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Happy Birthday, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year !

This year, as we blow out the 13 candles on our anniversary cake, our positive thoughts go to all daily visitors, registered members, partners and colleagues who have confided in our talent and supported us over this thirteen years of successful activities.

The history of the eBA Stats Group is well-documented in our sites, including 'our old sweet home' corner at our eBA Portal.

But rather, if we consider our 13 years with a candle pattern, it might be of some value to remember a development per candle as we blow out them all in celebration...

In the frame of mind of top-13 lists then, let's do a candle countdown, each candle representing an important moment since the birth of the eBA Stats network age.

Candle Thirteen: Thirteen years ago this evening, on 24 December 1998, 20:00 GMT, a really scary big button in an old 386 Computer was pressed and the eBA-Stats.com Website went online for the first time....

Candle Twelve: This Website was the first component of the actual Basketball Statistical Creative Analysis eBA Stats Group, nowadays a group of 11 Websites !, and from a start of hits numbered in the thousands, the sites now get almost 20 million hits a year.

Candle Eleven: The Basketball Statistics Forums site from the eBA Stats Group, surpassed this year the number of 5,000 involved members and is the most active basketball statistics analysis forum in the web with an average of 1,000 unique visitors a day ! Most of the threads are reaching the 100,000 views !

Friday Press Clippings:
Wilt Chamberlain: The Numbers Don't Lie

From 20 Second Timeout
By David Friedman
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"... Many of the things asserted by basketball "stat gurus" offend my ears (and mind) more than the sound of long fingernails scraping a chalkboard but one piece of nonsense that particularly bothers me is when a "stat guru" attempts to "normalize" one player's numbers to supposedly determine how that player would have performed in a different era.

For instance, a popular "stat guru" declaration is that Michael Jordan's 37.1 ppg average in the 1986-87 season--when "adjusted" for pace--is actually superior to Wilt Chamberlain's record-shattering 50.4 ppg average in the 1961-62 season. There are many problems with this deceptively simple comparison: ..."

"... There is a big difference between saying that Jordan's 37.1 ppg is proportionally greater than Chamberlain's 50.4 ppg based on pace and definitively asserting that Jordan's 1986-87 scoring feat was greater than Chamberlain's--but basketball "stat gurus" have no qualms about making extraordinary claims without providing extraordinary proof, which is the very opposite of the approach that authentic scientists and researchers take ..."

"... In my pro basketball Pantheon I did not attempt to rank players from different eras but simply selected the 10 players who excelled when compared to the players from their own eras; how much a player dominates his own time is a significant indication of true greatness. ..."

"... Pace alone is not an adequate explanation for how far Chamberlain's records are ahead of not just what any other pro basketball players have accomplished but also how much more dominant his performances are than the record-setting performances of all-time greats in other sports. ..."

"... Robertson is right that it is important not just that NBA history be told but that it be told by competent people; my contribution to that effort is displayed in the right hand sidebar of this website and I truly hope that someday my hard work and dedication to preserving and telling these stories will reach the widest possible audience, supplanting the gossip and nonsense that poses as journalism today at far too many magazines and websites. ..."

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' Investigar en baloncesto. Ciencia, deporte y doctorado. ' by Jose A. Martínez.

Friday Video Clippings:
Give Up Yer Aul Sins

This series, including the original Oscar-nominated short, from Brown Bag Films is based upon the 1960s recordings of young children telling Bible stories in a classroom to their schoolteacher.

When a film crew arrives at an inner city Dublin National School to record the children, the result is a warm, funny and spontaneous animated documentary, featuring young children telling the story of John the Baptist, The birth of Jesus, the Crucifixion, Saint Patrick and others.

'Give Up Yer Aul Sins' combines simple humour with clever animation to create films with a timeless quality and appeal to a family audience.

'Give Up Yer Aul Sins' has screened in almost 50 film festivals, including The Galway Film Fleadh (where it won Best Animation), Cork Film Festival (Best Irish and Best International Animation), Cartoons on Bay (Special Award for Original Idea), NewYork Comedy Festival, Boston Irish Film Festival, Aspen Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival.

