wondered about the awarding of assists in basketball.
In hockey, it's pretty much direct and preserved.
But after watching European basketball for over 10 years, I'm still
not sure what actually qualifies as an assist in a basketball game.
And, quite frankly, I don't think those responsible for keeping live-time stats during Euroleague games know for sure, either.

Then, what about a fast break basket where the pass is moved up the floor to a wide open player that catches (at just inside the half) and takes 3-4 dribbles before laying it in ? I say assist but some of the definitions say no assist.

In fact, awarding assists in basketball might be the most controversial stat kept. ..." (Posted at the eBA Forum by the Registered Member 'green_peace' )

The case presented in the last message: a fast break basket where the pass is moved up the floor to a wide open player that catches (at just inside the half) and takes 3-4 dribbles before laying it in, is only one of the cases we analyze in the eBA Basketball Statistics Register Clinic.

Synthetically: if the player goes freely to the basket, without any deviation nor fake in order to overpass a defender, therefore we register an assists. On the contrary, even with a minimum action from the ballhandler to avoid the defender, the assist is not credited. But we have exceptions which are explained in the "Basketball Assists" in the Clinic with all the registering process.

You are right, awarding assists in basketball might be the most controversial stat kept, but in the eBA Basketball Statistics Creative Analysis System we include a whole chapter dedicated to assists and make clear the concepts and the register process. (from the eBA Forums )

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Basketball History's Corner: USA - USSR 1972 FINAL

The 1972 Olympics marked the first time that the United States did not win the gold medal in Olympic basketball since the sport's introduction as an official medal event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

The gold medal game between the United States and Soviet Union remains very controversial to this day. The Soviets had a 49-48 lead and committed a hard foul on Doug Collins with three seconds left. Collins made two free throws to put the U.S. up 50-49, and the Soviets inbounded the ball quickly. Referee Renaldo Righetto of Brazil stopped play with one second on the clock. USSR coach Vladimir Kondrashkin had attempted to call time out between Collins' free throws and it was awarded.

The inbounds pass was intercepted and the United States players and coaches celebrated their victory. But the head of the FIBA Renato William Jones ordered that the clock be reset to three seconds, the time that was on the clock when Kondrashkin tried to call time. The Soviets inbounded the ball for a third time, and this time, Alexander Belov scored a lay-up and the USSR won the game 51-50, which not only meant that they got the gold medal, but they also dealt the United States their first loss in Olympic basketball competition.

The members of the United States team have remained upset of the outcome of the game ever since. They refused to accept the Olympic silver medal during the medal ceremony, and on an appeal, the five-judge appeal panel had judges from the USSR, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Italy and Romania. The vote was 3-2 to reject the appeal.

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OPINIONS ENCOUNTERED... at the Web

Stats don’t lie. Seriously. If Joe Blow scores 20 points in a game, he scores 20 points. If he does it on 10 for 36 shooting with 12 turnovers, and Johnny Analyst praises Joe Blow’s brilliant offensive performance, then it’s Johnny Analyst doing the lying, not the stats.

Offensive and defensive rebounding are different things.

I mean, it was 14 years ago that the NCAA began distinguishing between offensive and defensive rebounds.

It was a major advancement in stats keeping. Yet, with the exception of Fran Fraschilla, analysts will simply refer to a team’s “rebounding” either qualitatively or quantitatively, which often is misleading.

These are two distinct, albeit related, skills. Offensive rebounding requires individual effort. Defensive rebounding is more team oriented.

Florida is a great defensive rebounding team. They are not a great rebounding team - they are less than great on the offensive end. (Ken Pomeroy)
Opinion encountered in the Ken Pomeroy Blog



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Great Basketball Moments: BOGUES & BOL ~ 1987

Tyrone Curtis Bogues, better known as Muggsy Bogues, is a retired American professional basketball point guard and also the shortest person to play in the NBA, standing at 5 feet 3 inches (160 cm) tall.

