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2011 WNBA Regularized Adjusted Plus-Minus: Who Were The Top Offensive & Defensive Performers?
Yesterday I took a look at plus/minus ratings with a focus on four-year Regularized Adjusted Plus Minus as a metric that measures player impact (click here to revisit that). Today, I continue looking at RAPM, but narrow the scope to a one-year perspective to get a sense of how RAPM matches...
Plus-Minus: A Primer & The Value Of Four-Year WNBA Regularized Adjusted Plus-Minus (RAPM)
Just yesterday in a comment on the 2011 WNBA All-Playoff Team post, Shannon correctly pointed out that I had sort of loosely tossed out the term "plus/minus" without sufficient explanation. The confusion, as I described briefly there, was that there are two forms of plus/minus currently publicly...
2011 WNBA Award Winners List: MVP Tamika Catchings Led All Vote Getters For Her Sixth All-WNBA First Team Selection
The major individual WNBA awards have finally been announced and it was a great year for Indiana Fever forward Tamika Catchings, despite falling short of the ultimate goal: her first WNBA championship. A listing of all of the award winners and links to our commentary - as well as yours - after the...
2011 WNBA Playoffs Preview: New York Liberty vs. Indiana Fever - Eastern Conference, First Round
Who: #1 Indiana Fever vs #4 New York Liberty What: Eastern Conference playoffs, first round When: First game - Thursday, September 15 at 8 p.m. EDT (ESPN2) in Indianapolis (full schedule) Season series: 2-2 (click here for summary) Indiana Fever profile: Strength:eFG% Weakness:Off...
2011 WNBA Awards (Part 3b): Defensive Player of the Year & All-Defensive Team Selections
After the extended discussion with Richard Cohen about 2011 WNBA defensive awards posted yesterday, the only thing left to do is to stop playing around and actually make the picks. We did most of the work in that conversation as we ended up generally agreeing on the Defensive Player of the Year...
2011 WNBA Awards (Part 1): MVP, All-WNBA, Rookie of the Year, Sixth Woman, Most Improved Player
The most difficult part of figuring out end of season awards is that no matter who you select someone will take it as a slight to their favorite player. That's especially true this year as you get to MVP and All-WNBA voting: trying to pick just four guards across two teams, for example, is a...
WNBA MVP Rankings: Tamika Catchings Leads A Strong Field Of Candidates
Normally by this point in a WNBA season, 3-5 players have really separated themselves from the rest as clear favorites for the MVP award. This year is not nearly as clear. Even if we were all to agree on one precise definition of "value" - which, I suspect, will not happen in my lifetime - there...
Connecticut Sun Shake the Indiana Fever 76-71
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Seattle Storm's Loss To Indiana Fever An Example Of Problems Beyond Lauren Jackson's Absence
Performances like the one Seattle Storm point guard Sue Bird had on Tuesday night do a lot to strengthen her argument for WNBA MVP, even in a tough 78-61 loss to the Indiana Fever on the day that long-time teammate Swin Cash was deservedly named Western Conference Player of the Week for last...
WNBA MVP Watch: Candace Parker's Value To The Sparks & Other Early-Season Candidates
After the Los Angeles Sparks' 96-91 win over the New York Liberty in the WNBA's 15th Anniversary game last Tuesday, star forward Candace Parker was asked what she learned about the team after recording a double-double with 21 points and 13 rebounds. "I think our bench is always ready to play,"...
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