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' La Leyenda del Espantapajaros '.

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All Access Notre Dame Practice
with Mike Brey

Notre Dame coach Mike Brey, born March 22 - 1959, who led his team to a 27-7 record this season and a spot in the third round of the NCAA tournament, was named the national coach of the year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association on Monday.

Brey's work this season was top notch: in his 11th season at Notre Dame, won his third Big East coach of the year award in the last five seasons.
And Mike Brey, men's head coach at the University of Notre Dame since July 14 - 2000, did it all this year after losing Luke Harangody and Tory Jackson from last year's team.

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Basketball Tracking Stats Referred Questions:
Turnover and Technical Foul Case Study

...Team A has the ball in bounds. A1 double dribbles and the official indicates the violation.

Before any player from Team B is handed the ball, Team B's Coach is called a technical foul for some reason, let's say an illegal player's change ( ... or throwing a chair across the floor ...).

How to record this play and to whom we must charge a turnover or the turnovers according to the eBA Basketball Statistics System Book ? ...

eBA Basketball Statistical Tracking=
Team A will be awarded two free throws for an indirect technical, so we record:

Photograph: New York Times.com/

1.- charge A1 with a Turnover ( forced or unforced: see 2.- );

2.- record a Team Steal in favour of Team B: if a close defense of a player of Team B caused the double dribble, this player is awarded with a Forced Steal ) and the A1's TO will be forced );

3.- charge Team B with a Team Turnover in the category 'technical foul against Bench or Coach';

4.- record a Team Steal in favour of Team A, which give the possession of the awarded free throws.

All the terms in this answer are explained widely at The eBA Basketball System Book and in eBA Clinic ONLINE.

This topic is resumed in the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis Encyclopedia
at the eBA Basketball Statistics System Book

Video Case Study:
Lamar Odom Dribbles a Basketball Inbounds Pass !

"... Lamar Odom dribbles inbounds ! How do you register this Turnover ? Surely is UNFORCED... but is traveling TO ? a pass TO ? a dribbling TO ? Under which TO category must we register it ?

How the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System analyze Lamar Odom´s action ? ..."

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West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life by Jerry West and Jonathan Coleman A pressure-embracing superstar with the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1960s and 1970s, West (called “Mr. Clutch”) was so revered that the NBA used his silhouette for its famed logo. After a legendary Hall of Fame playing career, West became the Lakers’ general manager, helping to assemble squads that won eight world championships in the 1980s and 2000s. Such lofty accomplishments did little to abate a self-destructive competitive spirit and crippling bouts of depression, the results of a miserable childhood in West Virginia.

West’s beloved older brother, David, was killed in the Korean War; their father regularly beat the skinny, younger, West, inspiring a murderous, unforgiving hatred.

“And the real enemy is myself, “ writes West, in this candid and self-reflecting autobiography.

That willingness to share, however, extends little beyond his tortured soul, as he holds back in detailing his occasionally tense relationships with coaches like Phil Jackson and Pat Riley and storied players such as Kobe Bryant (who declined to be interviewed for the book).

West’s reluctance to detail his dealings with others coupled with the authors’ anecdotal style lead to a lack of perspective and narrative heft that doesn’t befit the rich, complex life of such an iconic sports figure.

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Fundamentos del Periodismo Deportivo por Omar Marrero Rivera click here to read the full review and the "Google Preview" !

Basketball Statistics Referred Concepts:
When we record an assist in the following cases ? ~ Concept & Statistics

"... When is it an assist according to the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System in the following cases ?

1 - Team A is passing the ball around the perimeter and A2 (the last player to touch the ball) makes a 3 from the corner. Does A1, the teammate who passed him the ball and asked the ball in return, get an assist ?

2 - A3 inbounds the ball (after a made opponent basket) passing to his teammate A4 an all-the-court pass away. A4 (behind the defense) dribbles once and then dunks the ball. Does A3 get an assist ?