Photograph: Vedia PhotoStream

In his rookie year, 1987-88, Bogues was a teammate of Manute Bol who stands at 7 feet 7 inches (231 cm) tall, the tallest player to have ever played in the NBA till that moment.

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As you surely noticed, the participants at the eBA CLINICS ONLINE rewrite, correct, enhance and update every thread at the eBA Basketball Statistics Forums, as part of their practical work. Now we are merging all the unitary messages and similar ones in a common thread: and the threads are categorized according to the eBA Basketball Analysis System contents, which is a more practical approach to the search at the eBA Study Forums.

ABOUT THE SECOND CHANCE POINTS
"....When a team shoots a high percentage from the floor, the number of second chance opportunities will distinctly be smaller, but the efficiency of the second chance possession is not a function of the number of second chance opportunities in a game.

Consequently, if teams have higher efficiency during second chances than first chances, a team's game efficiency, taking all the different aspects into account, is nearly always increased only because the offensive rebounding. By contrast, since that relationship appears alternating, the important objective of collecting and evaluating data is in the bonus possessions produced by the net offensive rebounding differential.

A well balanced team would be more effective on second chance points than on first chance points because, on most first chance possessions, the defense is accomplished and the offensive team must attack the set defense to find their scoring opportunities. In whatever manner, with possessions that go on with an offensive rebound, the defense is often lacking order at the instant of the rebound, and these possessions often end with either a foul [the most effective method of scoring] or a tap-in or other relatively easy shot.

Only when the offensive team decides to withdraw the ball back out following an offensive rebound and run its half court offense would the defense have an opportunity to reset itself.

Concisely, to resume this post, teams obtain more easy scores in second chance possessions than in first chance possessions, so they must be registered and analyzed as it was explained and is included in the eBA Basketball Statistics Creative Analysis System. ...." ( Read Complete Thread at the eBA Forum )

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One-on-one: with Rockets General Manager DARYL MOREY

“We're planning to sign Luis Scola and he's excited to play in Houston. We expect to see him in a Rockets uniform next year. Luis is very motivated to come to the league and is very motivated to play with Yao (Ming) and Tracy (McGrady)." Morey says.
“The Spurs gave us permission to speak with him about three days ago, and we had a long conversation.”

"Defensively he has a pretty complete game in terms of an offensive skill-set, defensive integrity,”
"Luis is one of the top five international players not currently in the NBA,"
"He didn’t win any of the Euroleague Final Fours that Tau Ceramica played in the past three years, but make no mistake - this guy is a winner."
"On the court, he plays facing the basket, or with his back to the basket. He’s deadly shooting the ball from 10 to 15 feet, but isn’t a three-point shooter."
"Scola, 27, was selected by San Antonio with the 56th overall pick in the 2002 draft and wanted to join the Spurs before the 2006-07 campaign but was unable to negotiate a move which included meeting a buyout clause with Spanish giants Tau Ceramica."
"The 2004 Olympic gold medal winner was arguably Argentina’s best player at the Athens Games, averaging 17.6 points and 5.0 rebounds as they beat Team USA’s NBA stars in the semi-final and then Italy in the gold medal game."
"He will lead his country at the FIBA Americas Championship this year when the team attempts to qualify for the Olympics again."
"He adds experience and toughness at a position of need on our roster and is an NBA-ready player with a very high basketball IQ. We expect him to have an immediate impact on our team." resumes Morey.


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eBA STORE REOPEN DOORS !

After a long time closed and 'changing windows' the eBA Store reopen doors and is newly open !

eBA Store is a professional online store which:
Keep our visitors on our site longer during the shopping;
Select the products to feature;
Include ALL type of products displayed by categories:
- Basketball Books, DVD & VHS;
- Sports & Basketball Apparel & Accessories;

- Electronics; Sport Watches; Jewelry;
- Camera & Photo; Cell Phones; Computers;
- Sports & Outdoors; Health & Personal Care;
- Books; Magazine Subscriptions;

- Music; Video Games; Toys & Games..... and much more....

And we are doing our best to build the menu options with sub-categories re-directed specially to sports and Basketball in each category !
eBA Store offers a shopping cart for multiple item purchases;

Checkout is completed on Amazon.com, the most trusted store online;

Show Product Details;
Excite and inform our customers with robust product details, reviews and information;

Give informative product descriptions - principally about sports and Basketball,
but ALL THE CATEGORIES ARE COVERED !

List recommended products;
Offer up-to-date product information;

Listmania, themed product lists proposed by the eBA Stats.com members !

So, visit the new eBA Store just NOW !


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STATS FOR HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
From the eBA Basketball Statistics Course Forum:

"You asked if all this statistical system will work for high school basketball?
It is inevitable: last years high school students get scouters attention ! We read in one of our articles in the Scouting section an appeal to the high school students "to be sure to enjoy their High School Basketball experience, and sell-out for the team ! Some student/athletes over-emphasize the recruiting process and end up under-achieving because of the excessive pressure they put on themselves to impress recruiters, an over-emphasis upon statistics, or saving themselves for college. Work hard, hustle, and play your game to help your team!"

It is clear, from the name of our system and the site, that we are working for "basketball professional teams". I don't think that a complete statistical system must be applied in the High School, but about the fact that the high school coach must keep basics statistics we have no any doubt, specially on the last years. And its use and results must be emphasized in the coaching program: that's mean, the use of the stats to help the player to improve himself in the rights areas and to assist the coach in the programming of his trainings more accurately.

Perhaps you intended to ask if all this set of complex formulas of analysis are necessary at high school.... Please hear to this old basketball coach and statistician analyst: all the time you can.... work with your players on basketball fundamentals ! The future NBA Coach of your actual players will give, however secretly, the credit to You....!"

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DO YOU REGISTER HERE AN ASSIST ?

Here, you have a lovely repertoire of assists served by # 23 Donell Lewis, you have all the eBA System assists classifications: made, potential and missed, but what happen with the long pass at the second 35, do you register here an assist ?
( Video Question posted by abar_banel )

The answers, discussion and another questions at the eBA Basketball Statistics Forums !

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A Starting Point for ANALYZING BASKETBALL STATISTICS

Justin Kubatko, Dean Oliver, Kevin Pelton, and Dan T. Rosenbaum (2007)

“A Starting Point for Analyzing Basketball Statistics”, Journal of
Quantitative Analysis in Sports: Vol. 3: No. 3, Article 1.

ABSTRACT:
The quantitative analysis of sports is a growing branch of science and, in many ways one that has developed through non-academic and non-traditionally peer-reviewed work. The aim of this paper is to bring to a peer-reviewed journal the generally accepted basics of the analysis of basketball, thereby providing a common starting point for future research in basketball.

The possession concept, in particular the concept of equal possessions for opponents in a game, is central to basketball analysis. Estimates of possessions have existed for approximately two decades, but the various formulas have sometimes created confusion.
We hope that by showing how most previous formulas are special cases of our more general formulation, we shed light on the relationship between possessions and various statistics.
Also, we hope that our new estimates can provide a common basis for future possession estimation. In addition to listing data sources for statistical research on basketball, we also discuss other concepts and methods, including offensive and defensive ratings, plays, per-minute statistics, pace adjustments, true shooting percentage, effective field goal percentage, rebound rates, Four Factors, plus/minus statistics, counterpart statistics, linear weights metrics, individual possession usage, individual efficiency, Pythagorean method, and Bell Curve method.
This list is not an exhaustive list of methodologies used in the field, but we believe that they provide a set of tools that fit within the possession framework and form the basis of common conversations on statistical research in basketball.

The article is available at: http://www.bepress.com/jqas/vol3/iss3/1

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OVER-and-BACK VIOLATION:

A violation that occurs when the offensive team has brought the ball into the frontcourt, returns the ball into the backcourt once it has positioned itself in the front court: the offensive team crosses the half court line and then crosses back into the back court.
As soon as a player from that team touches it in the backcourt, the ball is dead and is awarded to the opposing team for a throw-in.