3 - A5 is dribbling around outside, he drops the ball into A7 in the post. A7 dribbles a bit (dribble of a center), tries to shake his defender, succeeds and scores. Does A5 get an assist ? ... "

Photograph: Lunch Time Banter

Case 1: Without any doubts, register an assist to A1. If A2 miss the shot and A1 was in a very good shooting position, therefore, this is a 'Potential Assist' from A2.

Case 2: Without any doubts, register an assist to A3. Certainly, from an outbounds situation there is no possibility of 'Potential Assist' if A4 misses the shot, but it is case of 'Missed Assist'.

Case 3: We have to see the play, generally the live statistics does not register at all an assist in this case. The eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System, applies the following rule:
if A7 is well covered and gets himself open, then no assist. In all the other circumstances, we register A5 with an assist.

Read More at eBA CLINICS ONLINE, search "basketball assists" in this blog and consult the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System.

This topic is resumed in the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System
and at the eBA Encyclopedia.

Actuality News
Euroleague 2011/12 Best Moments

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Basketball Statistician's Digest:
November 2011 eBA sketball Statistics Case Study Conclusion

Attempting to Make a Throw-in... Case Study

" ... A1 is holding the ball out of bounds and is attempting to make a throw-in. However, the inbounds pass ...

(a) lodges on the rim,
(b) comes to rest on the flange of the basket, or
(c) goes through the basket.

What is the proper ruling and the correct INDIVIDUAL or COLLECTIVE statistical registration according to the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System including the type of the registration ( type of turnover; forced, unforced, individual or collective turnover, good or bad foul; close, long, disputed or undisputed rebound; assist made, potential, missed or double assist; etc. ) ... ?"

Conclusion:

Basketball Statistics Philosophy:
The purpose of a turnover is to reflect statistically the times in which a team was given the ball and should have gotten some kind of shot but, before it could get any kind of shot, made some type of mistake that turned the ball over to the opponent.

eBA System Statistics Fundamentals:
A turnover can only be charged against the offense; that is, the team with the ball. A team becomes the team with the ball when it has control (including during free throws) or is entitled to the ball for either a throw-in or a free throw.

There will be some errors that will not result in the charging of a turnover because they did not involve the turning of the ball over to the opponent.

Errors that occur at approximately the same time a team becomes entitled to the ball should not be considered turnovers.

The team should have time to realize it has the ball before being charged with turnovers.

eBA Basketball Statistical Tracking:
• In all cases, this is a violation and Team B will be awarded the ball. Charge A1 with a FORCED TURNOVER, but no field-goal attempt;

• in (c) the basket does not count, so no field goal made or attempted should be charged.



This Case Study was presented as every 15th. day of each month, on November 15th, 2011 in our eBA Portal: were sent 1,267 answers, 116 partial answers and 985 totally correct, that's means including all the options, registrations and qualifications.

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ACC Basketball: The Story of the Rivalries, Traditions, and Scandals of the First Two Decades of the Atlantic Coast Conference by J. Samuel Walker The Atlantic Coast Conference, which includes perennial national championship contenders Duke and North Carolina, is arguably the premier college basketball conference. Historian Walker recounts the first two decades in the ACC's history (1953-73) in a meticulously researched book.

Each season is covered in plentiful detail, with a special focus on the top teams, great players, and postseason performance.

"... The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) recently voted to admit two new members, the University of Pittsburgh and Syracuse University, which will bring the number of schools in the league to 14.

There is a great deal of speculation that the conference would like to add two more members to make divisions of eight teams each, which is a logical step for scheduling purposes.

But a little historical perspective on the history of the ACC should give pause to advocates of expansion. ..."

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Commisioner Stern Should Not Have Voided the Chris Paul Trade by David Friedman
in our Friday Press Clippings

Friday Press Clippings:
Commisioner Stern Should Not Have Voided the Chris Paul Trade

From 20 Second Timeout
By David Friedman
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"... Remember the old Saturday Night Live skit about "Bad Idea Jeans"? The NBA created a real-life version a year ago when it assumed ownership of the troubled New Orleans Hornets franchise.

What could possibly go wrong when the league office--which is supposed to impartially run the NBA's affairs without showing favor to any team or player--is in charge of a specific team? ..."

"... After word of the proposed deal had already leaked out, NBA Commissioner David Stern announced that the league had voided the entire transaction, supposedly for "basketball reasons."

There is much speculation about who may have pressured Stern to take this action: perhaps "small market" owners do not want to see the Lakers profit at the expense of the Hornets or perhaps "large market" owners do not want to see Paul go to the Lakers because they had their own designs to woo Paul either now or after this season. ..."

"... The Dream Team was fun to watch in 1992 in the Olympics but if the NBA's rules permitted a handful of wealthy owners to buy up all of the elite players then the NBA would indeed become nothing more than the Harlem Globetrotters versus the Washington Generals.

Abbott and others say that competitive balance has never existed in NBA history but that depends on how you define competitive balance with regard to pro basketball. ..."

"... However, the actual skill set evaluation of the proposed Chris Paul trade is going to be largely ignored because of the serious implications of how the trade was cancelled.

I wonder how many casual NBA fans even realized that the NBA has owned the Hornets for the past year, let alone thought about all of the potential ramifications of this: not only is it a bad idea for a league to own a team but the fact that for more than a year the NBA has searched in vain for a suitable owner tends to reinforce the contention that the league did in fact have a broken business model under the terms of the old CBA. ..."

"... The NBA may be back but it is hardly in good shape: the compressed 66 game season is going to be tough to watch--featuring a lot of out of shape and/or fatigued players--and whatever happens on the court is likely to attract less attention than the off court dramas surrounding Howard and Paul. ..."

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' Codicia.... sobre el tan nombrado en estos últimos meses, lockout (cierre patronal) de la NBA '
by Javier Imbroda.

Friday Video Clippings:
I Met the Walrus

In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced him to do an interview.

38 years later, Levitan, director Josh Raskin and illustrators James Braithwaite and Alex Kurina have collaborated to create an animated short film using the original interview recording as the soundtrack.

A spellbinding vessel for Lennon's boundless wit and timeless message, I Met the Walrus was nominated for the 2008 Academy Award for Animated Short and won the 2009 Emmy for 'New Approaches' (making it the first film to win an Emmy on behalf of the internet).

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' Llanto perfecto ' by Mario D. Huerta .

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Basketball Tracking Stats Referred Questions:
2 Seconds To Go, 2 Points Ahead and Last Free Throw

...A well known game situation: 2 seconds to go, 2 points ahead and last free throw. The player intentionally misses the free-throw according with the indications from the bench to avoid a complete 2 seconds possession for the opponent. He succeed and they win the game. Can this action be registered in such way that we don't "punish" the shooter's Tendex with a -1 because of the missed free throw ?

What is the Statistics Tracking Rule according to the eBA Basketball Statistics System Book ? ...

eBA Basketball Statistical Registration=
If you are performing the analysis by means of video, and you are not sure about those "bench indications". you have no alternative and must register the missed free-throw.

Photograph: from Ed Reinke in ESPN

If you were present at this game, and you heard or saw clearly the coach's indications, you may use the "Team Player" option to register the missed throw, registering this action in the "play-by-play" report.

All the terms in this answer are explained widely at The eBA Basketball System Book and in eBA Clinic ONLINE.

This topic is resumed in the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis Encyclopedia
at the eBA Basketball Statistics System Book

Video Case Study:
Free Throw Intentionally Missed & Lane Violation

"... Aaron Brooks Intentionally Misses FT but... Commits a Lane Violation ?
Can you tell me if really there here a violation ? And, what is the statistical registration according with your system ?

How the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System analyze Aaron Brooks´s action ? ..."

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The Classic: How Everett Case and His Tournament Brought Big-Time Basketball to the South by Bethany Bradsher The Classic tells the story of the rise of college basketball along Tobacco Road, but also chronicles the scandal that led to the tournament's demise. North Carolina State head coach Everett Case originated the idea of the Classic. His assistant, Carl "Butter" Anderson provided the name. The tournament was played over a three-day period every December, just after Christmas, on North Carolina State's home court.