American Rule: "Both feet and the ball" - if you are progressing from backcourt (which includes the centre line), you retain back court status until all three "points" are in the front court.
(This affects the over-and-back rule as well as the 8/10 second rule.)

European Rule: In FIBA, if you are touching the front court, you have front court status, but it is also possible to be simultaneously in both courts ( which is usually a problem if you have the ball ).

Examples:
1.1) A player is dribbling the ball in his backcourt . While continuing to dribble, the player steps with one foot into the front court.
Question: Has the 8/10 second count ended?
Answer: Yes. The player has front court status.
Q: Has the player committed an "Over-and-Back" violation ?
A: Not yet.

1.2) Continuing the above example, the player lifts the foot in the front court and resumes dribbling entirely in the back court.
Q: Has the player committed an "[URL=http://www.eba-stats.com/form/directory/global_Ova.htm#over_and_back][i][color=navy]Over-and-Back[/color][/i][/URL]" violation?
A: Yes. Once a player progressing from the back court to the front court touches the front court with a foot or the ball, he must proceed into the front court with his next manoeuvre.
[Note: The action described above is legal in US rules. However, the 8/10 second count would still be proceeding.]

2.1) A player, whose team has the ball in the back court, receives a pass with one foot on either side of the centre line. He stands there for a few seconds (and does not pivot).
Q: Has the player committed an "Over-and-Back" violation ?
A: Not yet.

2.2) Continuing the above example, the player passes the ball to a teammate in the
a.-) front court, or b.-) backcourt. The receiving player touches the ball.
Q: Has the player committed an "Over-and-Back" violation ?
A: No in a.-), Yes in b.-).

2.3) Instead of passing, as in 2.2), the player chooses to dribble towards the front court.
Q: Has the player committed an "Over-and-Back" violation ?
A: No. As long as the player is progressing forward, the intent of the rule is being upheld.

3.0) A player holds the ball in the front court near the centre line. He 1) puts down a dribble, with the ball touching the centre line; or 2) steps partially on the centre line with one foot; or 3) brushes the ball against a teammate who is standing in the back court.
Q: Has the player committed an "Over-and-Back" violation ?
A: Yes in all cases. In 3.1), it is not a violation until the ball rebounds into the player's hand (or a teammate, for that matter). On a dribble, that will happen pretty quickly. In 3.2) and 3.3), the violation is called immediately. The centre line is considered to be part of the back court. [This case is the same in both FIBA and US rules.]

eBA Statistical Register= Finally, in all the cases, the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System register an Unforced Turnover, unless there is an opponent player influence – a close defense on the center line, by example – in this case a Forced Turnover is registered.

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 UNFORGETTABLE Basketball LEGENDS

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Larry Bird & Jeff Hornacek - 1987

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HOME TEAMS VICTORIES PERCENTAGE

"The home team wins about 70 percent of the time in college Basketball, and we are doing our research - at eBA-ONLINE Clinics - referred to professional Basketball, based in these numbers.
Some made researches suggest that home court is worth as much as 12 points. But this assumption maybe NOT ALWAYS valid.
In this thread and the forum, we had still discussed about the "runs", "getting hot" and the "hot hand" which truly exist playing at home.
But there are also factors besides being supported by the crowd's energy. Fans sometimes underestimate the importance of a team having to travel to a road game. When we do the study on home court advantage at the eBA Clinics, we factor in the distance traveled to play the game.
Without any doubt longer distances ( especially when crossing multiple time zones ) are equivalent to inferior results.
The basic familiarity with the arena and rhythm of the day plays a critical role too: the court dimensions are exactly the same, but after some miles traveled and a day in a hotel room, to come up to the surface only to play Basketball and shot some shots in not well known environment may be really the true opponent.

The research on the importance of home court advantage is being studied in the eBA Basketball Analysis Clinic, which next 'Basketball Statistics Register Course' begins on Monday 3, September 2007. ......"