The tournament came to an end after a point-shaving scandal in 1961 involving players from both North Carolina State and North Carolina.

So, from exciting basketball action to the scandalous revelations of point-shaving which brought the tournament to a sudden end, The Classic tells the untold story of a tournament that
helped transform a state and brought big-time basketball to the South.

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El andar del borracho por Leonard Mlodinow click here to read the full review and the "Google Books Preview" !

Basketball Statistics Referred Concepts:
The Basketball Team Rebounds ~ Concept & Statistics

What exactly comprises and means a 'team rebound' ?
In each situation a shot is taken and missed and possession may or may not change, but the rebound cannot be credited to an individual so it counts as a 'team rebound' for whichever team is awarded the ball.

A team rebound is awarded to the opponent team to the player who attempted the shot if, before the buzzer sounded, no player had gained control of the rebound.

A team rebound is awarded to the team to which the ball is awarded out of bounds or at the free throw line as a result of a missed field goal attempt or a final free throw attempt. This includes circumstances when:
- the ball goes out of bounds without any player having secured possession;
- a final free attempt from a serial misses the rim;
- the shooter commits a free throw violation in a a final free attempt from a serial;
- a loose ball foul is called immediately following a missed field goal attempt or final free throw attempt;
- a last technical foul shot missed.

Photograph: Basketball Notes by Alex

A team rebound is awarded to a team that first gains possession following a jump ball when such a jump ball immediately follows a missed field goal attempt or a final free throw attempt, before any player is credited with an individual rebound.

A team rebound is awarded following a missed shot ( either field goal or last free throw ) when a live ball becomes dead due to the expiration of a period. A team rebound is credited to the opponent team to the player who attempted that shot.

About the differences between the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System and the NBA statistician's rules, for example, are developed in the eBA Clinics, and we'll discuss them in a next message in the eBA Forums.

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Actuality News
Euroleague 2011/12 Week 8 ! TOP 10 !

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All-Access Skill Development & Conditioning Drills with Billy Donovan

As a player he was known simply as "Billy the Kid." A player with fire, passion and discipline. An overachiever.

A kid no more, Donovan has done the unthinkable in 15 years at Florida. He has taken a program that experienced pockets of success and has made history.

Two National Championships and three appearances in the title game and three consecutive SEC Tournament titles – the only three in UF history.

The No. 1 ranking in the nation in four of the last nine years, including starting and finishing the 2006-07 season in that spot.

13 straight 20-win seasons, two 30-win seasons, including a school record 35 wins in 2006-07.

Fourteen consecutive postseason appearances.

There was a time when any of these goals seemed unattainable for the University of Florida basketball program. Until March 27, 1996, when Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley hired
the up-and-coming Billy Donovan who has turned the Gators into a perennial national power....

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Life and Sports Motivational Videos:
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Get Clint's FREE 3-part Personal Development Video Series to learn how to expand your comfort zone to finally conquer even your most daunting goals in life. Details at http://www.clintcora.com/freeinspirationpersonalgrowth.html

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Playing With Purpose: Basketball Inside the Lives and Faith of Top NBA Stars By Mike Yorkey "... Just in time for the new NBA season, Playing with Purpose: Basketball chronicles the lives of several players who stand strong for their Christian faith on the professional hardwoods. Veteran CBA author Mike Yorkey's Playing with Purpose biography of NFL Rookies Sam Bradford, Tim Tebow, and Colt McCoy was a best-seller !

He now profiles NBA stars both established and up-and-coming--such as Jeremy Lin, Kyle Korver, Anthony Parker, Luke Ridnour, Derek Fisher, and Chris Kaman. ..."

"... As a coach, I’m always looking for both talent and character. Playing with Purpose: Basketball will introduce you to ten professionals whose faith is as strong as their court presence. You’ll love their story. ...”
Mike Krzyzewski, “Coach K” Duke University

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Sunday's Reflexions on Basketball Statistics:
About the Basketball Second Chance Points

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

"....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.

Photograph: SILive.com

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 Basketball Statistics Forums )

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