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Coach's Digest: 24 SECONDS STATISTICS

The eBA System registers the shooting by type, zone, number of players in the play, etc. and also records the second of the shooting possession: into the 4 - 8 - 16 - 20 or 24 seconds.
The complete topic with the analysis is uploaded at the courses of the eBA ONLINE Clinics, but this synthesis answer your question:
On average the shots are made between the 11 and 12 seconds of the shooting clock.
A 7.6% are taken between the seconds 1 and 8/9.
In the first half of the clock: first 12 seconds, a 57.1% of the shots are taken.

Photograph: DrMidnight Blog

In the last quarter of the clock: last 6 seconds, only a 15.1% of the shots were registered; but, nevertheless, the best field percentage is obtained in the last three seconds of the 24 seconds shooting clock.

This research is based on more than 1000 Euroleague games, analyzed from 1988 ( when it was called European Cup ), and is presented in the eBA ONLINE Clinics, which next 'Basketball Statistics Register Course' begins on Monday 03, September 2007, and the registration is open with limited vacancies.

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"I always tried to make clear that Basketball is not the ultimate. It is of small importance in comparison to the total life we live.

There is only one kind of life that truly wins, and that is the one that places faith in the hands of the Savior. Until that is done, we are on an aimless course that runs in circles and goes nowhere......

.......It is most difficult, in my mind, to separate any success, whether it be in your profession, your family, or as in my case, in Basketball, from religion."

John Wooden, American Basketball Coach, author of "They Call Me Coach".

Great Basketball Moments: BARÇA - JOVENTUD - 1940

Photograph: Vedia PhotoStream

The Joventut Badalona Club, also known as 'El Penya', playing against the Barcelona FC, both Spanish basketball teams from Barcelona, Cataluña, in their first months of life in the 1940's.

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WHEN IS A FORCED OR AN UNFORCED TURNOVER ?

We have a turnover when your team has the ball, and you lose it to the other team. A turnover can come in the form of a stolen pass, a pass that you throw out of bounds, it can be where they steal the ball away from your dribbler, it can be where you have a player stand in the paint for over three seconds, etc., etc, etc.

When the turnover does occurs or when a bad shot is forced during an ON BALL screen situation, that's means there is a direct influence of an opponent action: the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System refers to it as a FORCED TURNOVER. When the turnover does occur WITHOUT any opponent influence or interference: a bad pass you YOURSELF throw out of bounds, we call it an UNFORCED TURNOVER.
The value of the turnover, doesn't vary in our metric, being the same for both types, but the eBA System report give to the coach the total quantity and percentages of Forced and Unforced Turnovers by separate, leading so to a deeper analysis of our possessions.

The pages of the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System, recently uploaded, shows the applicability and reports with reference the Forced and Unforced Turnovers.

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THE NEED FOR STATISTICS

"I think the need for statistics stems from the fact that the popular US sports are designed for the armchair fan. This probably stems from the sheer size of the country - there aren't local derbys on the same scale as as European football, and fans don't travel to away games.
I'd suggest that fans who attend US sports do so thanks to the support of those watching on TV...... .

But things are changing, and football is gaining in popularity. I don't think that the lack of statistics will be a barrier, since the US appetite for celebrity is far greater.......

The statistics is merely consequence of the cultural factors that presents the sport to an audience understands the facts but not the emotion.......

( from a discussion developed in "The Filter" about "The Beautiful Game" )

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Nike celebrates 25 years of Air Force 1's with a new commercial.


This is our selection of this month's Best Basketball Video Clip !

Nike celebrates 25 years of Air Force 1's with a new commercial featuring Steve Nash, Jermaine O'Neal, Rasheed Wallace, Paul Pierce, Tony Parker, Kobe Bryant, Amare Stoudemire, Shawn Marion, LeBron James and Chris Paul.

The music is from Just Blaze and Juelz Santana.
"The Second Coming: Our Game, Our Time"

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 eBA June 2007 BESTSELLER

Five-Star Basketball Drills

By: Howard Garfinkel & Will Klein

Over 5,000 talented players have completed the Five-Star program and received scholarships. Distinguished alumni include Isiah Thomas, Moses Malone, Dominique Wilkins, Michael Jordan, Mark Aguirre, John Paxson, Jim Paxson, Jeff Ruland, Darnell Valentine, and Mike O'Koren. Here, in print for the first time, is a compilation of 131 drills they practiced at the nation's premier Basketball camp. The book includes the following:

• 131 of the best drills used at the Five-Star camp
• Conditioning, one, two, and three player drills for men and women
• Proven regimens from a star-studded galaxy of NCAA and NBA coaches
• Step by step instructions with pictures and diagrams to maximize your potential and practice time.
  
  
  "Howard Garfinkel and Will Klein are as well organized in their presentation of drills as they are in their camp. This book is a great contribution to your Basketball library." -- Bob Knight
  
  "Owning one of the most varied sports libraries in the country, I consider myself an expert on sports books. Nowhere on my shelves is there anything approaching the value of these drills for youngsters and young coaches. It's the best drill book in America." -- George Raveling
  
  "With the advent of the three-point shot, there's now a high priority on the skill parts of the game. This book will help the dedicated user become a fundamentally sound player." -- Mike Fratello
  
  "A must for all young players and coaches who want to learn the game the way it should be taught." -- Rick Pitino
  
  "Five-Star has done a great job helping kids. I admire the way they've emphasized teaching the concepts and maintained the personal touch in dealing with youngsters. This book carries on that great tradition." -- Mike Krzyzewski

From the Back Cover

"Howard Garfinkel and Will Klein are as well organized in their presentation of drills as they are in their camp. This book is a great contribution to your Basketball library."

--Bob Knight, Texas Tech University

"With the advent of the three-point shot there's now a high priority on the skill parts of the game. This book will help the dedicated user become a fundamentally sound player."

--Dean Smith, College Basketball's all-time winner coach

"No one has done more for the game of Basketball in the past four decades than Five-Star's Howard Garfinkel and Will Klein" -- Mike Krzyzewski, Duke University

"A must for all young players and coaches who want to learn the game the way it should be taught."--Rick Pitino, University of Louisville

Before there was a Nike or Adidas camp for the nation's elite high-school players, there was Five-Star. Now in its 37th year, more than 5,000 talented players have completed the Five-Star program, and over 300 of them have gone on to careers in the NBA.
Distinguished alumni include Isiah Thomas, Moses Malone, Dominique Wilkins, Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, Jamal Mashburn, Rasheed Wallace, and Vince Carter

In Five-Star Basketball Drills, you will find the same 131 drills practiced by these Basketball greats at the nation's premier Basketball camp. The book includes:

• One-, two-, and three-player drills for men and women
• Proven regimens from a star-studded galaxy of NCAA and NBA coaches
• Step-by-step instructions with pictures and diagrams to maximize your potential and practice time

    more info

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Basketball Statistical Formulas: The Prouty Rating

The Prouty is a method of rating players created by Jon Scott, based on averaging four areas: Offensive Efficiency, Total Offense, Possessions Gained and Win Rating. The various individual parts are based on a per minute basis.

The Formula: The Prouty Rating is calculated as

[ {Points / (Field Goals Attempted * 2 + FTA) } +
{ (Points + Assists * 2 - Turnovers) / Minutes} +

{ (Rebounds + Steals + (Blocks / 2) - Personal Fouls) / Minutes} +
{ (Minutes / (TEAM TOTAL MINUTES / 5) } * Team Winning Pct} ] / 4

This term is studied at the Global Basketball Encyclopedia and was defined also at the exposition about "Basketball Statistics Formulas Revision" en eBA EN-LINEA.
Other proposals and formulas your can find at the excellent Basketball Statistics Formulas Revision by Deborah Telmes, in the section Formulas of our site.

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Photograph: M. Servin from cskabasket.com


Anna Nikitina - The Cheerleaders of the CSKA Dance Team
the Basketball Beautiful Faces

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